principle-laziness-protocol

by michael-denyer2.6k

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Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem.

Install

The skill file stays in the publisher's repository.

Paste the copied command in a terminal. It installs this SKILL.md into that agent.

npx skills add michael-denyer/pstack-claude --skill principle-laziness-protocol -a cursor -y

Download skill plugins/pstack/skills/principle-laziness-protocol/SKILL.md on GitHub

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Questions

How do I install principle-laziness-protocol?: Download plugins/pstack/skills/principle-laziness-protocol/SKILL.md from the publisher, or copy the path and open the repository. PlugMCP lists the skill and does not host the file.
Where does principle-laziness-protocol live?: The publisher keeps it at https://github.com/michael-denyer/pstack-claude.
Which agents can use principle-laziness-protocol?: Claude, Cursor, and Codex can read a SKILL.md you add from the publisher's repository.

name: principle-laziness-protocol description: "Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem." user-invocable: false

Laziness Protocol

Consolidate decisions. Do not repeat the same choice in several places. Put it behind one source of truth and pass the result as a simple flag.
Minimize the diff. Make the smallest change that solves the problem. Fewer lines beat "elegant" boilerplate.