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Use when the user wants to simplify, clean up, refactor, tidy, or refine code — their staged/unstaged git changes or a target file/path. Reduces complexity, flattens nesting, removes redundancy and dead code, scores each change by value (holding low-value churn), then runs tests to prove nothing broke. Invoke on: "simplify", "simplify this", "simplify my code/changes", "clean up", "clean this up", "clean up my changes", "refactor this", "make this cleaner", "tidy this up", "reduce complexity", "flatten this", "remove dead code", "make it more readable", "polish before commit", or "absolute simplify". Acts on your working diff; for repo-wide dead code use absolute-prune; for lint/type debt use absolute-debt.

Vulnerability and security scan (defensive, your own repo): dependency CVEs plus risky code patterns (secrets, injection, weak authz), severity x reachability triaged and remediated without suppressing. Complements the built-in /security-review. Triggers on "absolute audit", "security audit", "are we vulnerable", "scan for CVEs", "check for secrets/injection", "harden this".

Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, # type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms. Runs on green main. For diff-scoped quality use absolute-simplify. Triggers on "absolute debt", "fix our lint warnings", "clear the type errors", "get to strict mode", "burn down suppressions".

Flaky test fixes: detect nondeterministic tests empirically (repeat/shuffle/parallel runs), diagnose the root cause, fix it — never retry/skip/sleep — and verify across many randomized runs. Triggers on "absolute deflake", "fix flaky tests", "CI is flaky", "this test fails randomly/intermittently".

Diátaxis-driven documentation for AI coding agents: write, improve, or audit tutorials, how-tos, reference, explanation, and developer docs (README, CONTRIBUTING, ADRs). Detects the docs stack; gates on the outline before writing prose; verifies every claim against the code before it ships. Triggers on "absolute docs", "write docs", "write a tutorial", "write a README", "document this", "improve this doc", "audit our docs".

One-time setup for absolute: interview how you want it to behave (output style, autonomy, TDD strictness, spec dir, families) + detect the stack once, then write `.absolute.config.json` (project, committed) and `~/.absolute/config.json` (user defaults + per-project overrides). Every other absolute-* command reads it instead of re-detecting; non-blocking — commands proceed without it and soft-recommend it. Triggers on "absolute init", "set up absolute", "initialize absolute", "configure absolute", "first-time setup", "remember my conventions for this repo".

Dead code and dependency cleanup, repo-wide: unused deps, unreferenced exports, unreachable code, orphaned files — removed only with tool evidence, in reversible waves. Runs on green main. For diff-scoped cleanup use absolute-simplify. Triggers on "absolute prune", "remove dead code", "find unused deps/exports", "what can we delete", "clean up orphaned files".

Lightweight standalone design spec for AI coding agents: codebase scan → bounded clarify pass (3–5 questions, not a grill) → reviewed design doc written to docs/plans/ → independent scored review → stop. No task board, no build. Use when you want a spec to discuss, hand off, or review before committing to implementation. Chains into absolute-work when ready to build. Triggers on "absolute spec", "write a spec", "spec out this feature", "draft a design doc", "I want a spec to hand off / review, don't build it yet".

Diátaxis-driven documentation writing, improvement, and auditing for AI agents. Writes public-facing product docs (tutorials, how-to guides, reference, explanation) and repo developer docs (README, CONTRIBUTING, ARCHITECTURE, ADRs, changelogs, runbooks), improves existing pages to their quadrant's standard, and audits whole doc sites against the Diátaxis map. Detects the docs stack (Fumadocs, Docusaurus, Starlight, MkDocs, VitePress, Mintlify, plain Markdown) and follows its conventions. Triggers on "write docs", "document this", "write a tutorial", "write a README", "improve this doc", "audit our docs", "restructure the documentation", or "absolute-documentations this".

Autonomously simplifies code in your working changes or targeted files. Detects staged or unstaged git changes, analyzes for simplification opportunities following clean code and clean architecture principles, applies improvements directly, runs tests to verify nothing broke, and shows a structured summary with reasoning. Triggers on "simplify this", "refactor this", "clean up my changes", "absolute-simplify", "simplify my code", "make this cleaner", "tidy this up", "reduce complexity", "flatten this", "remove dead code", or when code needs clarity improvements, nesting reduction, or redundancy removal. Language-agnostic at base with deep opinions for JS/TS/React, Python, and Go.

Use this skill when building user interfaces that need to look polished, modern, and intentional - not like AI-generated slop. Triggers on UI design tasks including component styling, layout decisions, color choices, typography, spacing, responsive design, dark mode, accessibility, animations, landing pages, onboarding flows, data tables, navigation patterns, and any question about making a UI look professional. Covers CSS, Tailwind, and framework-agnostic design principles.

End-to-end, phase-gated software development lifecycle for AI agents. Turns a ticket, task, plan, or migration into a validated design, a dependency-graphed task board, and verified code. Triggers on "build this end-to-end", "plan and build", "break this into tasks", "pick up this ticket", "grill me on this", "run this migration", "absolute-work this", or any multi-step development task. Relentlessly interviews to a shared design, writes a reviewed spec, decomposes into atomic tasks on a persistent markdown board, then peels tasks one safe wave at a time with test-first verification. Handles features, bugs, refactors, greenfield projects, planning breakdowns, and migrations.

Use this skill when building user interfaces that need to look polished, modern, and intentional - not like AI-generated slop. Triggers on UI design tasks including component styling, layout decisions, color choices, typography, spacing, responsive design, dark mode, accessibility, animations, landing pages, onboarding flows, data tables, navigation patterns, and any question about making a UI look professional. Covers CSS, Tailwind, and framework-agnostic design principles.