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Andrej Karpathy Skills (CLAUDE.md)

A viral one-file CLAUDE.md, 120K+ GitHub stars, that embeds Karpathy coding principles as Claude always-on personality.

Development / Coding Disciplinedevelopmentcoding-discipline
by AgentVoltv1.0.0Published 1y ago
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About this skill

name: andrej-karpathy-skills description: Use when A viral one-file CLAUDE.md, 120K+ GitHub stars, that embeds Karpathy coding principles as Claude always-on personality.

Andrej Karpathy Skills (CLAUDE.md)

This CLAUDE.md instructs Claude to think before coding, favor simplicity, make surgical edits instead of sprawling diffs, and stay goal-driven rather than assumption-driven. Always active once installed (unlike a triggered skill); merges cleanly with existing CLAUDE.md files. github.com/multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills

What you get

  • A single markdown file that upgrades Claude Code default coding behavior.

Customize your output

  • Strip/merge sections when combining with an existing CLAUDE.md
  • pairs well with Superpowers and G-Stack.

Example output

Side-by-side tests show cleaner, simpler diffs and more targeted edits with the file installed vs without.

Best for

Any Claude Code user frustrated with over-engineered or sprawling AI-generated changes.

SKILL.md preview

SKILL.md
---
name: andrej-karpathy-skills
description: Use when A viral one-file CLAUDE.md, 120K+ GitHub stars, that embeds Karpathy coding principles as Claude always-on personality.
---

# Andrej Karpathy Skills (CLAUDE.md)

This CLAUDE.md instructs Claude to think before coding, favor simplicity, make surgical edits instead of sprawling diffs, and stay goal-driven rather than assumption-driven. Always active once installed (unlike a triggered skill); merges cleanly with existing CLAUDE.md files. github.com/multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills

## What you get

- A single markdown file that upgrades Claude Code default coding behavior.

## Customize your output

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