Command
/karpathy-check
Run Karpathy's 4-principle review on staged changes or the last commit. Checks complexity, diff noise, hidden assumptions, and goal verification. Usage /karpathy-check [--last-commit]
One command from claude-skills.
shell
$ npx -y skills add alirezarezvani/claude-skills --agent claude-codeShips with claude-skills. Installing the plugin gets this command.
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- Fires itselfClaude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
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/karpathy-check
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What this command does when you run it.
Run Karpathy's 4-principle review on staged changes or the last commit. Checks complexity, diff noise, hidden assumptions, and goal verification. Usage /karpathy-check [--last-commit]
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LanguagePython
LicenseMIT
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Command definition
karpathy-check.md
--- name: karpathy-check description: Run Karpathy's 4-principle review on staged changes or the last commit. Checks complexity, diff noise, hidden assumptions, and goal verification. Usage /karpathy-check [--last-commit] --- <!-- canonical copy: engineering/karpathy-coder/commands/karpathy-check.md — keep in sync (root copy uses repo-root-relative script paths) --> # /karpathy-check Review your staged changes (or last commit) against Karpathy's 4 coding principles. ## Usage ``` /karpathy-check # review staged changes /karpathy-check --last-commit # review the most recent commit ``` ## What it runs 1. **Principle #2 (Simplicity):** `engineering/karpathy-coder/skills/karpathy-coder/scripts/complexity_checker.py` on all changed files — detects over-engineering, premature abstractions, deep nesting, long functions 2. **Principle #3 (Surgical):** `engineering/karpathy-coder/skills/karpathy-coder/scripts/diff_surgeon.py` on the diff — detects comment-only changes, whitespace noise, style drift, drive-by refactors 3. **Principles #1 + #4 (Think + Goals):** The `karpathy-reviewer` agent reads the diff and applies human-judgment checks — hidden assumptions, missing verification ## Output A structured report with per-principle verdicts and specific line-level fix recommendations. ## When to run
