Updated 4mo ago
by santiago-vargas-de-kruijf
claude-overkill
A thoughtful "Root of all evil" for engineers and explorers of the software arts. Take any problem a step past the pragmatic answer. A Claude Code skill that surfaces advanced data structures, distributed-systems algorithms, niche frameworks, and frontier tooling — each scored on a calibrated complexity scale.
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- 1 skill (1 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 1 forks (1 forks)
- 4mo ago last update (Last updated 4mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add santiago-vargas-de-kruijf/claude-overkill
Asks which agents to install it for. Add -g to install it for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/santiago-vargas-de-kruijf/claude-overkillcp -r "claude-overkill/plugins/overkill/skills/overkill" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the overkill skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project).
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add santiago-vargas-de-kruijf/claude-overkill
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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overkill
Propose advanced, maximalist alternatives to whatever solution is being discussed — the techniques, data structures, frameworks, and tooling that lie beyond the pragmatic answer. Invoke when the user says "overkill", "overkill this", "/overkill", "make it enterprise", "what's the advanced version", or otherwise asks for the maximalist, future-proofed, or frontier take on a problem. Supports flags…
plugins/overkill/skills/overkill/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.