Karpathy's observations on how LLMs fail at coding, codified into four rules the agent follows: think before coding (state assumptions, ask instead of guessing), simplicity first, surgical changes, and goal-driven execution.
skillgild install karpathy-guidelines
License: not stated by the project · Created by Multica (originally forrestchang) · The project lists support for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode, Aider, Copilot, OpenClaw
A community skill: it installs from its own repository and your agent runs the project's instructions locally with your own model. SkillGild lists it and credits the author; nothing runs on SkillGild.
With the SkillGild CLI (needs git). It clones multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills and copies the skill folder into the right place for your agent; use --agent codex, cursor or gemini-cli for other clients.
skillgild install karpathy-guidelines --agent claude-codeClaude Code plugin marketplace.
/plugin marketplace add forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills
/plugin install andrej-karpathy-skills@karpathy-skillsAny agent, with the skills CLI.
npx skills add multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skillsManual copy.
curl -o CLAUDE.md https://raw.githubusercontent.com/forrestchang/andrej-karpathy-skills/main/CLAUDE.mdOr copy the folder yourself from multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills (folder skills/karpathy-guidelines) into ~/.claude/skills/karpathy-guidelines/ for Claude Code, ~/.agents/skills/ for Codex, ~/.cursor/skills/ for Cursor or ~/.gemini/skills/ for Gemini CLI, then start a new session.
Requests that trigger this skill once it is installed in your agent.
Apply the Karpathy guidelines and refactor this module
Before coding, state your assumptions about this bug
Make the smallest change that fixes the test
Run skillgild install karpathy-guidelines --agent claude-code: the SkillGild CLI clones multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills and copies the skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/karpathy-guidelines. You can also use the project's own commands shown above, or copy the folder yourself. Use --agent codex, cursor or gemini-cli for other clients.
The multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills repository does not include a license file at the time of listing, so treat it as all rights reserved by the author until one is added. SkillGild lists and links it; it does not host or redistribute the files.
The project lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, OpenCode, Aider, Copilot, OpenClaw. It is a plain Agent Skills folder (SKILL.md plus supporting files), so any client that reads that format can load it.
No. Andrej Karpathy Skills is a community skill: your agent runs its instructions locally with your own model, and SkillGild lists, credits and installs it. Hosted SkillGild skills are marked differently and run through the SkillGild MCP server.
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