/deslop

description: Remove unnecessary AI-generated code while preserving behavior.

/deslop - Remove AI Code Slop

Strip AI-generated slop from the current branch.

Process

1. **Diff the branch against main:**

   git fetch origin main
   git diff origin/main...HEAD --stat
   git diff origin/main...HEAD

2. **Scan for slop patterns:**

• Comments that state the obvious or don't match local style
• Defensive try/catch blocks on trusted internal code paths
• Casts to `any` used only to bypass type issues
• Over-engineered abstractions for one-time operations
• Deeply nested code that should use early returns
• Backwards-compatibility hacks (renamed `_vars`, re-exports, `// removed` comments)
• Features or "improvements" beyond what was requested
• Docstrings and type annotations added to unchanged code
• Error handling for scenarios that can't happen

3. **Apply minimal edits** to remove each slop instance.

4. **Verify behavior unchanged:**

   git diff origin/main...HEAD
   npm test -- --changed --passWithNoTests 2>&1 | tail -10

5. **Report** what was cleaned (1-3 sentences).

Guardrails

• Keep behavior unchanged unless fixing a clear bug.
• Prefer minimal edits over broad rewrites.
• Three similar lines is better than a premature abstraction.
• Verify something is truly unused before removing it.

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**Trigger:** Use when code feels bloated, before committing, after AI-heavy sessions, or when someone says "clean this up".