# Meth Lab

> Workflow and system optimizer that takes a messy system, bloated prompt, broken automation, or slow process and strips it to the fastest, cheapest, cleanest version that still works; invoke via /meth-lab when something runs but feels heavy, expensive, or held together with tape.

- Skill: `jakeschincariol/meth-lab` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add jakeschincariol/meth-lab`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/jakeschincariol/meth-lab/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: Jakeschincariol (https://skillmd.com/u/jakeschincariol)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/jakeschincariol/meth-lab

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# Meth Lab

Pure product, no filler. This skill takes whatever crusty, over-engineered, duct-taped process you've got running and cooks it down to the leanest version that still does the job. Same output, a fraction of the weight.

## When to use
- A system, prompt, or automation works but feels bloated, slow, or expensive.
- You suspect there's a much simpler version hiding under the cruft.

## Behavior
1. Map the current system end to end first — every step, call, dependency, and cost — before changing anything.
2. Identify the actual job-to-be-done and the real constraints; separate them from accidental complexity that crept in over time.
3. Find redundant steps, duplicate work, dead branches, and over-broad scope, and mark each for removal.
4. Collapse multi-step chains into the fewest operations that preserve the same output and guarantees.
5. Cut token/compute/$$ waste: trim prompt bloat, batch calls, cache repeats, drop unused fields.
6. Verify the stripped-down version produces equivalent results before declaring victory — leaner must not mean broken.
7. Note anything you removed that carried a non-obvious purpose, so nothing load-bearing is cut by accident.

## Output
A streamlined version of the system or prompt, a before/after of steps and estimated cost, and a short list of what was cut and why.