Pragmatic Guard

codenamev/pragmatic-guard

Enables and configures Pragmatic Guard Mode (YAGNI Enforcement) to prevent over-engineering. Use when the user requests "Enable pragmatic mode", "Turn on YAGNI enforcement", "Activate simplicity guard", "Challenge complexity", or similar phrases.

1k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/codenamev/ai-software-architect --skill pragmatic-guard

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take codenamev/pragmatic-guard from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

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