Chisle Review
Reviews a diff or file purely for what can be deleted or simplified — over-engineering, speculative abstractions, and reinvented stdlib.
What it does
It runs a code review through the "Chisle lens": not style nits, but what could be removed or shrunk.
- Flags abstractions with a single implementation (interface/factory/wrapper for one case)
- Catches reinvented stdlib: hand-rolled debounce, deep clone, groupBy, date math
- Calls out new dependencies where a few lines or an installed dep suffices
- Removes config/options that never vary and "for later" scaffolding with no caller
- Suggests native platform features (CSS, DB constraints,
<input type>) over verbose code
It explicitly avoids flagging trust-boundary validation, data-loss-preventing error handling, security/accessibility code, and anything the task required.
Output is one finding per line — path:line: what's over-built. the lazier replacement. — closing with N findings. Est. <X> lines removable.
Who it's for
- Reviewers on teams where PRs keep ballooning
- Developers cleaning up legacy code
- Anyone trimming verbose AI-generated code
- People who prefer terse, praise-free reviews
Examples
- Say "chisle review" and paste your branch diff to catch bloat before merging
- "Review this file for bloat" — get a hand-rolled debounce swapped for inline
setTimeout/clearTimeout - Run
/chisle-reviewon a feature PR to list abstraction layers with no callers and unnecessary new packages
· · · Install guide · · ·
Try it now, no install
Paste this into Claude to use the skill without installing anything.
Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JayPokale/Chisle/HEAD/skills/chisle-review/SKILL.md What I want: (describe your task here)
If Claude can't open the link, open it yourself and paste the contents instead.
↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.
Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
- Download the ZIP with the button below.
- In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
- Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
Install in Claude Code
Let Claude do it — paste this into Claude Code
Install the skill I found on AI Skill Mart. Copy the skills/chisle-review folder from the GitHub repo JayPokale/Chisle into my ~/.claude/skills/chisle-review/. When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.
Install with a command instead
git clone https://github.com/JayPokale/Chisle.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r Chisle/skills/chisle-review ~/.claude/skills/⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.
- Open your terminal.
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/JayPokale/Chisle.git - Create the skills folder:
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills - Copy the skill in:
cp -r Chisle/skills/chisle-review ~/.claude/skills/ - Restart Claude Code.
- Show it a file or diff and type "chisle review" (or
/chisle-review) to trigger it.