# tidy

Inspects branch diffs and pull requests, flags bugs with file locations, and applies fixes directly. Useful for cleaning code before merging.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 418 installs · ★ 163
- Author: mblode
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tidy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/tidy

## What it does

The skill inspects changes across branch diffs or pull requests. It tags findings with file and line locations under confirmed and plausible severity levels. Beside general code review, it offers specialized lenses like Deslop to strip AI generated boilerplate, or Security audit for targeted vulnerability checks.

By default, it runs in report mode without modifying the tree. When asked to apply changes, it edits the affected files directly, lands scoped simplifications, and executes documented local test and lint commands. It makes no commits. It also avoids touching files outside the working directory.

Project rules in `CLAUDE.md` or a root `REVIEW.md` take precedence over default rubrics, so deliberate repository conventions will not be flagged as bugs.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill tidy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill tidy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill tidy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mblode/agent-skills tidy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill tidy -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mblode/agent-skills --path skills/tidy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mblode/agent-skills --skill tidy -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/mblode/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/tidy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot defects and regressions in branch diffs
- remove AI generated boilerplate and slop patterns
- audit touched test cases and call sites
- apply scoped simplifications directly to local files

## Example prompts
- /tidy
- Review my changes and clean up AI patterns
- Apply the findings and simplify the diff

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: tidy
description: Reviews a local diff, branch diff, or PR with file:line findings in confirmed and plausible tiers, gates any test the diff adds or changes, and in apply mode lands the fixes and diff-scoped simplifications. Use when asked to "review my changes", "code review", "tidy this", "simplify my diff", "deslop this", "structural review", "security audit", or "audit these tests in my PR". For the PR itself use pr-creator; for CI and review threads use pr-babysitter; for UI defects use ui-design; for repo architecture use codebase-architecture; for pruning the whole suite to a target use test-audit.
---

# Tidy

Review the diff, then fix it when asked. One pass produces the report; the same pass, in apply mode, lands the fixes along with the simplifications a clean diff still hides.

- **IS:** review of a local diff, branch diff, PR, or named security scope, returning severity-tiered findings with `file:line` evidence; in apply mode, the smallest complete fixes for those findings plus diff-scoped simplification.
- **IS NOT:** creating PRs (`pr-creator`), CI failures and review threads (`pr-babysitter`), user-facing UX, accessibility, or rendered quality (`ui-design` Audit mode), library or CLI ergonomics (`dx-audit`), architecture briefs and repo-wide guardrails (`codebase-architecture`), reviewing plans (`planning`), suite-wide test pruning to a measured target (`test-audit`).

## Report or apply

**Report** is the default: "review my changes", "code review", a mode phrase below, or a PR number. Done is the report in the format under Output, carrying the range reviewed, each baseline command's last line, and the references read. The working tree stays as it was. Do not edit a file in report mode, even for a one-character fix; the moment the tree changes the user loses the read-only report they asked for.

**Apply** when the user says "tidy", "simplify", "fix", "apply the findings", or asks for the changes to be made. Done is the confirmed findings and supported simplifications in the working tree, the affected checks passing or their failures shown to be baseline, and a summary of what changed, what was left and why, and the check results. Apply mode edits any file the diff touches or a fix requires, and runs the repository's documented lint, type, and test commands without asking: they run locally against the working tree, and landing the changes is what was asked for. It does not commit, push, open PRs, add or upgrade dependencies, run migrations, or write outside the working tree. A report from earlier in the session is input, not authority: apply what current evidence supports and say why anything was not applied.

## Harness precedence

Claude Code bundles `/code-review` (correctness plus cleanups, with `--fix`) and `/security-review`. A typed slash command runs the bundled skill; this one runs when named or when a mode phrase matches, and adds the Structural and Deslop modes, a whole-repo Security audit, the plausible tier the bundled commands filter out, `REVIEW.md` support, and the same report on any harness with git and the file tools. Findings from a bundled review already run this session enter the verdict step as candidates rather than being re-derived.

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