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package/skills/impeccable/scripts/pin.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Pin/unpin sub-commands as standalone skill shortcuts.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   node <scripts_path>/pin.mjs pin <command>
+ *   node <scripts_path>/pin.mjs unpin <command>
+ *
+ * `pin audit` creates a lightweight /audit skill that redirects to /impeccable audit.
+ * `unpin audit` removes that shortcut.
+ *
+ * The script discovers harness directories (.claude/skills, .cursor/skills, etc.)
+ * in the project root and creates/removes the pin in all of them.
+ */
+
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, readdirSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join, resolve, dirname } from 'node:path';
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
+
+const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+
+// All known harness directories
+const HARNESS_DIRS = [
+  '.claude', '.cursor', '.gemini', '.codex', '.agents',
+  '.trae', '.trae-cn', '.pi', '.opencode', '.kiro', '.rovodev',
+];
+
+// Valid sub-command names
+const VALID_COMMANDS = [
+  'craft', 'teach', 'extract', 'document', 'shape',
+  'critique', 'audit',
+  'polish', 'bolder', 'quieter', 'distill', 'harden', 'onboard', 'live',
+  'animate', 'colorize', 'typeset', 'layout', 'delight', 'overdrive',
+  'clarify', 'adapt', 'optimize',
+];
+
+// Marker to identify pinned skills (so unpin doesn't delete user skills)
+const PIN_MARKER = '<!-- impeccable-pinned-skill -->';
+
+/**
+ * Walk up from startDir to find a project root.
+ */
+function findProjectRoot(startDir = process.cwd()) {
+  let dir = resolve(startDir);
+  while (dir !== '/') {
+    if (
+      existsSync(join(dir, 'package.json')) ||
+      existsSync(join(dir, '.git')) ||
+      existsSync(join(dir, 'skills-lock.json'))
+    ) {
+      return dir;
+    }
+    const parent = resolve(dir, '..');
+    if (parent === dir) break;
+    dir = parent;
+  }
+  return resolve(startDir);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find harness skill directories that have an impeccable skill installed.
+ */
+function findHarnessDirs(projectRoot) {
+  const dirs = [];
+  for (const harness of HARNESS_DIRS) {
+    const skillsDir = join(projectRoot, harness, 'skills');
+    // Only pin in harness dirs that already have impeccable installed
+    const impeccableDir = join(skillsDir, 'impeccable');
+    if (existsSync(impeccableDir) || existsSync(join(skillsDir, 'i-impeccable'))) {
+      dirs.push(skillsDir);
+    }
+  }
+  return dirs;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Load command metadata (descriptions for pinned skills).
+ */
+function loadCommandMetadata() {
+  const metadataPath = join(__dirname, 'command-metadata.json');
+  if (existsSync(metadataPath)) {
+    return JSON.parse(readFileSync(metadataPath, 'utf-8'));
+  }
+  return {};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate a pinned skill's SKILL.md content.
+ */
+function generatePinnedSkill(command, metadata) {
+  const desc = metadata[command]?.description || `Shortcut for /impeccable ${command}.`;
+  const hint = metadata[command]?.argumentHint || '[target]';
+
+  return `---
+name: ${command}
+description: "${desc}"
+argument-hint: "${hint}"
+user-invocable: true
+---
+
+${PIN_MARKER}
+
+This is a pinned shortcut for \`{{command_prefix}}impeccable ${command}\`.
+
+Invoke {{command_prefix}}impeccable ${command}, passing along any arguments provided here, and follow its instructions.
+`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Pin a command: create shortcut skill in all harness dirs.
+ */
+function pin(command, projectRoot) {
+  const metadata = loadCommandMetadata();
+  const harnessDirs = findHarnessDirs(projectRoot);
+
+  if (harnessDirs.length === 0) {
+    console.log('No harness directories with impeccable installed found.');
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  const content = generatePinnedSkill(command, metadata);
+  let created = 0;
+
+  for (const skillsDir of harnessDirs) {
+    // Check if skill already exists (and isn't a pin)
+    const skillDir = join(skillsDir, command);
+    if (existsSync(skillDir)) {
+      const existingMd = join(skillDir, 'SKILL.md');
+      if (existsSync(existingMd)) {
+        const existing = readFileSync(existingMd, 'utf-8');
+        if (!existing.includes(PIN_MARKER)) {
+          console.log(`  SKIP: ${skillDir} (non-pinned skill already exists)`);
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    mkdirSync(skillDir, { recursive: true });
+    writeFileSync(join(skillDir, 'SKILL.md'), content, 'utf-8');
+    console.log(`  + ${skillDir}`);
+    created++;
+  }
+
+  if (created > 0) {
+    console.log(`\nPinned '${command}' as a standalone shortcut in ${created} location(s).`);
+    console.log(`You can now use /${command} directly.`);
+  }
+
+  return created > 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Unpin a command: remove shortcut skill from all harness dirs.
+ */
+function unpin(command, projectRoot) {
+  const harnessDirs = findHarnessDirs(projectRoot);
+  let removed = 0;
+
+  for (const skillsDir of harnessDirs) {
+    const skillDir = join(skillsDir, command);
+    if (!existsSync(skillDir)) continue;
+
+    const skillMd = join(skillDir, 'SKILL.md');
+    if (!existsSync(skillMd)) continue;
+
+    // Safety: only remove if it's a pinned skill
+    const content = readFileSync(skillMd, 'utf-8');
+    if (!content.includes(PIN_MARKER)) {
+      console.log(`  SKIP: ${skillDir} (not a pinned skill)`);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    rmSync(skillDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+    console.log(`  - ${skillDir}`);
+    removed++;
+  }
+
+  if (removed > 0) {
+    console.log(`\nUnpinned '${command}' from ${removed} location(s).`);
+    console.log(`Use /impeccable ${command} to access it.`);
+  } else {
+    console.log(`No pinned '${command}' shortcut found.`);
+  }
+
+  return removed > 0;
+}
+
+// --- CLI ---
+const [,, action, command] = process.argv;
+
+if (!action || !command) {
+  console.log('Usage: node pin.mjs <pin|unpin> <command>');
+  console.log(`\nAvailable commands: ${VALID_COMMANDS.join(', ')}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (action !== 'pin' && action !== 'unpin') {
+  console.error(`Unknown action: ${action}. Use 'pin' or 'unpin'.`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (!VALID_COMMANDS.includes(command)) {
+  console.error(`Unknown command: ${command}`);
+  console.error(`Available commands: ${VALID_COMMANDS.join(', ')}`);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const root = findProjectRoot();
+
+if (action === 'pin') {
+  pin(command, root);
+} else {
+  unpin(command, root);
+}

package/skills/improve-codebase-architecture/DEEPENING.md

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+# Deepening
+
+How to deepen a cluster of shallow modules safely, given its dependencies. Assumes the vocabulary in [LANGUAGE.md](LANGUAGE.md) — **module**, **interface**, **seam**, **adapter**.
+
+## Dependency categories
+
+When assessing a candidate for deepening, classify its dependencies. The category determines how the deepened module is tested across its seam.
+
+### 1. In-process
+
+Pure computation, in-memory state, no I/O. Always deepenable — merge the modules and test through the new interface directly. No adapter needed.
+
+### 2. Local-substitutable
+
+Dependencies that have local test stand-ins (PGLite for Postgres, in-memory filesystem). Deepenable if the stand-in exists. The deepened module is tested with the stand-in running in the test suite. The seam is internal; no port at the module's external interface.
+
+### 3. Remote but owned (Ports & Adapters)
+
+Your own services across a network boundary (microservices, internal APIs). Define a **port** (interface) at the seam. The deep module owns the logic; the transport is injected as an **adapter**. Tests use an in-memory adapter. Production uses an HTTP/gRPC/queue adapter.
+
+Recommendation shape: *"Define a port at the seam, implement an HTTP adapter for production and an in-memory adapter for testing, so the logic sits in one deep module even though it's deployed across a network."*
+
+### 4. True external (Mock)
+
+Third-party services (Stripe, Twilio, etc.) you don't control. The deepened module takes the external dependency as an injected port; tests provide a mock adapter.
+
+## Seam discipline
+
+- **One adapter means a hypothetical seam. Two adapters means a real one.** Don't introduce a port unless at least two adapters are justified (typically production + test). A single-adapter seam is just indirection.
+- **Internal seams vs external seams.** A deep module can have internal seams (private to its implementation, used by its own tests) as well as the external seam at its interface. Don't expose internal seams through the interface just because tests use them.
+
+## Testing strategy: replace, don't layer
+
+- Old unit tests on shallow modules become waste once tests at the deepened module's interface exist — delete them.
+- Write new tests at the deepened module's interface. The **interface is the test surface**.
+- Tests assert on observable outcomes through the interface, not internal state.
+- Tests should survive internal refactors — they describe behaviour, not implementation. If a test has to change when the implementation changes, it's testing past the interface.

package/skills/improve-codebase-architecture/INTERFACE-DESIGN.md

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+# Interface Design
+
+When the user wants to explore alternative interfaces for a chosen deepening candidate, use this parallel sub-agent pattern. Based on "Design It Twice" (Ousterhout) — your first idea is unlikely to be the best.
+
+Uses the vocabulary in [LANGUAGE.md](LANGUAGE.md) — **module**, **interface**, **seam**, **adapter**, **leverage**.
+
+## Process
+
+### 1. Frame the problem space
+
+Before spawning sub-agents, write a user-facing explanation of the problem space for the chosen candidate:
+
+- The constraints any new interface would need to satisfy
+- The dependencies it would rely on, and which category they fall into (see [DEEPENING.md](DEEPENING.md))
+- A rough illustrative code sketch to ground the constraints — not a proposal, just a way to make the constraints concrete
+
+Show this to the user, then immediately proceed to Step 2. The user reads and thinks while the sub-agents work in parallel.
+
+### 2. Spawn sub-agents
+
+Spawn 3+ sub-agents in parallel using the Agent tool. Each must produce a **radically different** interface for the deepened module.
+
+Prompt each sub-agent with a separate technical brief (file paths, coupling details, dependency category from [DEEPENING.md](DEEPENING.md), what sits behind the seam). The brief is independent of the user-facing problem-space explanation in Step 1. Give each agent a different design constraint:
+
+- Agent 1: "Minimize the interface — aim for 1–3 entry points max. Maximise leverage per entry point."
+- Agent 2: "Maximise flexibility — support many use cases and extension."
+- Agent 3: "Optimise for the most common caller — make the default case trivial."
+- Agent 4 (if applicable): "Design around ports & adapters for cross-seam dependencies."
+
+Include both [LANGUAGE.md](LANGUAGE.md) vocabulary and CONTEXT.md vocabulary in the brief so each sub-agent names things consistently with the architecture language and the project's domain language.
+
+Each sub-agent outputs:
+
+1. Interface (types, methods, params — plus invariants, ordering, error modes)
+2. Usage example showing how callers use it
+3. What the implementation hides behind the seam
+4. Dependency strategy and adapters (see [DEEPENING.md](DEEPENING.md))
+5. Trade-offs — where leverage is high, where it's thin
+
+### 3. Present and compare
+
+Present designs sequentially so the user can absorb each one, then compare them in prose. Contrast by **depth** (leverage at the interface), **locality** (where change concentrates), and **seam placement**.
+
+After comparing, give your own recommendation: which design you think is strongest and why. If elements from different designs would combine well, propose a hybrid. Be opinionated — the user wants a strong read, not a menu.

package/skills/improve-codebase-architecture/LANGUAGE.md

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+# Language
+
+Shared vocabulary for every suggestion this skill makes. Use these terms exactly — don't substitute "component," "service," "API," or "boundary." Consistent language is the whole point.
+
+## Terms
+
+**Module**
+Anything with an interface and an implementation. Deliberately scale-agnostic — applies equally to a function, class, package, or tier-spanning slice.
+_Avoid_: unit, component, service.
+
+**Interface**
+Everything a caller must know to use the module correctly. Includes the type signature, but also invariants, ordering constraints, error modes, required configuration, and performance characteristics.
+_Avoid_: API, signature (too narrow — those refer only to the type-level surface).
+
+**Implementation**
+What's inside a module — its body of code. Distinct from **Adapter**: a thing can be a small adapter with a large implementation (a Postgres repo) or a large adapter with a small implementation (an in-memory fake). Reach for "adapter" when the seam is the topic; "implementation" otherwise.
+
+**Depth**
+Leverage at the interface — the amount of behaviour a caller (or test) can exercise per unit of interface they have to learn. A module is **deep** when a large amount of behaviour sits behind a small interface. A module is **shallow** when the interface is nearly as complex as the implementation.
+
+**Seam** _(from Michael Feathers)_
+A place where you can alter behaviour without editing in that place. The *location* at which a module's interface lives. Choosing where to put the seam is its own design decision, distinct from what goes behind it.
+_Avoid_: boundary (overloaded with DDD's bounded context).
+
+**Adapter**
+A concrete thing that satisfies an interface at a seam. Describes *role* (what slot it fills), not substance (what's inside).
+
+**Leverage**
+What callers get from depth. More capability per unit of interface they have to learn. One implementation pays back across N call sites and M tests.
+
+**Locality**
+What maintainers get from depth. Change, bugs, knowledge, and verification concentrate at one place rather than spreading across callers. Fix once, fixed everywhere.
+
+## Principles
+
+- **Depth is a property of the interface, not the implementation.** A deep module can be internally composed of small, mockable, swappable parts — they just aren't part of the interface. A module can have **internal seams** (private to its implementation, used by its own tests) as well as the **external seam** at its interface.
+- **The deletion test.** Imagine deleting the module. If complexity vanishes, the module wasn't hiding anything (it was a pass-through). If complexity reappears across N callers, the module was earning its keep.
+- **The interface is the test surface.** Callers and tests cross the same seam. If you want to test *past* the interface, the module is probably the wrong shape.
+- **One adapter means a hypothetical seam. Two adapters means a real one.** Don't introduce a seam unless something actually varies across it.
+
+## Relationships
+
+- A **Module** has exactly one **Interface** (the surface it presents to callers and tests).
+- **Depth** is a property of a **Module**, measured against its **Interface**.
+- A **Seam** is where a **Module**'s **Interface** lives.
+- An **Adapter** sits at a **Seam** and satisfies the **Interface**.
+- **Depth** produces **Leverage** for callers and **Locality** for maintainers.
+
+## Rejected framings
+
+- **Depth as ratio of implementation-lines to interface-lines** (Ousterhout): rewards padding the implementation. We use depth-as-leverage instead.
+- **"Interface" as the TypeScript `interface` keyword or a class's public methods**: too narrow — interface here includes every fact a caller must know.
+- **"Boundary"**: overloaded with DDD's bounded context. Say **seam** or **interface**.

package/skills/improve-codebase-architecture/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: improve-codebase-architecture
+description: Simplifies code for clarity. Use when refactoring code for clarity without changing behavior. Use when code works but is harder to read, maintain, or extend than it should be. Use when reviewing code that has accumulated unnecessary complexity.
+---
+
+# Code Simplification
+
+> Inspired by the [Claude Code Simplifier plugin](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-official/blob/main/plugins/code-simplifier/agents/code-simplifier.md). Adapted here as a model-agnostic, process-driven skill for any AI coding agent.
+
+## Overview
+
+Simplify code by reducing complexity while preserving exact behavior. The goal is not fewer lines — it's code that is easier to read, understand, modify, and debug. Every simplification must pass a simple test: "Would a new team member understand this faster than the original?"
+
+## When to Use
+
+- After a feature is working and tests pass, but the implementation feels heavier than it needs to be
+- During code review when readability or complexity issues are flagged
+- When you encounter deeply nested logic, long functions, or unclear names
+- When refactoring code written under time pressure
+- When consolidating related logic scattered across files
+- After merging changes that introduced duplication or inconsistency
+
+**When NOT to use:**
+
+- Code is already clean and readable — don't simplify for the sake of it
+- You don't understand what the code does yet — comprehend before you simplify
+- The code is performance-critical and the "simpler" version would be measurably slower
+- You're about to rewrite the module entirely — simplifying throwaway code wastes effort
+
+## The Five Principles
+
+### 1. Preserve Behavior Exactly
+
+Don't change what the code does — only how it expresses it. All inputs, outputs, side effects, error behavior, and edge cases must remain identical. If you're not sure a simplification preserves behavior, don't make it.
+
+```
+ASK BEFORE EVERY CHANGE:
+→ Does this produce the same output for every input?
+→ Does this maintain the same error behavior?
+→ Does this preserve the same side effects and ordering?
+→ Do all existing tests still pass without modification?
+```
+
+### 2. Follow Project Conventions
+
+Simplification means making code more consistent with the codebase, not imposing external preferences. Before simplifying:
+
+```
+1. Read CLAUDE.md / project conventions
+2. Study how neighboring code handles similar patterns
+3. Match the project's style for:
+   - Import ordering and module system
+   - Function declaration style
+   - Naming conventions
+   - Error handling patterns
+   - Type annotation depth
+```
+
+Simplification that breaks project consistency is not simplification — it's churn.
+
+### 3. Prefer Clarity Over Cleverness
+
+Explicit code is better than compact code when the compact version requires a mental pause to parse.
+
+```typescript
+// UNCLEAR: Dense ternary chain
+const label = isNew ? 'New' : isUpdated ? 'Updated' : isArchived ? 'Archived' : 'Active';
+
+// CLEAR: Readable mapping
+function getStatusLabel(item: Item): string {
+  if (item.isNew) return 'New';
+  if (item.isUpdated) return 'Updated';
+  if (item.isArchived) return 'Archived';
+  return 'Active';
+}
+```
+
+```typescript
+// UNCLEAR: Chained reduces with inline logic
+const result = items.reduce((acc, item) => ({
+  ...acc,
+  [item.id]: { ...acc[item.id], count: (acc[item.id]?.count ?? 0) + 1 }
+}), {});
+
+// CLEAR: Named intermediate step
+const countById = new Map<string, number>();
+for (const item of items) {
+  countById.set(item.id, (countById.get(item.id) ?? 0) + 1);
+}
+```
+
+### 4. Maintain Balance
+
+Simplification has a failure mode: over-simplification. Watch for these traps:
+
+- **Inlining too aggressively** — removing a helper that gave a concept a name makes the call site harder to read
+- **Combining unrelated logic** — two simple functions merged into one complex function is not simpler
+- **Removing "unnecessary" abstraction** — some abstractions exist for extensibility or testability, not complexity
+- **Optimizing for line count** — fewer lines is not the goal; easier comprehension is
+
+### 5. Scope to What Changed
+
+Default to simplifying recently modified code. Avoid drive-by refactors of unrelated code unless explicitly asked to broaden scope. Unscoped simplification creates noise in diffs and risks unintended regressions.
+
+## The Simplification Process
+
+### Step 1: Understand Before Touching (Chesterton's Fence)
+
+Before changing or removing anything, understand why it exists. This is Chesterton's Fence: if you see a fence across a road and don't understand why it's there, don't tear it down. First understand the reason, then decide if the reason still applies.
+
+```
+BEFORE SIMPLIFYING, ANSWER:
+- What is this code's responsibility?
+- What calls it? What does it call?
+- What are the edge cases and error paths?
+- Are there tests that define the expected behavior?
+- Why might it have been written this way? (Performance? Platform constraint? Historical reason?)
+- Check git blame: what was the original context for this code?
+```
+
+If you can't answer these, you're not ready to simplify. Read more context first.
+
+### Step 2: Identify Simplification Opportunities
+
+Scan for these patterns — each one is a concrete signal, not a vague smell:
+
+**Structural complexity:**
+
+| Pattern | Signal | Simplification |
+|---------|--------|----------------|
+| Deep nesting (3+ levels) | Hard to follow control flow | Extract conditions into guard clauses or helper functions |
+| Long functions (50+ lines) | Multiple responsibilities | Split into focused functions with descriptive names |
+| Nested ternaries | Requires mental stack to parse | Replace with if/else chains, switch, or lookup objects |
+| Boolean parameter flags | `doThing(true, false, true)` | Replace with options objects or separate functions |
+| Repeated conditionals | Same `if` check in multiple places | Extract to a well-named predicate function |
+
+**Naming and readability:**
+
+| Pattern | Signal | Simplification |
+|---------|--------|----------------|
+| Generic names | `data`, `result`, `temp`, `val`, `item` | Rename to describe the content: `userProfile`, `validationErrors` |
+| Abbreviated names | `usr`, `cfg`, `btn`, `evt` | Use full words unless the abbreviation is universal (`id`, `url`, `api`) |
+| Misleading names | Function named `get` that also mutates state | Rename to reflect actual behavior |
+| Comments explaining "what" | `// increment counter` above `count++` | Delete the comment — the code is clear enough |
+| Comments explaining "why" | `// Retry because the API is flaky under load` | Keep these — they carry intent the code can't express |
+
+**Redundancy:**
+
+| Pattern | Signal | Simplification |
+|---------|--------|----------------|
+| Duplicated logic | Same 5+ lines in multiple places | Extract to a shared function |
+| Dead code | Unreachable branches, unused variables, commented-out blocks | Remove (after confirming it's truly dead) |
+| Unnecessary abstractions | Wrapper that adds no value | Inline the wrapper, call the underlying function directly |
+| Over-engineered patterns | Factory-for-a-factory, strategy-with-one-strategy | Replace with the simple direct approach |
+| Redundant type assertions | Casting to a type that's already inferred | Remove the assertion |
+
+### Step 3: Apply Changes Incrementally
+
+Make one simplification at a time. Run tests after each change. **Submit refactoring changes separately from feature or bug fix changes.** A PR that refactors and adds a feature is two PRs — split them.
+
+```
+FOR EACH SIMPLIFICATION:
+1. Make the change
+2. Run the test suite
+3. If tests pass → commit (or continue to next simplification)
+4. If tests fail → revert and reconsider
+```
+
+Avoid batching multiple simplifications into a single untested change. If something breaks, you need to know which simplification caused it.
+
+**The Rule of 500:** If a refactoring would touch more than 500 lines, invest in automation (codemods, sed scripts, AST transforms) rather than making the changes by hand. Manual edits at that scale are error-prone and exhausting to review.
+
+### Step 4: Verify the Result
+
+After all simplifications, step back and evaluate the whole:
+
+```
+COMPARE BEFORE AND AFTER:
+- Is the simplified version genuinely easier to understand?
+- Did you introduce any new patterns inconsistent with the codebase?
+- Is the diff clean and reviewable?
+- Would a teammate approve this change?
+```
+
+If the "simplified" version is harder to understand or review, revert. Not every simplification attempt succeeds.
+
+## Language-Specific Guidance
+
+### TypeScript / JavaScript
+
+```typescript
+// SIMPLIFY: Unnecessary async wrapper
+// Before
+async function getUser(id: string): Promise<User> {
+  return await userService.findById(id);
+}
+// After
+function getUser(id: string): Promise<User> {
+  return userService.findById(id);
+}
+
+// SIMPLIFY: Verbose conditional assignment
+// Before
+let displayName: string;
+if (user.nickname) {
+  displayName = user.nickname;
+} else {
+  displayName = user.fullName;
+}
+// After
+const displayName = user.nickname || user.fullName;
+
+// SIMPLIFY: Manual array building
+// Before
+const activeUsers: User[] = [];
+for (const user of users) {
+  if (user.isActive) {
+    activeUsers.push(user);
+  }
+}
+// After
+const activeUsers = users.filter((user) => user.isActive);
+
+// SIMPLIFY: Redundant boolean return
+// Before
+function isValid(input: string): boolean {
+  if (input.length > 0 && input.length < 100) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+// After
+function isValid(input: string): boolean {
+  return input.length > 0 && input.length < 100;
+}
+```
+
+### Python
+
+```python
+# SIMPLIFY: Verbose dictionary building
+# Before
+result = {}
+for item in items:
+    result[item.id] = item.name
+# After
+result = {item.id: item.name for item in items}
+
+# SIMPLIFY: Nested conditionals with early return
+# Before
+def process(data):
+    if data is not None:
+        if data.is_valid():
+            if data.has_permission():
+                return do_work(data)
+            else:
+                raise PermissionError("No permission")
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Invalid data")
+    else:
+        raise TypeError("Data is None")
+# After
+def process(data):
+    if data is None:
+        raise TypeError("Data is None")
+    if not data.is_valid():
+        raise ValueError("Invalid data")
+    if not data.has_permission():
+        raise PermissionError("No permission")
+    return do_work(data)
+```
+
+### React / JSX
+
+```tsx
+// SIMPLIFY: Verbose conditional rendering
+// Before
+function UserBadge({ user }: Props) {
+  if (user.isAdmin) {
+    return <Badge variant="admin">Admin</Badge>;
+  } else {
+    return <Badge variant="default">User</Badge>;
+  }
+}
+// After
+function UserBadge({ user }: Props) {
+  const variant = user.isAdmin ? 'admin' : 'default';
+  const label = user.isAdmin ? 'Admin' : 'User';
+  return <Badge variant={variant}>{label}</Badge>;
+}
+
+// SIMPLIFY: Prop drilling through intermediate components
+// Before — consider whether context or composition solves this better.
+// This is a judgment call — flag it, don't auto-refactor.
+```
+
+## Common Rationalizations
+
+| Rationalization | Reality |
+|---|---|
+| "It's working, no need to touch it" | Working code that's hard to read will be hard to fix when it breaks. Simplifying now saves time on every future change. |
+| "Fewer lines is always simpler" | A 1-line nested ternary is not simpler than a 5-line if/else. Simplicity is about comprehension speed, not line count. |
+| "I'll just quickly simplify this unrelated code too" | Unscoped simplification creates noisy diffs and risks regressions in code you didn't intend to change. Stay focused. |
+| "The types make it self-documenting" | Types document structure, not intent. A well-named function explains *why* better than a type signature explains *what*. |
+| "This abstraction might be useful later" | Don't preserve speculative abstractions. If it's not used now, it's complexity without value. Remove it and re-add when needed. |
+| "The original author must have had a reason" | Maybe. Check git blame — apply Chesterton's Fence. But accumulated complexity often has no reason; it's just the residue of iteration under pressure. |
+| "I'll refactor while adding this feature" | Separate refactoring from feature work. Mixed changes are harder to review, revert, and understand in history. |
+
+## Red Flags
+
+- Simplification that requires modifying tests to pass (you likely changed behavior)
+- "Simplified" code that is longer and harder to follow than the original
+- Renaming things to match your preferences rather than project conventions
+- Removing error handling because "it makes the code cleaner"
+- Simplifying code you don't fully understand
+- Batching many simplifications into one large, hard-to-review commit
+- Refactoring code outside the scope of the current task without being asked
+
+## Verification
+
+After completing a simplification pass:
+
+- [ ] All existing tests pass without modification
+- [ ] Build succeeds with no new warnings
+- [ ] Linter/formatter passes (no style regressions)
+- [ ] Each simplification is a reviewable, incremental change
+- [ ] The diff is clean — no unrelated changes mixed in
+- [ ] Simplified code follows project conventions (checked against CLAUDE.md or equivalent)
+- [ ] No error handling was removed or weakened
+- [ ] No dead code was left behind (unused imports, unreachable branches)
+- [ ] A teammate or review agent would approve the change as a net improvement