Contribute A Small Fix

Companion Guidance

Use karpathy-guidelines alongside this skill for implementation or review work. Keep changes scoped, surface assumptions, and define focused validation before editing.

Use this skill for narrowly scoped bug fixes or behavior corrections.

Rules

• Reproduce or identify the failing behavior first
• Keep the change as small as possible
• Avoid opportunistic refactors unless they are required to fix the bug safely
• Add or update the smallest meaningful test that proves the fix

Checklist

• Scope of the fix is explicit
• Affected language surfaces are understood
• A regression test or focused validation path exists
• Docs updated if public behavior changed
• PR notes can explain what failed before and why the fix is safe

References

• CONTRIBUTING.md
• validate-change