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Karpathy Baseline

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ALWAYS apply Karpathy 4 心法 baseline to every coding decision: Think Before Coding / Simplicity First (YAGNI) / Surgical Changes / Goal-Driven Execution. Cross-cutting always-on heuristics — applies to ALL coding tasks regardless of language, framework, or phase. Source: andrej-karpathy-skills (forrestchang, MIT) — distilled.

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Claude CodeCodexCursorGitHub CopilotGemini CLI

Supported by the Atlas install prompt. Skill-specific requirements vary.

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ALWAYS apply Karpathy 4 心法 baseline to every coding decision: Think Before Coding / Simplicity First (YAGNI) / Surgical Changes / Goal-Driven Execution. Cross-cutting always-on heuristics — applies to ALL coding tasks regardless of language, framework, or phase. Source: andrej-karpathy-skills (forrestchang, MIT) — distilled.

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About this listing

Category
General
Reported license
Apache-2.0
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.
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