Principle Redesign From First Principles Agent Skill
by backnotprop
Apply when integrating a new requirement into an existing design.
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Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/backnotprop/pstack --skill principle-redesign-from-first-principlesThe instruction itself
1 sections, as written by the authorRedesign From First Principles
When integrating a change, don't bolt it onto the existing design. Redesign as if the requirement had been a foundational assumption from the start.
- Read all affected files and understand the current design
- Ask: "if we were writing this from scratch with this new requirement, what would we build?"
- Propagate the change through every reference: types, docs, examples, rationale sections
- Think about the whole redesign, then deliver it incrementally
This is the method for preserving option value when integrating changes into an existing design.
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use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
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