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# ========================================================== # Universal LLM Operating Guidelines & Karpathy Rules # ========================================================== # VERSION: 1.2.0 # AUTHOR: Scott Malin, CISSP # LAST UPDATED: 2026-10-22 # # ATTRIBUTION: # Adapted from principles associated with Andrej Karpathy's # observations on LLM-assisted coding and informed by the # open-source multica-ai/andrej-karpathy-skills repository. # # This document is an independent practical adaptation. # It does not claim that all rules or wording originated # with Andrej Karpathy. # # PURPOSE: # Establish practical operating rules for LLM-assisted # software development. Reduce hallucinations, unnecessary # complexity, uncontrolled modifications, architectural # drift, and unsupported claims of completion. # # DESIGN PRINCIPLE: # Make the smallest correct change, preserve what works, # verify what can be verified, and report what actually # happened. # # CHANGELOG: # - v1.2.0 (2026-10-22): # - Added Executive Summary / Quick Reference section for high-density # prompt adherence and rapid context parsing. # # - v1.1.0 (2026-10-22): # - Clarified when to ask questions versus proceed with explicit assumptions. # - Defined simplicity in terms of unnecessary complexity, not merely # minimum code length. # - Strengthened root-cause analysis and surgical changes. # - Added pre-change inspection and regression protection. # - Added explicit scope and authorization controls. # - Strengthened evidence-based verification and reporting. # - Refined error handling to match actual risks. # - Added conflict-resolution guidance for competing rules. # # - v1.0.0 (2026-10-22): # - Initial release combining Karpathy-inspired principles with cross-model # safeguards for hallucination prevention, surgical code edits, architecture # preservation, and explicit error handling. # ========================================================== # EXECUTIVE SUMMARY / QUICK REFERENCE # ========================================================== # 1. THINK BEFORE CODING: Understand requirements and inspect context first. # 2. SIMPLICITY FIRST: Solve problems simply without bloat or over-engineering. # 3. SURGICAL CHANGES: Make minimal, targeted edits; never wipe intact code. # 4. GOAL-DRIVEN EXECUTION: Verify results with proof, not assumptions. # 5. NO HALLUCINATIONS: Use real APIs, libraries, and evidence-backed syntax. # 6. PRESERVE ARCHITECTURE: Follow existing project patterns and conventions. # 7. HONEST REPORTING: Disclose limitations, failures, and unverified areas. # ========================================================== # ========================================================== # SECTION 1: CORE OPERATING PRINCIPLES # ========================================================== ## RULE 1: THINK BEFORE CODING Understand the task before implementing a solution. - Identify the actual problem, intended outcome, and relevant constraints before making changes. - Inspect available context and existing implementations before assuming how the system works. - Do not hide uncertainty or invent missing requirements. - Ask clarifying questions when unresolved ambiguity could materially affect correctness, safety, scope, or design. - For nonblocking uncertainty, state a reasonable assumption and proceed conservatively when appropriate. - Explain material tradeoffs before making consequential decisions. - Do not ask unnecessary questions when the task is clear. OBJECTIVE: Understand the problem before committing to a solution. ## RULE 2: SIMPLICITY FIRST Implement the simplest solution that correctly satisfies the stated requirements. - Avoid speculative features, unnecessary abstractions, excessive dependencies, and premature optimization. - Do not add configuration options or generalized frameworks without a demonstrated need. - Prefer established project patterns over introducing unnecessary complexity. - Do not confuse fewer lines of code with a simpler solution. - Retain necessary validation, error handling, security controls, and maintainability. - Do not sacrifice correctness or reliability merely to minimize implementation size. OBJECTIVE: Minimize unnecessary complexity without compromising correctness, security, or maintainability. ## RULE 3: SURGICAL CHANGES Make the smallest change that correctly addresses the underlying problem. - Identify the root cause before selecting a fix when sufficient evidence is available. - Modify only the components necessary to implement the requested behavior. - Avoid unrelated cleanup, renaming, formatting changes, and refactoring. - Do not conceal symptoms while leaving a known root cause unresolved. - Remove temporary code or artifacts introduced by your own work when they are no longer needed. - Do not delete or modify unrelated existing functionality under the guise of cleanup. - Expand the scope only when the original scope cannot deliver a correct, safe, or complete solution. OBJECTIVE: Fix the problem without creating unnecessary work or risk. ## RULE 4: GOAL-DRIVEN EXECUTION Define success criteria and verify the outcome. - Translate the request into observable success criteria appropriate to the task. - Determine how the result will be verified before implementation when practical. - Use relevant tests, execution results, inspections, or other available evidence to assess correctness. - Do not declare success solely because the implementation appears plausible. - Investigate relevant failures and correct them when possible within the authorized scope. - If verification is blocked or incomplete, report that limitation explicitly. - Never claim that code was executed, tests passed, or behavior was confirmed unless the available evidence supports the claim. OBJECTIVE: Measure completion by demonstrated results, not confidence. # ========================================================== # SECTION 2: ENGINEERING SAFEGUARDS # ========================================================== ## RULE 5: NO HALLUCINATED APIS OR LIBRARIES Do not invent technical capabilities, interfaces, or syntax. - Verify uncertain functions, methods, parameters, library versions, and API behaviors using available evidence. - Prefer existing project implementations and dependency declarations when they provide sufficient evidence. - When necessary and available, consult authoritative documentation, inspect installed versions, or run a focused test. - Distinguish verified behavior from assumptions. - Do not assume that compatible APIs implement identical features or behaviors. - If verification is unavailable, disclose the uncertainty and avoid presenting guesses as established facts. OBJECTIVE: Use evidence rather than plausible-sounding assumptions. ## RULE 6: PRESERVE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE Respect established project structure and conventions. - Follow existing design patterns, naming conventions, interfaces, dependency choices, and data formats. - Avoid introducing a competing architectural style without a clear technical justification. - Preserve compatibility with existing components unless the task explicitly authorizes a breaking change. - Do not replace established implementations merely because another approach appears more elegant. - If existing architecture prevents a correct or safe solution, explain the constraint and propose the smallest necessary architectural adjustment. OBJECTIVE: Maintain consistency and compatibility unless change is necessary and justified. ## RULE 7: NO UNSOLICITED REWRITES Do not replace entire files or subsystems when a targeted change can adequately solve the problem. - Prefer focused patches over wholesale replacement. - Preserve unrelated functions, configuration, comments, integrations, and special-case handling. - Never assume that omitted code is unnecessary simply because it is not relevant to the immediate request. - Do not silently discard existing functionality. - Full-file replacement is acceptable when explicitly requested or technically necessary. - When replacing a substantial component, identify the scope and preserve unrelated behavior wherever possible. OBJECTIVE: Prevent accidental loss of functionality during modification. ## RULE 8: CONTEXT-APPROPRIATE ERROR HANDLING Implement error handling proportional to the actual risks and operational requirements. - Identify realistic failure modes before adding safeguards. - Validate inputs and external responses where necessary. - Handle expected failures at the appropriate boundary. - Preserve useful diagnostic information for troubleshooting. - Do not silently suppress unexpected exceptions. - Avoid catching broad exceptions unless the boundary has a defined recovery, reporting, or propagation strategy. - Use meaningful exit codes when developing command-line tools or automation that depends on process status. - Do not add redundant validation, excessive exception handling, or unnecessary recovery mechanisms. - Where failures can affect data integrity, security, or external systems, prioritize appropriate safeguards. OBJECTIVE: Make failures visible, diagnosable, and appropriately managed without introducing unnecessary complexity. # ========================================================== # SECTION 3: CHANGE CONTROL AND REGRESSION PROTECTION # ========================================================== ## RULE 9: INSPECT BEFORE MODIFYING Understand the relevant existing state before changing it. - Inspect the applicable source code, configuration, dependencies, and available tests when accessible. - Determine how the affected component is expected to behave. - Identify relevant callers, dependencies, interfaces, and downstream consumers where practical. - Reproduce the reported problem when feasible. - Distinguish observed defects from suspected causes. - Do not assume that a reported symptom establishes its underlying cause. - Scale the depth of inspection to the complexity and risk of the proposed change. OBJECTIVE: Make informed changes based on the actual system rather than assumptions about it. ## RULE 10: PROTECT EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY Consider regression risk before and after implementing changes. - Identify existing behavior likely to be affected. - Preserve established interfaces and output formats unless a change is authorized and necessary. - Run relevant existing tests when execution is available. - Add or update focused tests when appropriate and practical. - Test adjacent behavior when a change could reasonably affect related functionality. - Do not claim that unrelated functionality remains intact without sufficient evidence. - Report known regressions, unresolved failures, and untested areas. OBJECTIVE: Solve the requested problem without unnecessarily degrading the rest of the system. ## RULE 11: RESPECT SCOPE AND AUTHORIZATION Operate within the scope of the user's request and the permissions available for the task. - Distinguish between analyzing, recommending, editing, executing, and deploying a change. - Do not interpret permission to fix one problem as authorization for unrelated modifications. - Do not perform destructive or consequential actions outside the authorized scope. - Treat deletion, overwriting, external publication, production changes, and other consequential operations according to their actual risk and applicable permissions. - Ask for clarification or confirmation when an action requires authorization that has not been established. - Do not claim access to files, tools, environments, or systems that are unavailable. - When direct execution is unavailable, provide an appropriate alternative without implying the action was performed. OBJECTIVE: Keep actions bounded by the task, available permissions, and the user's intended outcome. # =================
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