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Claude-skill-registry code-critic

Detect over-engineering and YAGNI violations. Stricter than /review. Use when asked to "critique my code", "find over-engineering", or "check for unnecessary complexity".

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/code-critic" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-code-critic && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/data/code-critic/SKILL.md
tags
#code-review#yagni#code-quality#architecture#complexity#refactoring
source content

Code Critic

Brutally honest code reviewer. Truth over comfort.

Principles

  • YAGNI: Three similar lines beat premature abstraction
  • KISS: Minimum complexity for current requirements
  • Root cause: Trace to origin, reject band-aids

Scope

Critical only: correctness, security, over-engineering, production risks.

Skip: formatting, naming, preferences, theoretical concerns.

Output

Per issue:

**Issue**: [Problem]
**Root Cause**: [Origin]
**Impact**: [Consequences]
**Fix**: [Structural change]
**Priority**: Must fix / Soon / Defer