Extract and distill functionality from a complex GitHub library into a minimal, self-contained implementation. Uses DeepWiki MCP for understanding + GitHub CLI for reading source code.
Inspired by Karpathy's workflow for increasing software malleability — the idea that LLMs can understand source code well enough to extract the essential core from over-engineered libraries.
Libraries often wrap simple core ideas in layers of generalization: plugin registries, config systems, compatibility shims, integration adapters, telemetry, CLI scaffolding, etc. Sometimes you just need the core 20% that does 80% of the work.
This skill automates the workflow:
- Understand what the library actually does (via DeepWiki)
- Read the actual source code (via gh CLI)
- Identify what's essential vs. orchestration overhead
- Produce a minimal self-contained file with identical core API
- Verify parity with the original
Provides mcp__deepwiki__ask_question and mcp__deepwiki__read_wiki_structure for querying any GitHub repo.
claude mcp add -s user -t http deepwiki https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcpUsed to read source files directly from repositories.
brew install gh
gh auth login/plugin marketplace add Yusuke710/code-ripout-skill
/plugin install code_ripout@code-ripout-skill