principle-subtract-before-you-add

cursor/plugins

SkillLoads cleanly

Apply when sequencing an addition, refactor, or rewrite. Remove dead weight, redundant validators, and stub references first, then build on the simpler base.

Scores
out of 100 · grade B+

2026-08-22

Works

40% of the score

100/100

Loads cleanly: valid frontmatter, required fields present, no dangling references.

Maintained

25% of the score

94/100

no commits in the last 12 weeks
no license file

Adopted

20% of the score

52/100

1,010 installs on skills.sh.
4,460 stars on the source repo.

Documented

15% of the score

33/100

No usage example or code block.
163-word body.

Loads cleanly. Every structural check Claude Code needs to register this passed. Last commit yesterday.

Install

npx skills add cursor/plugins/principle-subtract-before-you-add

What the check found

Every finding on this listing, and what each one means for whether it loads.
Finding	What it means
No license	The repository ships no license file, so the reuse terms are unclear.

Every number above came out of reading the file and its repository. Nothing is a judgement call, nothing is a model’s opinion, and nothing can be paid for. The full method is published. Source last committed 2026-08-21.

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