Principle Minimize Reader Load skill: what it does and how to install it
Reviews code for reader load by tracing indirection and hidden state, then collapses needless layers and narrows mutable scope.
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Install
$ npx skills add backnotprop/pstack --skill principle-minimize-reader-loadRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Evaluates maintainability across two axes: layers to trace and state held in memory. It recommends inlining one-caller wrappers, collapsing pass-through boundaries, compressing interfaces and narrowing mutable state, with a 30-second test for where a value comes from and what can change it.
When to use it. Apply when reviewing or shaping code that is hard to trace, especially before adding indirection or shared state. It guides decisions about pure functions, scope and meaningful abstraction boundaries.
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