# deslop

Removes diff bloat and unnatural patterns without altering software behavior. It inspects changes before commits or pull requests.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 624 installs · ★ 6
- Author: prathamdby
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/deslop/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/prathamdby-deslop

## What it does

The skill inspects repository changes across targeted scopes. By default, it processes staged edits via `git diff --cached`, but it also handles unstaged worktrees or branch comparisons via triple-dot diffs. Staged targets that contain unstaged hunks halt execution immediately.

Execution runs through four distinct stages: lock, classify, edit, and verify. It records SHA-256 hashes of the diff state and checks at most two adjacent files in the same directory to determine local conventions. Logic, timing, validation, side effects, and public APIs remain preserved.

Any changes touching executable logic, control flow, types, or API boundaries require the narrowest covering test. Missing or failing test suites block the entire run with a `BLOCKED` status. The skill never creates commits and never broadens its working scope.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill deslop -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill deslop -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill deslop -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install prathamdby/skills deslop
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill deslop -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/prathamdby/skills --path skills/engineering/deslop
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add prathamdby/skills --skill deslop -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/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/deslop/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- clean up diff bloat before opening a pull request
- align modified code style with nearby directory patterns
- prevent changes that lack covering unit or integration tests
- isolate staged modifications from untracked or unstaged hunks

## Example prompts
- Run deslop on staged changes
- Clean diff against `main` using deslop
- Check current worktree diff for unnecessary bloat

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: deslop
description: >
  deslop to remove diff bloat and foreign patterns without changing behavior.
---

# Deslop

## Scope

Default staged (`git diff --cached`). Unstaged/worktree → git diff;
against/since <branch> → committed triple-dot diff. Conflicting scopes,
missing base, or ambiguous values block. An empty scope never switches.

## 1. Lock

Capture status, selected diff, sorted paths, original index, and SHA-256 of
scope name plus complete diff. Record
`scope/hash | file | checked hunks | kept instances | verification | terminal`.
Empty → NO_CHANGES, naming other layers without touching them. Staged targets
with unstaged hunks block the whole run; committed-base targets with staged/
unstaged work also block. Done when editable bytes and staging boundaries are fixed.

## 2. Classify

Read every changed file and at most two same-directory norm-setting neighbors
per module. Apply all six categories in `REFERENCE.md` to every hunk.
Record path/lines, primary category, local evidence, smallest atomic edit;
secondary only for another edit. Update sorted-file progress after each file.
On resume rehash; restart changed current work and retain completed entries
only for unchanged hunks. Done when every hunk has six-category coverage;
no instances → CLEAN.

## 3. Edit

Apply all reference guardrails; drop uncertain instances. Use the smallest
locally established form, preserving logic, timing, errors, side effects,
validation, API, and useful abstraction.
Unstaged/base never stage. Staged stages only edited targets proven to have
had no pre-existing unstaged work. Done when each kept instance is gone and
the original index is preserved except authorized staged-target updates.

## 4. Verify

Recheck selected diff/status, no new slop or moved out-of-scope layers.
Executable/type/control/error/validation/API edits require the narrowest
covering test; missing/failing required tests block. Docs/comments/whitespace
may use diff audit alone. Report scope, files, category counts, staging
preservation, audit, tests. Done when each edit and staging invariant is proved.

Terminals: SUCCESS, CLEAN, NO_CHANGES, BLOCKED. No commits or scope expansion.
```
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© prathamdby · MIT · https://github.com/prathamdby/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/deslop/SKILL.md

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