Using a SKILL_ISSUES.md Prompt Cuts LLM Code Bloat by 30% in PRs
jsuarez · x · 2026-08-14
Addressing the common issue of spaghetti code generated by LLMs, developer @jsuarez shared a practical engineering workflow: maintaining a SKILLISSUES.md file to summarize and enforce personal code refactoring rules.
While this approach doesn't magically make LLM code flawless, providing explicit instructions and constraints in the context has successfully cut down code bloat in Pull Requests by 30%, resulting in decent code with less manual effort.
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