claude-code-best-practices

Architecture design skill: ADR records, system design checklists, scalability assessment, architecture patterns. Use for complex system design and architecture decisions.

Backend development patterns for services, error handling, logging, caching. Use when building backend services, APIs, or microservices.

Backend development patterns for services, error handling, logging, caching. Use when building backend services, APIs, or microservices.

Database design, query optimization, migrations, and indexing. Use when designing schemas, writing queries, or managing migrations.

Database design, query optimization, migrations, and indexing. Use when designing schemas, writing queries, or managing migrations.

Systematic debugging methods, log analysis, and performance diagnostics. Use when debugging issues, analyzing errors, or troubleshooting incidents.

Systematic debugging methods, log analysis, and performance diagnostics. Use when debugging issues, analyzing errors, or troubleshooting incidents.

DevOps patterns: containerization, CI/CD, deployment strategies, monitoring. Use when containerizing apps, setting up pipelines, or deploying services.

DevOps patterns: containerization, CI/CD, deployment strategies, monitoring. Use when containerizing apps, setting up pipelines, or deploying services.

Code exploration strategies for understanding unfamiliar codebases. Use when exploring unknown code, debugging, or analyzing architecture.

Frontend patterns: component design, state management, performance, accessibility. Use when building web frontends, components, or client-side apps.

Frontend patterns: component design, state management, performance, accessibility. Use when building web frontends, components, or client-side apps.

Git version control best practices including branching strategies, commit conventions, merge strategies, and conflict resolution. Use when: managing branches, creating commits, merging code, resolving conflicts, creating PRs, or code review workflows. Auto-activates when users mention: git, commit, branch, merge, rebase, cherry-pick, PR, pull request, conflict, stash, gitflow, conventional commits.

Git branching strategies, commit conventions, merge strategies, conflict resolution. Use when managing branches, creating commits, or resolving conflicts.

iOS/macOS native app development patterns: Swift concurrency, SwiftUI performance, Xcode configuration. Use when building iOS/macOS apps or optimizing Swift code.

Deep code research in isolated context without polluting main session. Use for exploring large codebases, understanding complex modules, or tracing call chains.

Native app development strategies including iOS/macOS (Apple platforms), Tauri desktop apps. Use when developing native mobile or desktop applications.

Code quality assurance strategies. Parent skill for quality-related skills: security (security review) and debug (systematic debugging).

Cross-validate code, architecture or design decisions using a second model. Use for critical decisions, complex refactoring, security reviews.

Security review skill: comprehensive security checklist and patterns. Use when adding authentication, handling user input, working with secrets, or creating API endpoints.

Security review skill: comprehensive security checklist and patterns. Use when adding authentication, handling user input, working with secrets, or creating API endpoints.

Session lifecycle management. Parent skill for session-related skills: learning (pattern extraction) and compact (context compression).

Strategic compaction skill: suggests context compression at logical breakpoints. Use to suggest compaction at logical intervals during development sessions.

Testing strategies and methodologies including TDD and E2E testing. Use when writing tests, implementing TDD workflow, or setting up E2E test infrastructure.