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deslop · davila7 — Claude Code skill: what it does, how to install

Q: How do I install deslop in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill deslop -a claude-code` in your terminal.

Q: What does the deslop skill do?

It reviews the branch diff against `main` to prune artificial code artifacts. The skill purges non-standard comments, unneeded defensive blocks, type casts, and misplaced imports while preserving actual logic changes.

Q: What branch structure does deslop require?

The skill relies specifically on `git diff main...HEAD`. Your repository must maintain a base branch called `main`, or the diff command will fail.

Cleans AI-generated clutter from a branch before merging code. It inspects diffs against main to strip needless comments, type workarounds, and unneeded guards.

Install into Claude Code · claude-code-templates All methods and platforms ↓

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill sentry/deslop

Open on GitHub

What deslop does

The skill inspects project modifications by running git diff main...HEAD. It scans altered files to catch typical synthetic artifacts. Redundant explanatory notes disappear. The routine strips unneeded try/catch wrappers on trusted code paths, eliminates casts to any, and relocates inline Python imports up to the file header.

Legitimate feature logic remains untouched while formatting is brought in line with adjacent code. Once cleanup finishes, the agent delivers a brief summary spanning one to three sentences. The hardcoded call to main means the tool breaks if your repository uses a different primary branch name.

What it helps with

delete redundant explanatory comments from modified files
strip excessive try/catch safeguards along trusted codepaths
remove loose any casts introduced during generation
relocate nested Python imports back to the top of the file

Example prompts for the agent

Clean up AI code slop in this branch before opening a PR
Review changes against main and remove unnecessary defensive checks
Run deslop to fix style inconsistencies across modified files

How to install deslop

1claude-code-templates

npx claude-code-templates@latest --skill sentry/deslop

2Skills CLI (Vercel)

npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill deslop -a claude-code

3Manually: put the files in place

~/.claude/skills/deslop/SKILL.md

Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/deslop/

Manually: put the files in place

.agents/skills/deslop/SKILL.md

For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

Manually: put the files in place

.cursor/skills/deslop/SKILL.md

Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

1GitHub CLI

gh skill install davila7/claude-code-templates deslop

2Manually: put the files in place

.github/skills/deslop/SKILL.md

Platform CLI

gemini skills install https://github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates --path cli-tool/components/skills/sentry/deslop

Manually: put the files in place

.devin/skills/deslop/SKILL.md

The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

Step by step, with commands for each platform: How to install skills in Claude Code: five ways

Questions about deslop

How do I install deslop in Claude Code?

Run npx skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill deslop -a claude-code in your terminal.

What does the deslop skill do?

It reviews the branch diff against main to prune artificial code artifacts. The skill purges non-standard comments, unneeded defensive blocks, type casts, and misplaced imports while preserving actual logic changes.

What branch structure does deslop require?

The skill relies specifically on git diff main...HEAD. Your repository must maintain a base branch called main, or the diff command will fail.

deslop by other authors comes first.

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