A Philosophy of Software Design Skill

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Apply John Ousterhout-inspired software design rules when reducing complexity, designing module boundaries, or reviewing APIs and abstractions.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the A Philosophy of Software Design Skill skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by ciembor/agent-rules-books in a-philosophy-of-software-design/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Use this skill when a task involves module design, API design, information hiding, abstraction depth, cognitive load, or refactoring shallow interfaces.

Before making design or code decisions, read and apply a-philosophy-of-software-design.mini.md. Use a-philosophy-of-software-design.md only as a deeper reference when the mini rules are not enough for the current design tradeoff.

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github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books