Slopware Skills

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Portable, individually installable skills and plugins for AI coding agents by Slopware Engineer.

Packages

Package	Type	Purpose
MSW Kernel	Skill and plugin	Admit only necessary work, require proof, and stop at the fixed point.
MSW Hook	Optional plugin	Reinforce the MSW Kernel once at session context boundaries.
MSL Kernel	Skill and plugin	Report only what the reader must act on, in a form they can check.
Timebox	Skill and plugin	Converge authorized work inside AWT and a closeout-only CGP.
CODER Loop	Codex skill and plugin	Optimize Codex development through bounded work, fresh evaluation, and evidence-scoped remediation.
Codex Voice Optimizer	Codex skill and plugin	Optimize Codex Voice for hands-free orchestration across owning work threads.

Each package has its own documentation and remains independently installable.

The Slopware Dev Stack

A modular Codex-native stack that removes waste at every development boundary. Install one layer or compose the stack. Free forever.

Component	Stack role	Contribution
Codex Voice Optimizer	Control plane	Hands-free intent, routing, authority, and material progress
CODER Loop	Development engine	Bounded implementation, independent evaluation, remediation, acceptance, and evolving model routing
MSW Kernel	Scope kernel	Necessary coordination, work, findings, repairs, and proof
Timebox	Convergence envelope	One explicitly authorized AWT/CGP clock around the work
MSL Kernel	Communication kernel	The final facts the user must understand or act on

The product story is simple: CVO controls it. CODER builds it. MSW keeps it necessary. Timebox makes an authorized run converge. MSL makes the result clear. Every package works alone; together they form an evidence-evolving, high-efficiency agentic development system without a hard dependency or shared runtime.

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MSW Kernel: Minimum Sufficient Work

All necessary work. Nothing beyond it.

Package documentation · Skill source

Minimum Sufficient Work is the principle. The MSW Kernel is the compact instruction set and program that applies the principle to agent work.

The MSW Kernel is a lightweight alternative to heavier, more invasive agent-control systems. Its small instruction surface can be just as effective, and arguably more effective, because it gives the agent one necessity test, a proof obligation, and a clear stopping condition without layering on another workflow.

MSW also protects contract integrity: temporary development state must neither add product responsibilities nor weaken required behavior. Necessary environment work stays at its own scope, and current capability and proof gaps must be reported truthfully.

It applies to implementation, debugging, review, research, planning, and documentation, not just code size. The original MSW Kernel post introduced the idea.

Install the MSW Kernel

Codex

This uses a free-form Git marketplace directly from this repository. It does not require submission to or verification for an official marketplace.

codex plugin marketplace add transcendr/slopware-skills
codex plugin add msw@slopware-skills

Add automatic reinforcement only if you want it:

codex plugin add msw-hook@slopware-skills

Start Codex, open /hooks, and trust the single SessionStart hook. The msw plugin remains hook-free.

Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add transcendr/slopware-skills
claude plugin install msw@slopware-skills

Add automatic reinforcement only if you want it:

claude plugin install msw-hook@slopware-skills

The msw plugin remains hook-free.

skills.sh

This installs the portable, hook-free Agent Skills version:

npx skills add transcendr/slopware-skills --skill msw -g

The installer supports Codex, Claude Code, and other Agent Skills-compatible clients.

Generic ~/.agents/skills

git clone https://github.com/transcendr/slopware-skills.git
mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills
cp -R slopware-skills/plugins/msw/skills/msw ~/.agents/skills/msw

Optional hook

The separate msw-hook plugin injects one compact MSW reminder when a session context starts, resumes, clears, or compacts. It does not run before tools, after edits, or on every user prompt. There are no modes, daemons, dependencies, status lines, or state files.

Install only msw when you want explicit invocation with no hook.

FAQ

How is this different from heavier solutions like Ponytail?

Ponytail and similar systems can introduce modes, decision ladders, persistent reinforcement, invasive hooks, and highly opinionated conventions. The MSW Kernel stays at a lower level: define the contract, test necessity, prove the required work, and halt. This avoids overthinking, process doom spirals, and conventions that can clash with your own while remaining applicable beyond coding tasks.

What makes this work?

The contract converts an open-ended request into the smallest provable outcome. The deletion test forces every proposed action to justify itself against that outcome instead of habit, reviewer authority, or imagined future needs. The proof obligation prevents minimalism from becoming corner-cutting. The fixed point gives the agent a concrete stopping condition, so it neither stops early nor kee