karpathy-guidelines

Karpathy Guidelines

This skill injects the high-engineering standards of the Lemon AI Hub into your project. It ensures that any AI agent working on this codebase follows the Andrej Karpathy surgical coding style.

Purpose

• AGENTS.md: Standardizes behavioral guidelines (Think before coding, Simplicity first, Surgical changes, Goal-driven execution).
• CLAUDE.md: Configures session setup rules and entry points for the active agent.

Usage

Use this skill when you want to:

• Initialize a new project with professional AI-native guidelines.
• Update an existing project to match the Lemon.dev engineering philosophy.
• Fix "vibe coding" issues by enforcing structured reasoning and minimal changes.

Commands

Run the injection script from your terminal:

# From the root of your project
bash ~/.claude/skills/karpathy-guidelines/scripts/inject.sh

Note: The script will backup your existing AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md if they don't already contain the Lemon AI Hub marker.

Philosophy

Following Karpathy's recipe means:

1. Understand first: No implementation without explicit assumptions.
2. Minimize noise: Change only the lines that need changing.
3. Verify always: Every task must have a verifiable success criterion.