# Reorder

Realign a listing whose order has gone arbitrary, a list, table, catalog, sections, an...

- Repository: https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin (1365 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill reorder -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill reorder -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill reorder -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill reorder -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Realign a listing whose order has gone arbitrary, a list, table, catalog, sections, an enum, into a logical sequence under one stated principle. Move items only: nothing is reworded, added, or removed. Use when the order no longer helps a reader follow the set.

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

Put a listing back into an order that carries meaning, moving items only.

## Goal

A listing's order is information: kin sit together, and the sequence follows one axis a reader can feel. Order drifts, items get appended where they were written, not where they belong, until the sequence tells the reader nothing. `reorder` realigns the set under a single, nameable principle so the order reads as intentional again. It is fast and single-purpose: it moves items, and changes nothing else.

## Workflow

1. Pin the listing and its items, the ordered set in focus.
2. Name the principle that makes the order carry the most meaning: workflow or lifecycle sequence, dependency, grouping by kind, severity, frequency, or plain alphabetical. If the set already has a latent order, surface and finish it rather than imposing a new one.
3. Cluster kin adjacent, then sequence the clusters by that one principle.
4. Move items into the new order in place. Reword nothing; add and remove nothing.
5. If the same set is mirrored elsewhere, a translated copy, a second surface, apply the identical order to each.

## Rules

- Reorder only. Never reword, add, remove, split, or merge an item; those are other reflexes.
- One principle, and a reader can name it. Do not blend incompatible sorts into one listing.
- Respect a deliberate order. If the current sequence already encodes a real principle, complete and tidy it rather than replacing it; surface the call when it is unclear.
- Keep mirrored copies in lockstep, the same set on different surfaces gets the same order.
- Mutate with edit-safety: assert each item exists before moving it (report a MISS, never a silent drop), edit unicode-safe, and script a large structural move rather than sweeping by hand.

## Verification

The rest: https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin/blob/HEAD/skills/depth/reorder/SKILL.md