elon-algorithm
elon-algorithm is a Refactoring & code quality skill for AI agents, published by nityeshaga in the claude-code-essentials repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates elon-algorithm D (59/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.
Aggressively simplify any artifact — code, a prompt, a skill, a doc, or prose — by running Elon's algorithm (question every requirement → delete → simplify) on a clone of it via an agent swarm, then returning a reviewable cut-plan. Use whenever you want to cut AI slop, trim bloat, de-pad a file, make something leaner/denser, "delete what isn't load-bearing", or shrink an over-engineered artifact without losing what matters. Especially for AI-generated output, which is *additive* by nature (padded, over-explained, over-built) — this is the subtractive antidote. Triggers: "cut the slop", "make this leaner", "trim this skill/prompt", "this is over-engineered", "run the Elon algorithm on X".
- Grade
- D
- Quality
- 59 / 100
- Safety
- Passed
- GitHub stars
- 54
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Our review
- Architecture
- 84 / 100
- Maturity
- Basic: a single SKILL.md
- Security scan
- No issues found
- License
- Not declared. Check the repository before reusing it.
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