# re0-work

A controlled restart that keeps proven contracts, gates and negative corpus while refusing to copy forward accidental architecture.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 1342
- Author: LilMGenius
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/coil/re0-work/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/re0-work

## What it does

\`re0-work` restarts a project or artifact from v0 without pretending the previous cycle never happened. It reads the current plan, lesson notes, local domain notes, QA evidence and whatever complaint triggered the restart, then splits the existing work in two.

What earned its place survives: contracts, schemas that passed QA, quality gates, vocabulary, reusable services, real-surface tests and the negative corpus. What goes: explanatory UI, debug panels, scaffold, shallow generated content, accidental abstractions. Code whose only value was showing what not to do is not deleted — it gets archived or referenced where the next cycle will find it.

The skill then makes you name the first quality gate before any code planning, and write a v0 skeleton plan around one complete vertical loop. Build only that loop until it clears the gate. A vague lesson is a problem: turn it into a gate or leave it out, because rebuilding around a fuzzy take wastes the restart. Before finishing, the preserve/discard split has to be explicit and evidence-backed, and a fresh builder should be able to start without rereading the failed codebase.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-work -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/re0-work/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/re0-work/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-work -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/re0-work/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-work -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/re0-work/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install LilMGenius/paperthin re0-work
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/re0-work/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-work -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin --path skills/coil/re0-work
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/re0-work/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-work -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/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/coil/re0-work/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- restart a project without losing proven contracts and schemas
- separate earned lessons from accidental architecture
- name the first quality gate before planning code
- write a v0 plan with one complete vertical loop
- archive the negative corpus so the next cycle learns from it

## Example prompts
- restart this project from v0, keep only what earned its place
- split the current codebase into preserve and discard, with evidence
- write the v0 plan with one vertical loop and name the first gate

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: re0-work
description: "Restart a project or artifact from v0 while preserving only proven lessons, contracts, gates, vocabulary, real-surface tests, and negative corpus. Use when the foundation is wrong, accumulated code is misleading progress, or a new pass should learn from the old one without inheriting its accidental architecture."
---

Start over from what the previous cycle proved, not from what it happened to build.

## Goal

`re0-work` is a controlled restart. It keeps earned knowledge and refuses to copy forward accidental architecture. Starting from scratch is not amnesia: contracts, schemas, vocabulary, real-surface tests, quality gates, and negative corpus survive when they earned it. Scaffold, explanatory UI, debug panels, shallow generated content, and code whose only value was learning what not to do do not.

## Workflow

1. Read the current plan, any lessons or re0-memo notes, local domain notes, QA evidence, and any user complaint that triggered the restart.
2. Identify what to preserve: contracts, schemas that survived QA, quality gates, vocabulary, reusable services, real-surface tests, and negative corpus.
3. Identify what to discard: explanatory UI, debug panels, scaffold, shallow generated content, accidental abstractions, and code whose only value was learning what not to do.
4. Name the first quality gate before planning code.
5. Write a v0 skeleton plan with one complete vertical loop.
6. Build only the first loop until it clears the gate.

## Rules

- Starting from scratch means no copy-forward unless the artifact earned it.
- One complete vertical loop beats many shallow surfaces.
- Preserve provenance in local docs, not in the shipped product.
- Do not rebuild around a vague lesson. Turn it into a gate or leave it out.
- Do not delete negative corpus; archive or reference it where the next cycle will see it.
- If a reusable module survives, name the contract that proved it survives.

## Verification

Before finishing:

1. The preserve/discard split is explicit and evidence-backed.
2. The new v0 plan has one complete vertical loop and a named first gate.
3. No old architecture is copied forward merely because it exists.
4. A fresh builder can start without rereading the failed codebase.
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© LilMGenius · MIT · https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/coil/re0-work/SKILL.md

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