# Dev Simplify

AI DevKit · Analyze and simplify existing implementations to reduce complexity, improve...

- Repository: https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit (1656 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill dev-simplify -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill dev-simplify -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill dev-simplify -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill dev-simplify -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

AI DevKit · Analyze and simplify existing implementations to reduce complexity, improve maintainability, and enhance scalability. Use when users ask to simplify code, reduce complexity, refactor for readability, clean up implementations, improve maintainability, reduce technical debt, or make code easier to understand.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Simplify Implementation Assistant

Reduce complexity with an analysis-first approach before changing code.

## Hard Rules
- Do not modify code until the user approves a simplification plan.
- Readability over brevity. Some duplication beats the wrong abstraction.
- Prefer reusing an existing function over introducing a new one, but only if it fits cleanly. Do not force-fit a near-match.
- Before improving code, ask whether the function, abstraction, dependency, or custom logic needs to exist at all.
- Prefer platform and standard-library features over custom code or dependencies. Use already-installed dependencies when they cleanly solve the problem; do not add a dependency for logic that is only a few clear lines.
- For breaking changes: modify in place only when all callers are in-repo and updated in the same change. For public/external APIs, add a new function and deprecate the old one (parallel change).
- Delete or inline before adding: remove dead code, one-caller wrappers, redundant guards, stale tests, and unused configuration first.

## Workflow

1. Gather Context
- Confirm targets, pain points, and constraints (compatibility, API stability, deadlines).
- Search for past simplification decisions or known constraints: `npx ai-devkit@latest memory search --query "<target area>" --tags "simplify"`

The rest: https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/blob/HEAD/skills/dev-simplify/SKILL.md