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karpathy-guidelines

A single CLAUDE.md file to improve Claude Code behavior, derived from Andrej Karpathy's observations on LLM coding pitfalls.

Features

  • ✓Improve Claude Code behavior with Karpathy's insights
  • ✓Address LLM coding pitfalls directly
  • ✓Four principles for better code quality
  • ✓Explicit reasoning and tradeoff presentation
  • ✓Simplify code to avoid overcomplication

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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