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Use when a structure has more moving parts than the job earns. Owns structural simplification only.
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Based on SOC occupation classification
| name | collapse-unearned-complexity |
| description | Use when a structure has more moving parts than the job earns. Owns structural simplification only. |
| category | workflow |
| source_group | hermes-operational |
| compatibility | opencode |
Load this when a structure has more moving parts than the job earns: extra layers, roles, processes, abstractions, prompts, documents, metrics, or governance that do not buy enough reliability.
The skill owns structural simplification. It removes unnecessary machinery while preserving the function that matters.
Do not use this to force a decision, diagnose a broken system, calibrate tone, choose the user's mode, or package a recommendation. If the problem is not structural excess, do not collapse it.
Return the simplification: current moving parts, what each buys, what can be removed, and the lean version that remains.
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