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Enables and configures Pragmatic Guard Mode (YAGNI Enforcement) to prevent over-engineering. Use when the user requests "Enable pragmatic mode", "Turn on YAGNI enforcement", "Activate simplicity guard", "Challenge complexity", or similar phrases.

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$ npx -y skills add codenamev/ai-software-architect --skill pragmatic-guard --agent claude-code

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How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/pragmatic-guard
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Enables and configures Pragmatic Guard Mode (YAGNI Enforcement) to prevent over-engineering. Use when the user requests "Enable pragmatic mode", "Turn on YAGNI enforcement", "Activate simplicity guard", "Challenge complexity", or similar phrases.
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