ai-agent

Improve Code with andrej-karpathy-skills

Name: Improve Code with andrej-karpathy-skills
Author: multica-ai

Get better code behavior with andrej-karpathy-skills, 165k+ GitHub stars, for founders using LLMs.

intermediate⏱ 30 minutes💵 Free (self-hosted)

204,069 stars20,912 forksGuide quality 8/10Updated 4/20/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Get better code behavior by adding andrej-karpathy-skills to your LLM project.

Real use case example

"A founder building a Claude Code project wants to improve their LLM's coding behavior. They add the andrej-karpathy-skills and create a CLAUDE.md file with a list of coding pitfalls to avoid. After implementing the suggestions, their LLM produces more accurate and efficient code. The founder now achieves better results in their project development cycle."

Best insideClaude CodeGemini Code Assist

When to use it

•When building AI-powered code agents that require advanced logic and reasoning
•When optimizing LLM-based coding tools for better performance and accuracy
•When debugging and fine-tuning AI-powered coding assistants

Ready-to-paste prompt

Use the CLAUDE.md file as a guide to craft a prompt like `Explain the coding pitfalls in LLM-based code generation and provide examples of how to avoid them`

Heads up: Make sure you have a strong understanding of LLM-based coding concepts and Claude Code's architecture, as the tool assumes a certain level of familiarity with these topics

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/andrej-karpathy-skills && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/andrej-karpathy-skills/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/andrej-karpathy-skills/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Improve Code with andrej-karpathy-skills works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Improve Code with andrej-karpathy-skills is a documents-only repository (6 doc files) — something you read, not something you run. You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit 4 months ago, no license file.

Size

Documents only

6 documents · 7 min skim

Setup

Install as a skill / plugin

Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 1 skill inside. Nothing to run yourself.

Runs on

Inside your AI tool

Nothing to install on your machine

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
CLAUDE.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
skills/karpathy-guidelines/SKILL.md
Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do

What's in each folder

.claude-plugin/Plugin manifest — what gets installed2 files

.cursor/Editor / agent settings1 files

skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions1 files

READMEDocumentedNo licenseUpdated 4 mo ago