# Reduce Redundancy

> Remove lexical, structural, and semantic redundancy from a finished documentation page — repeated definitions, decorative transitions, motivations argued twice — without cutting meaning. Load when editing an existing page for repetition rather than writing a new one.

- Skill: `zio/reduce-redundancy` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add zio/reduce-redundancy`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/zio/reduce-redundancy/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Docs & Writing
- Author: zio (https://skillmd.com/u/zio)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/zio/reduce-redundancy

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# Reduce Redundancy

The guide is provided verbatim in the editing agent's instructions (single source of truth:
`references/guide.md`). It carries the three kinds of redundancy, how to detect and fix each, the
bounds that keep a cut from damaging a correct page, and the receipt to report.

Nothing mounts this skill today: `src/redundancy.ts` imports the reference directly, because a
single-purpose agent needs it on turn 1 of every run and progressive disclosure would only add a
turn and a way to skip it. The directory is a skill so that a consumer which needs it *sometimes* —
the drafter, pre-empting redundancy while writing — can mount it without moving any content.