re0
Refresh an existing artifact into the current best v0. Use when the user asks to clean up, sync up, dedupe, de-noise, smooth, rewrite, or update an artifact after iteration; when nearby artifacts may have drifted; or when changes in one place should be reflected across related artifacts while keeping the result minimal.
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Install
Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/lilmgenius/paperthin --skill re0- 01
Install
Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Describe the task
Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads re0 automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Refresh the target artifact as if it were the first clean version.
Goal
The result must be lighter, more current, and more accurate than the input. It should not read like a changelog, cleanup note, or patch over an older draft.
Workflow
- Identify the target artifact from the user's request or the active context.
- Read the target artifact end to end before editing.
- Check nearby artifacts that must stay aligned with it.
- Remove scaffolding residue, stale deltas, duplicated process noise, deprecated information, and over-specific history.
- Fold durable lessons into the place they should have lived from the start.
- Rewrite instead of appending when appending would preserve noise.
- Preserve the artifact's useful voice and structure; simplify everything else.
- Smooth prose noise: fold a parenthetical that interrupts a sentence or list into its own clause or cut it, keep a word or point repeated within reach of itself only once, and unwind padding that adds length but not meaning.
- Smooth source noise: unwrap a hard line break that splits a sentence mid-flow so each paragraph or list item lives on one source line, matching how sibling artifacts format theirs; make a plain-text pointer to a named section or file followable, a link where the medium supports one; leave code, tables, and quoted material as formatted.
- Re-read the result and cut again.
Rules
- A pass that finds nothing to genuinely improve changes nothing.
- Prefer editing existing sections over adding new ones.
- Convert "what changed" into "what is true now".
- Keep only details that improve future execution, accuracy, or recall.
- Do not leave old/new traces unless the artifact is explicitly a changelog.
- Fix machine-clear residue; surface judgment calls — never auto-resolve an ambiguity or "fix" a deliberate look-alike.
- Repair from the source of truth — the canonical or sibling artifact, not the damaged surface — and mutate with edit-safety: assert the target exists (report a MISS, never a silent no-op), edit unicode-safe (
PYTHONUTF8=1), replace positional targets per occurrence rather than by blanket sweep, and script large structural moves. - Do not create extra files unless the user asks.
Verification
The result reads as a clean v0 to fresh eyes — no trace of the older draft, no sign it was patched rather than rewritten. If unsure, re-read it cold, as a stranger with no prior context would. Report what noise was removed and what durable truth was kept.
FAQ
What does the re0 skill do?
Refresh an existing artifact into the current best v0. Use when the user asks to clean up, sync up, dedupe, de-noise, smooth, rewrite, or update an artifact after iteration; when nearby artifacts may have drifted; or when changes in one place should be reflected across related artifacts while keeping the result minimal.
How do I install re0?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/lilmgenius/paperthin --skill re0 in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/re0/ (personal) or .claude/skills/re0/ (project).
Which AI agents can use re0?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is re0 safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains re0?
It is published by lilmgenius in lilmgenius/paperthin. It has 1,327 recorded installs.
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