minimalist

Always-on "write the least code that fully works" discipline. A SessionStart hook injects the full decision LADDER (skills/minimal-code) and a UserPromptSubmit hook re-injects a compact reminder every turn, so the agent ships the SMALLEST code that satisfies the requirement WITHOUT cutting validation, error handling, security, or accessibility. Both hooks are node-guarded and fail-quiet (node is OPTIONAL — absent means the hooks stay silent and the skill still works on demand) and INJECT CONTEXT ONLY (no gate decision; every gate in this marketplace stays pure shell/awk). Intensity off|lite|full|ultra via /minimize, mirrored into STATUS.json. YAGNI applies only to UNREQUESTED scope — anything the builder PLAN or the user mandates stays in-scope. Ladder adapted from Ponytail by Dietrich Gebert (MIT).