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Fix bugs and small behavior changes at the narrowest responsible layer. Use when regression proof, preserved surrounding behavior, and task-relevant tests matter.
Claude Code
$ npx -y skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch --agent claude-code
Codex
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a codex -y
Cursor
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a cursor -y
Gemini CLI
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a gemini-cli -y
GitHub Copilot
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a github-copilot -y
OpenCode
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a opencode -y
Windsurf
$ npx skills add JuliusBrussee/caveman --skill surgical-patch -a windsurf -y
SKILL.md
surgical-patch.SKILL.mdname: surgical-patch description: Fix bugs and small behavior changes at the narrowest responsible layer. Use when regression proof, preserved surrounding behavior, and task-relevant tests matter.
Surgical patch
Reproduce failure first when economical; otherwise capture strongest available evidence.
- Trace symptom to responsible mechanism.
- Change narrowest layer that owns incorrect behavior.
- Preserve unrelated behavior and user changes.
- Avoid cleanup, renaming, and abstraction outside fix.
- Add only regression proof relevant to task.
Run focused proof plus nearest affected gate. Stop when failure is fixed and regression proof passes.
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- Which coding agents can use surgical-patch?
- surgical-patch installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.