MSW Kernel

MSW Kernel is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by transcendr in slopware-skills.

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Install MSW Kernel

Copy MSW Kernel into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/transcendr/slopware-skills/tree/main/plugins/msw/skills/msw ~/.claude/skills/msw

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/transcendr/slopware-skills.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/msw/skills/msw/SKILL.md in transcendr/slopware-skills
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/msw
Collection: One of 2 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What MSW Kernel does

A systematic instruction set for AI agents to scope, execute, and verify work using the Minimum Sufficient Work principle. Use to avoid over-engineering, control scope, and ensure proof-driven completion.

MSW Kernel is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. MSW Kernel comes from a repository tagged agent-plugins, agent-skills, ai-agents, ai-coding-agent and claude-code.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

MSW: the Kernel

Minimum Sufficient Work is the principle. The MSW Kernel is the instruction set and program that applies it.

Program: complete

contract ← the requested outcome + the smallest criteria that prove it

while ∃ claim c : deleting c leaves contract unmet ∨ unproven
      do c ; prove c

halt ; report

Definitions: no behavior lives here, only meaning

contract: the requested outcome and the smallest set of acceptance criteria that would prove it, stated before any work. The sole source of necessity; a ceiling as much as a floor. If the request is ambiguous: attended → ask; unattended → bind the smallest reading consistent with stated intent and record the assumption.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about MSW Kernel

What else does transcendr publish alongside MSW Kernel?
MSW Kernel is one of 2 skills that DirSkills catalogs from transcendr/slopware-skills, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Timebox. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MSW Kernel does, and is maintained by transcendr in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the transcendr/slopware-skills page.
How does MSW Kernel compare to other AI Engineering skills?
MSW Kernel ranks #2336 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of MSW Kernel against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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MSW Kernel

In this catalog

What MSW Kernel does

README

MSW: the Kernel

Program: complete

Definitions: no behavior lives here, only meaning

Frequently asked about MSW Kernel

What else does transcendr publish alongside MSW Kernel?

How does MSW Kernel compare to other AI Engineering skills?

More from transcendr/slopware-skills

Timebox

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Architecture Decision Records

AI-First Engineering

Agentic OS