principle-laziness-protocol

Apply when refactoring, evaluating diff size, or tempted to add abstractions, layers, or signal threading. Bias toward deletion and the smallest change that solves the problem.

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npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill principle-laziness-protocol

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Laziness Protocol Consolidate decisions. Do not repeat the same choice in several places. Put it behind one source of truth and pass the result as a simple flag. Minimize the diff. Make the smallest change that solves the problem. Fewer lines beat "elegant" boilerplate.