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karpathy-coderby Alireza RezvaniDevelopmentGitHub stars: 27.2k

Karpathy Coder plugin: what it installs and how to add it

Enforces Karpathy-inspired coding discipline with checks for assumptions, complexity, diffs and verifiable goals.

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Install

> /plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills> /plugin install karpathy-coder@claude-code-skills

Run both lines inside Claude Code: the first adds the marketplace, the second installs the plugin.

What is inside

  • 1skill
  • 1command
  • 1agent

About this plugin

Karpathy Coder reviews coding work against four principles: surface assumptions, simplify designs, keep changes focused and define checks that verify the result. Its four standard-library-only Python tools analyse plans, source code and Git diffs for hidden assumptions, over-engineering, unrelated changes and vague verification criteria.

Use /karpathy-check for a single review of your current work, or run the individual tools from the shell. The plugin includes a review agent that applies all four checks to a diff and requires no external dependencies.

What's inside

  • 1 skill: karpathy-coder
  • 1 slash command: /karpathy-check
  • 1 review agent: karpathy-reviewer

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