karpathy-coding-dscpln

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Compact coding-discipline overlay for Hermes based on Karpathy-inspired guidelines: think before coding, simplicity first, surgical changes, and goal-driven verification. Use when doing non-trivial code edits, reviews, refactors, or debugging where overengineering, hidden assumptions, or diff sprawl are risks.

Undermybelt By Undermybelt schedule Updated 6/7/2026
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name: karpathy-coding-dscpln description: "Compact coding-discipline overlay for Hermes based on Karpathy-inspired guidelines: think before coding, simplicity first, surgical changes, and goal-driven verification. Use when doing non-trivial code edits, reviews, refactors, or debugging where overengineering, hidden assumptions, or diff sprawl are risks." version: 1.0.0 author: Hermes Agent license: MIT

Karpathy Coding Discipline

适用：

  • 非平凡代码改动
  • bugfix
  • refactor
  • review 前自检
  • repo intake 后想吸收 coding discipline，而非安装 runtime

四原则

1. Think Before Coding

  • 先显式假设
  • 有歧义则列解释，不要静默选一条
  • 若更简单路径存在，要指出
  • 若关键前提不明，停下查明

2. Simplicity First

  • 只写完成任务所需最小代码
  • 不预埋未来配置层
  • 不为单次使用做抽象
  • 若 200 行可成 50 行，重写

3. Surgical Changes

  • 只改请求直接命中的面
  • 不顺手美化邻近代码
  • 不删与任务无关的旧代码
  • 只清理由自己改动造成的 orphan

4. Goal-Driven Execution

  • 把任务转成可验证目标
  • bug -> 先造复现 / 验证，再修
  • refactor -> 前后验证不变
  • feature -> 定义成功标准与检查方式

Hermes 化约束

  • 默认吸收为行为 discipline，不必安装任何插件或外部 skill runtime
  • 更适合并入 repo 局部 AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md / docs 约束
  • 若项目已有更强本地规则，以项目规则优先

最适合的吸收方式

  1. repo 文档追加短规则
  2. 作为 review checklist
  3. 作为实现前自检模板
  4. 作为 plan/verify 提示模板

不建议

  • 不要把它扩成长篇流程官僚文档
  • 不要在简单一行改动上过度套流程
  • 不要把“谨慎”变成“停滞”
Install via CLI
npx skills add https://github.com/Undermybelt/hermes-skills --skill karpathy-coding-dscpln
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