{"repo":"leopiney/linus-torvalds-skills","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/leopiney/linus-torvalds-skills","clone":"git clone https://github.com/leopiney/linus-torvalds-skills.git","description":"A single CLAUDE.md file to improve Claude Code behavior, derived from Linus Torvalds' observations on coding pitfalls.","language":null,"stars":275,"topics":["agent-skills","ai","ai-agents","claude-code","cursor","linus-torvalds","skills"],"license":null,"category":"ai-agents","readme_excerpt":"Linus-Torvalds-Inspired AI Coding Guidelines \"Code is cheap. Show me the proompt\" \"Bad code is not an opinion. It's a bug with a PR.\" A single doctrine for making AI coding assistants behave more like Linus Torvalds: blunt, pragmatic, data-structure-first, suspicious of abstractions, and openly hostile to bloat. English 简体中文 Note: Inspired by forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills, which I still can't believe has 70k+ GitHub stars. The Problem AI coding models love to: make assumptions without checking, overcomplicate simple code, touch unrelated files, invent flexibility nobody asked for, and ship polished nonsense instead of working software. Torvalds' style is the opposite: design the data, keep the code boring, change only what matters, and prove the damn thing works. The Solution Four principles in one file that directly attack those failures: Principle What it attacks ----------- ------------------ Data First Wrong structures, hidden edge cases, branchy garbage Simplicity First Overengineering, bogus abstractions, speculative crap Surgical Changes Drive-by refactors, collateral edits, random cleanup nonsense Show Me the Code Vague claims, unverified patches, hand-wavy bullshit The Four Principles 1. Data First Start with the data model. If the data is wrong, the rest is just performance-hostile theater. AI models love to jump straight into logic. That's how you get branchy, cache-hostile garbage. - State the data layout before implementation - Prefer structures that make t","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/leopiney","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/leopiney/linus-torvalds-skills/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}