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name: deslop description: Remove AI-generated code slop from files or diffs. Use this skill when reviewing AI-generated code to clean up unnecessary comments, defensive code, type hacks, and style inconsistencies. Triggers include "deslop", "remove slop", "clean up AI code", "review for slop". metadata: short-description: Remove AI code slop

Deslop

Remove AI-generated slop from code. Check the specified files or diff and remove:

• Extra comments that a human wouldn't add or are inconsistent with the rest of the file
• Extra defensive checks or try/catch blocks that are abnormal for that area of the codebase (especially if called by trusted/validated codepaths)
• Casts to any or # type: ignore to get around type issues
• Unnecessary complexity and nesting that reduces readability
• Redundant abstractions or over-engineered solutions
• Any other style that is inconsistent with the file

Principles

1. Preserve functionality: Never change what the code does - only how it does it
2. Prefer clarity over brevity: Explicit readable code is better than overly compact solutions
3. Avoid over-simplification: Don't create overly clever solutions that are hard to understand or debug
4. Focus scope: Only refine the specified files or recently modified code, unless instructed otherwise

Report at the end with only a 1-3 sentence summary of what you changed.