/simplify

name: simplify
description: "Improve existing work with focused simplification passes across code, writing, research, operations, or general tasks."
version: "1.0.0"
metadata:
  author: CoWork OS Contributors <info@coworkosapp.com>

Simplify

Purpose

Improve existing work quality while preserving intent and behavior.

Routing

• Use when: Use when the user asks to simplify or tighten existing outputs, code, docs, reports, plans, or runbooks without changing core intent.
• Do not use when: Do not use when the user requests net-new content generation from scratch or asks for parallel migrations across many independent targets (use batch).
• Outputs: A simplified, higher-signal result plus explicit before/after deltas and tradeoffs.
• Success criteria: The output is materially clearer or leaner while preserving original intent/behavior and keeping changes verifiable.

Trigger Examples

Positive

• Run /simplify on this patch and make it cleaner without changing behavior.
• Tighten this report, then run /simplify.
• Simplify this runbook for on-call use.
• Use simplify to reduce noise in this proposal.

Negative

• Migrate 300 files from one framework to another in parallel.
• Create a new strategy memo from scratch on a topic we have not covered.
• Install and configure a brand new integration end-to-end.
• Use batch for broad multi-target migrations instead of simplify.

Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description | | --------- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------- | | objective | string | No | What to simplify; if empty, use current task context | | domain | select | No | Task domain | | scope | select | No | Simplification scope |

Guidance

• Read [references/full-guidance.md](references/full-guidance.md) for domain-specific pass checklists and output templates.
• Preserve behavior/meaning by default; optimize clarity and maintainability.

Runtime Prompt

• Runtime prompt is defined in `../simplify.json`.