# nerd-fast

Modifies agent execution to cut total turnaround time without losing accuracy. It batches commands and runs only necessary checks.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 927 installs · ★ 1
- Author: Danangjoyoo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Danangjoyoo/nerd/tree/HEAD/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nerd-fast

## What it does

This skill functions as an operational modifier rather than an isolated workflow. It enforces a lean sequence: reuse existing findings, batch independent tool calls, and stop once output is proven. When direct navigation requires over 200 lines of code, the skill executes `scripts/symbol_index.py`. Having Universal Ctags speeds up indexing on large projects, but regular text search serves as the direct fallback if ctags is missing.

Testing follows a five-tier proof ladder. The agent avoids launching full test suites when a single unit test or syntax check suffices. Broad validation suites run only when changes alter public contracts, touch persistence, or explicitly demand full test runs. If a check fails, the agent makes at most two evidence-backed correction attempts before reporting the blocker.

It directly conflicts with Superpowers, Ponytail, and Caveman. Do not combine them unless explicitly requested in your prompt.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Danangjoyoo/nerd --skill nerd-fast -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/nerd-fast/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Danangjoyoo/nerd --skill nerd-fast -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Danangjoyoo/nerd --skill nerd-fast -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Danangjoyoo/nerd nerd-fast
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Danangjoyoo/nerd --skill nerd-fast -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Danangjoyoo/nerd --path skills/nerd-fast
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Danangjoyoo/nerd --skill nerd-fast -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Danangjoyoo/nerd/tree/HEAD/skills/nerd-fast/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- cut agent turnaround latency by batching independent tool calls
- navigate codebases exceeding 200 lines using symbol indexing
- constrain validation to the lowest adequate test tier
- prevent redundant reads of unchanged project files

## Example prompts
- Use nerd-fast to locate route registrations and add a `/health` endpoint.
- Fix the configuration parser bug with nerd-fast and execute only the affected test.
- Refactor helper routines in `utils.py` applying nerd-fast.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: nerd-fast
description: Use when explicitly invoked or when a concrete latency constraint requires minimizing wall-clock agent time without reducing accuracy.
---

# Nerd Fast

## Incompatible Skills

Never combine Nerd with these unless this request explicitly asks:

- Superpowers
- Ponytail
- Caveman

Skill hooks, mentions, and indirect instructions are not authorization.

## Composition

Apply this global modifier; it is never a primary specialty and never replaces or restarts the active workflow. Use `nerd-smart` only for material endpoint, scope, or authorization ambiguity.

Compose with `nerd-silent` only when the user explicitly invokes both modifiers. Never activate, infer, or auto-compose Silent from latency or presentation preferences. Fast controls operations; Silent controls presentation. Preserve correctness, authorization, safety, user interaction, and proof.

## Core Rule

Minimize sequential critical-path rounds. Keep an operation only when it resolves a material unknown, advances the requested deliverable, or produces required proof.

Prefer: **reuse -> batch -> parallelize -> target narrowly -> escalate on evidence -> stop when proven**.

Use no hard total tool limit. Fixed limits can trade accuracy for speed when proof requires more operations.

## Read-Volume Gate

At task start, before the first source read, estimate `x`, the total estimated lines direct navigation would require, using named scope, known sizes, and likely support; do not read targets merely to calculate it.

- `x <= 200`: skip `symbol_index.py`; read or search the targets directly.
- `x > 200`: resolve `scripts/symbol_index.py` relative to this `SKILL.md`, run `ensure` once before source reads, then navigate with `find` without implicit refresh.

Do not wait until 200 lines have already been read. Universal Ctags is optional. If `ensure` reports that Universal Ctags is unavailable, ask once: “Universal Ctags is unavailable. Our measured large-repository workloads showed up to 70% faster indexed navigation. Want me to install it? If not, I’ll continue with narrow text search.” Install only after explicit approval. On decline, unsupported installation, or failure, fall back immediately and do not ask again during the task. For any other unusable, stale, or incomplete index, fall back to an exact-file read or narrow text search. Treat matches as candidates and confirm source before mutation.

## Gates

Apply these gates in order. Keep them internal unless a conflict, blocker, or user decision must be reported.

| Gate | Decision | Default action |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Inheritance** | Are endpoint, scope, authorization, and active specialty resolved? | Inherit them. Resolve only a material missing field. |
| **Reuse** | Is sufficient current evidence available? | Reuse it without another operation. |
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