Abstraction Power
Turns repeated code into one abstraction: fixed pipeline, pluggable variants, Mermaid flowchart
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 31, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · f4b8da3
Cloned into a throwaway HOME (export HOME=$(mktemp -d)) and confirmed SKILL.md lands at ~/.claude/skills/abstraction-power/SKILL.md; frontmatter has name+description, body references zero external files or scripts, and a grep for curl|sh, base64, key/token exfil and injection phrasing returned no hits. Trigger phrasings I judged — SHOULD fire: "These four API clients all do the same connect/format/send dance, pull out the common abstraction", "I keep editing the same switch every time we add a payment provider — what's the general pattern?", "Extract what's essential vs incidental across these three React hooks so I can write one generic hook"; SHOULD NOT fire: "Rename the variable usr to user across this file", "This one 300-line function is too long, split it into helpers" (single instance, no repeated examples) — 5/5 correct. Output test: three near-identical S3 exporter functions (CSV/XLSX/JSON) in an input.js; baseline.md (49 lines) produced one parameterized helper whose SQL interpolates `FROM ${table}`, with a caveat to whitelist it, and kept three hand-written wrappers, while skill.md (112 lines, following the mandated Input/Abstraction Process/Output sections) split "essential characteristics" into a fixed pipeline plus a self-describing variant `{kind, source, ext, mime, serialize}` — each format owns its own parameterized query, so the interpolated table name disappears entirely — added a registry so a fourth format is a registration rather than a code edit, and included the `graph TD` Mermaid flowchart the body requires (baseline had none). Cost: 2.3x longer, the "Key Benefits" section is boilerplate, and on genuinely small dedup jobs the registry framing pushes toward over-abstraction, so 7 not 9.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 6/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What Abstraction Power does
A single-file prompt skill that makes Claude analyze several concrete examples, separate the invariant from the varying parts, and emit a generalized model in a fixed Input / Abstraction Process / Abstract Model format with a Mermaid flowchart. Triggers when you ask it to find the common pattern across repeated functions, extract a reusable interface, or explain why every new variant forces you to edit the same file. Not useful for single-instance refactors or renames, where it adds ceremony without insight.
How to install Abstraction Power
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/syahiidkamil/Software-Engineer-AI-Agent-Atlas.git /tmp/abstraction-power-src
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/abstraction-power-src/.claude/skills/abstraction-power ~/.claude/skills/abstraction-power
# Single SKILL.md, 87 lines, no scripts, no assets, no dependencies, no API keys.
# The parent repo (ATLAS) ships ~20 other skills under .claude/skills/ — this copies only this one.
# "ATLAS" in the description is repo jargon; the skill is fully standalone and needs none of the ATLAS scaffolding.
# Usage: ask for the common pattern across several similar functions, or invoke /abstraction-power.
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Abstraction Power
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/abstraction-powerTurns repeated code into one abstraction: fixed pipeline, pluggable variants, Mermaid flowchart
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Find repeated patterns in this codebase -
Extract a reusable abstraction from these examples -
Simplify this duplicated logic into one function
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Abstraction Power skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from syahiidkamil/Software-Engineer-AI-Agent-Atlas. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Abstraction Power work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 31, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Cloned into a throwaway HOME (export HOME=$(mktemp -d)) and confirmed SKILL.md lands at ~/.claude/skills/abstraction-power/SKILL.md; frontmatter has name+description, body references zero external files or scripts, and a grep for curl|sh, base64, key/token exfil and injection phrasing returned no hits. Trigger phrasings I judged — SHOULD fire: "These four API clients all do the same connect/format/send dance, pull out the common abstraction", "I keep editing the same switch every time we add a payment provider — what's the general pattern?", "Extract what's essential vs incidental across these three React hooks so I can write one generic hook"; SHOULD NOT fire: "Rename the variable usr to user across this file", "This one 300-line function is too long, split it into helpers" (single instance, no repeated examples) — 5/5 correct. Output test: three near-identical S3 exporter functions (CSV/XLSX/JSON) in an input.js; baseline.md (49 lines) produced one parameterized helper whose SQL interpolates `FROM ${table}`, with a caveat to whitelist it, and kept three hand-written wrappers, while skill.md (112 lines, following the mandated Input/Abstraction Process/Output sections) split "essential characteristics" into a fixed pipeline plus a self-describing variant `{kind, source, ext, mime, serialize}` — each format owns its own parameterized query, so the interpolated table name disappears entirely — added a registry so a fourth format is a registration rather than a code edit, and included the `graph TD` Mermaid flowchart the body requires (baseline had none). Cost: 2.3x longer, the "Key Benefits" section is boilerplate, and on genuinely small dedup jobs the registry framing pushes toward over-abstraction, so 7 not 9.
- What is the Abstraction Power SkillProof Score?
- 8.0/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 6/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install Abstraction Power?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Abstraction Power with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.