Common-Sense Engineering
Use this skill as a lightweight sanity layer for day-to-day coding work.
Workflow
- •Clarify the real goal before choosing tools or edits.
- •Prefer the smallest change that satisfies the request.
- •Check local side effects before concluding:
- •generated artifacts (
__pycache__,*.pyc, tool caches), - •accidental temp/debug files,
- •obviously stale docs references.
- •generated artifacts (
- •If a repeatable issue appears during work, update the relevant skill/checklist in the same change.
- •Capture short evidence of what was checked and what was fixed.
Common-Sense Checks
Run from repo root:
bash
git status --short python3 scripts/check_private_data_policy.py
Artifact hygiene scan:
bash
python3 "$CODEX_HOME/skills/skill-arbiter-lockdown-admission/scripts/artifact_hygiene_scan.py" . --fail-on-found
Decision Heuristics
- •If two fixes work, choose the one with fewer moving parts.
- •If a change cannot be explained in one sentence, scope is probably too large.
- •If a failure can recur, codify it in a skill/workflow instead of relying on memory.
- •If evidence is missing, do not claim success.
References
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references/common-sense-checklist.md