Intermediate

Andrej Karpathy Skills

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October 7, 2026

Claude coding guidelines derived from Andrej Karpathy's LLM best practices.

About

A reusable CLAUDE.md skill file that instills four core principles into Claude Code behavior: think before coding, simplicity first, surgical changes, and goal-driven execution. Addresses common LLM pitfalls like overcomplication, wrong assumptions, and orthogonal edits. Works as a Claude Code plugin or per-project markdown file.

Who it is for

GTM operators and engineers building Claude-powered automations, agents, and workflows who want Claude Code to produce cleaner, more focused code with fewer unnecessary changes.

Sub-skills

Karpathy Guidelines

Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. Use when writing, reviewing, or refactoring code to avoid overcomplication, make surgical changes, surface assumptions, and define verifiable success criteria.
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