Lean-dev – Teaching AI coding assistants

What it does

I built lean-dev, an open-source AI skill for coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and GitHub Copilot. lean-dev attempts to address : 1. Think Before Coding 2. Simplicity First 3. Surgical Changes 4. Goal-Driven Execution 5. Lean Responses One interesting result during testing was a significant reduction in token usage (often around 75%) while still producing useful outputs. GitHub: https://github.com/Vishnu90Coreinn/lean-dev

⚡ Talk less. Code better. — A Claude skill combining caveman communication + Karpathy coding principles. Works with Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT & GitHub Copilot too. - Vishnu90Coreinn/lean-dev

lean-dev is an open-source Claude skill that teaches coding assistants to behave more like experienced engineers. "The models make wrong assumptions on your behalf and just run along with them without checking. They really like to overcomplicate code and APIs, bloat abstractions, implement a bloated construction over 1000 lines when 100 would do." Refactor my auth module to be more scalable. Typical AI Response Generates new abstractions Suggests strategy patterns Creates interfaces Reorganizes folder structure Produces hundreds of lines of code lean-dev Response Need more information first. 1. What's painful about the current auth module? 2. What's the current stack? 3. What future…from github.com

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