rust-best-practices — Skills

What it does

Chapter 1 - Coding Styles and Idioms: Borrowing vs cloning, Copy trait, Option/Result handling, iterators, comments

Chapter 2 - Clippy and Linting: Clippy configuration, important lints, workspace lint setup

Chapter 3 - Performance Mindset: Profiling, avoiding redundant clones, stack vs heap, zero-cost abstractions

Chapter 4 - Error Handling: Result vs panic, thiserror vs anyhow, error hierarchies

Chapter 5 - Automated Testing: Test naming, one assertion per test, snapshot testing

Chapter 6 - Generics and Dispatch: Static vs dynamic dispatch, trait objects

Chapter 7 - Type State Pattern: Compile-time state safety, when to use it

Idiomatic Rust coding standards based on Apollo GraphQL's best practices handbook.

Source

Repository: https://github.com/apollographql/skills

rust-best-practices FAQ

What does the rust-best-practices skill do?

> Guide for writing idiomatic Rust code based on Apollo GraphQL's best practices handbook. Use this skill when: (1) writing new Rust code or functions, (2) reviewing or refactoring existing Rust code, (3) deciding between borrowing vs cloning or ownership patterns, (4) implementing error handling with Result types, (5) optimizing Rust code for performance, (6) writing tests or documentation for Rust projects. Chapter 1 - Coding Styles and Idioms: Borrowing vs cloning, Copy trait, Option/Result handling, iterators, comments Chapter 2 - Clippy and Linting: Clippy configuration, important lints, workspace lint setup

What does rust-best-practices require?

Every TODO needs a linked issue: // TODO(#42): ... Configuration keys: TODO.

How do I install rust-best-practices?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/apollographql/skills --skill rust-best-practices --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/apollographql/skills.

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