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Tip only: ban agent comments — they hide the hack

Agent comments are rarely for humans. They are cover for a hack that never gets fixed.

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What hurt

Samuel Hu (@realSamHu) said Eric banned comments in his Grok Bot codebase for a reason that stuck: agents love leaving comments — not for humans, as cover for a hack. Then the file fills with band-aids and the root cause never gets fixed. He notes potato mode even ships a "no comments" skill that spins an agent whose whole job is deleting them ("comments sickle"). Tip only — mention that skill as the author did; do not invent its body. Not affiliated with xAI or potato/pstack.

What to install or create

Ban leftover agent comments. Treat them as bandage smell. Use a no-comments skill (or a delete pass) so the hack has to be fixed, not narrated.

Bots

  • Comments sickle

    Finds agent bandage comments and proposes deletes. Does not invent a new skill body.

Plugins

  • None on day one. Follow the first-run steps.

Files

  • House rule: no agent comments. A comment that explains a hack is a smell — fix the code.

Routines

  • None on the first run. Watch one manual pass first.

The prompt

This is a tip, not a pasteable system prompt. The author did not publish one. Follow the first-run steps.

First run

  1. 1Read https://x.com/realSamHu/status/2100714819431301136. Tip only — do not invent the potato no-comments skill body.
  2. 2Add a house rule to your Grok Bot / repo: agents do not leave comments.
  3. 3If you use potato/pstack, turn on the author's "no comments" skill; otherwise run a delete-comment pass yourself.
  4. 4Treat remaining comments as bandage smell. Fix the hack instead of keeping the note.
  5. 5Review the diff. You keep or revert. No publish or spend on this page.

Approval fence

Delete-comment passes stay in the repo you own. No send, publish, or spend. Review the diff before you keep the deletes.

What to tweak

Steal the comment ban + sickle pass. Comments that explain a hack are the bug.

Source

Samuel Hu @realSamHu · Original post

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