andrej-karpathy-skills
PackAI & modelsThis plugin, known as the andrej karpathy claude plugin, installs a set of behavioral guidelines that shape how an AI agent approaches coding tasks. It encourages the agent to think before writing code, keep solutions simple, make surgical changes, and stay goal-driven, reducing common LLM coding mistakes.
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Have an AI agent setup that supports installing plugins.
What your AI can do with it
- Think Before Coding: prompts the agent to reason through a task before writing code
- Simplicity First: steers the agent toward simple solutions
- Surgical Changes: keeps edits limited to what the task requires
- Goal-Driven Execution: keeps the agent focused on the stated goal
Getting started
- Have an AI agent setup that supports installing plugins.
- Add the andrej-karpathy-skills plugin to your agent's configuration.
- Enable the plugin so its behavioral rules apply to coding sessions.
- Start a coding task and observe the agent following the guidelines.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 216k
- Forks
- 22k
- Last commit
- Apr 2026
Questions
- What does this plugin do?
- It installs behavioral guidelines, Think Before Coding, Simplicity First, Surgical Changes, and Goal-Driven Execution, that reduce common LLM coding mistakes.
- Who is it attributed to?
- The guidelines are an Andrej Karpathy plugin of behavioral rules for coding agents.
- Does it change how the agent writes code?
- It changes behavior, not tools: the agent is guided to think first, keep changes simple and surgical, and stay goal-driven.
Advanced
- Item type
- plugin
- Key
multica-ai-andrej-karpathy-skills-andrej-karpathy-skills- Source
- github.com/multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills