Change Discipline
Use when the user is considering a meaningful change to the existing way things work — proposing a rewrite of a module or system, wanting to bypass or break a team coding standard or convention, talking about forking a library or framework instead of contributing upstream, or proposing to swap one technology for another in the stack. Triggers include phrases like "I want to rewrite this", "let me migrate us from X to Y", "we should replace [tool] with [other tool]", "I'm going to fork the library to fix this", "I don't agree with our coding standards", "let me just bypass the linter rule", "this whole module needs a rewrite", "let's switch from X to Y framework", or asking whether some kind of large change to existing code, conventions, or stack is a good idea. Walks through the four pitfalls from The Missing Readme (Chapter 3) — rewrites, going rogue on standards, forking without upstreaming, adding new technologies — using Horowitz's "10x better" rule as the decision criterion. For new-technology evaluation specifically, route to choose-boring-technology. Do not trigger for small in-flight refactors, code reviews, or active incidents.
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What this skill does
Change Discipline is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the linters-formatters sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/change-discipline/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.
When to invoke it: Use when the user is considering a meaningful change to the existing way things work — proposing a rewrite of a module or system, wanting to bypass or break a team coding standard or convention, talking about forking a library or framework instead of contributing upstream, or proposing to swap one technology for another in the stack. Triggers include phrases like "I want to rewrite this", "let me migrate us from X to Y", "we should replace [tool] with [other tool]", "I'm going to fork the library to fix this", "I don't agree with our coding standards", "let me just bypass the linter rule", "this whole module needs a rewrite", "let's switch from X to Y framework", or asking whether some kind of large change to existing code, conventions, or stack is a good idea.
Who uses this skill
The Change Discipline Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 154,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).
How to install
Free
Manual install (2 steps)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/change-discipline
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/change-discipline/SKILL.md \
-o ~/.claude/skills/change-discipline/SKILL.md
Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/change-discipline/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.
Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/change-discipline/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\change-discipline\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.
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One-click install via the desktop app
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Frequently asked questions
How do I install the Change Discipline Claude Code skill?
Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy
SKILL.md from the source repository to
~/.claude/skills/change-discipline/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at
claudskills.com/install/.
What does the Change Discipline skill do?
Use when the user is considering a meaningful change to the existing way things work — proposing a rewrite of a module or system, wanting to bypass or break a team coding standard or convention, talking about forking a library or framework instead of contributing upstream, or proposing to swap one technology for another in the stack. Triggers include phrases like "I want to rewrite this", "let me migrate us from X to Y", "we should replace [tool] with [other tool]", "I'm going to fork the library to fix this", "I don't agree with our coding standards", "let me just bypass the linter rule", "this whole module needs a rewrite", "let's switch from X to Y framework", or asking whether some kind of large change to existing code, conventions, or stack is a good idea. Walks through the four pitfalls from The Missing Readme (Chapter 3) — rewrites, going rogue on standards, forking without upstreaming, adding new technologies — using Horowitz's "10x better" rule as the decision criterion. For new-technology evaluation specifically, route to choose-boring-technology. Do not trigger for small in-flight refactors, code reviews, or active incidents.
Is this skill free to install?
Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.
When should I use the Change Discipline skill?
Use Change Discipline when your Claude Code task falls under the Dev Tools category — specifically in the linters formatters area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Change Discipline" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at
/category/tools/.
What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Change Discipline skill fit in?
A Claude Code skill is a
SKILL.md file that lives under
~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Change Discipline is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Dev Tools category. Learn more at
/learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.
Attribution & license
Cite this skill
If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:
APA
tmerrien. (2026). Change Discipline [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/change-discipline/
BibTeX
@misc{change-discipline-2026,
author = {tmerrien},
title = {Change Discipline [Claude Code skill]},
year = {2026},
publisher = {ClaudSkills},
url = {https://claudskills.com/skills/change-discipline/}
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Security scan
Grade A · scanned 2026-07-20 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.
The scan flagged 1 of 10 categories (filesystem), including lower-severity patterns. Patterns shown inside code fences are weighted as examples rather than instructions — read the grading methodology for what this does and does not guarantee.
- ✓ Prompt injection
- ✓ Data exfiltration
- ✓ Supply chain
- ✓ Reverse shell
- ✓ Credentials
- ✓ Execution
- ⚠ Filesystem
- ✓ Persistence
- ✓ Obfuscation
- ✓ Network
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