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karpathy-guidelines

karpathy-guidelines — a Claude Code skill from forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills

Features

  • ✓Improve Claude Code behavior with Karpathy-inspired principles
  • ✓Address LLM coding pitfalls with explicit reasoning
  • ✓Embrace simplicity in code to avoid overcomplication
  • ✓Implement surgical changes to minimize code alterations
  • ✓Follow goal-driven execution for verifiable success criteria
  • ✓Explore more on GitHub: [andrej-karpathy-skills](https://github.com/forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills)

Installation Guide

Option A: Claude Code Plugin (recommended)

From within Claude Code, first add the marketplace:

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/plugin marketplace add forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills

Then install the plugin:

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/plugin install andrej-karpathy-skills@karpathy-skills

This installs the guidelines as a Claude Code plugin, making the skill available across all your projects.

Option B: CLAUDE.md (per-project)

New project:

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curl -o CLAUDE.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills/main/CLAUDE.md

Existing project (append):

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echo "" >> CLAUDE.md
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills/main/CLAUDE.md >> CLAUDE.md

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