Karpathy Agentic Guidelines - Q8 Compact

Overview

Use agents for generation and iteration. Keep human authority over intent, truth, review, and release.

This quantized variant keeps only the highest-signal operating rules in SKILL.md. Load references only when the task is exploratory enough to need them.

When to Use

Use when:

• the task is large enough that agent loops are useful
• assumptions could silently drift
• success criteria are clearer than the implementation path
• you care about keeping the result understandable
• the work involves delegation, verification, or bounded autonomy