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Change Discipline

Category: Dev Tools  ·  Sub-category: linters-formatters  ·  Last updated:
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.

About this skill (catalog notes)

Change Discipline includes explicit scope boundaries (an explicit 'when not to use' or 'out of scope' section); pricing or quota commentary. At roughly 1,952 words the SKILL.md is on the longer end of the catalog distribution.

Original author
tmerrien
Indexed lastmod
Catalog position
Dev Tools · linters-formatters
Indexed related skills
10

How Change Discipline fits the catalog

Change Discipline sits in the Dev Tools category under the linters-formatters sub-topic in the ClaudSkills catalog. There are 10 related skills indexed alongside it; comparing a few before installing usually reveals which fits your workflow best.

These notes are auto-generated from features detected in the SKILL.md file and from this catalog's structure — they aren't part of the source repository.

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 116,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

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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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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/.

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tmerrien. (2026). Change Discipline [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/change-discipline/
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@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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