Premature Abstraction | Agent Skills Atlas

About this skill

Resist extracting shared code until a third real use reveals the true axis of variation. Use when tempted to add a helper, base class, config object, or generic layer on one or two examples.

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Original name

premature-abstraction

Original description

Resist extracting shared code until a third real use reveals the true axis of variation. Use when tempted to add a helper, base class, config object, or generic layer on one or two examples.

About this listing

Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.