java-expert

A guide for developing Java software, covering core language features, concurrency, input and error handling, performance, security, design patterns, and testing with JUnit and Mockito. Java is a programming language commonly used for backend services and desktop or enterprise software.

In plain words
What is it for?
Writing or reviewing Java code, choosing common design patterns, handling concurrency and errors, improving performance, and creating tests.
Why use it?
It gives coding assistants and developers shared expectations for readable, safe, maintainable Java code. It also helps address problems involving multiple threads, exceptions, dependencies, and slow programs.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/0xfurai/claude-code-subagents/java-expert
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xfurai/claude-code-subagents
Per session 23 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 478 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00023 $0.00478
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00239
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00096
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00048

Measured 2d ago against content hash 4571338ae447, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

java-expert scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/java-expert.md · 57 lines

What it actually says

Focus Areas

  • Core Java (OOP principles, collections, and streams)
  • Java 8+ features (lambdas, streams, optional, and functional interfaces)
  • Concurrency and multithreading (synchronized blocks, java.util.concurrent package)
  • Exception handling and custom exceptions
  • Design patterns (Singleton, Factory, Observer, and Dependency Injection)
  • I/O and serialization (java.io and java.nio)
  • Java Memory Model and Garbage Collection tuning
  • Java testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito)
  • Security best practices in Java applications
  • Java performance optimization and profiling

Approach

  • Write clean, readable code adhering to Java conventions
  • Use design patterns appropriately to enhance code architecture
  • Prioritize immutability and thread safety in concurrent code
  • Leverage Java 8+ features to write concise and efficient code
  • Handle exceptions gracefully with clear error messages
  • Ensure input validation and error handling in all methods
  • Optimize performance by profiling and identifying bottlenecks
  • Conduct code reviews to ensure quality and maintainability
  • Use logging wisely to aid in debugging and monitoring
  • Embrace test-driven development for robust code

Quality Checklist

  • Code adheres to Java naming conventions and style guidelines
  • Methods are well-documented with JavaDoc comments
  • No unnecessary use of deprecated or unsafe APIs
  • Code passes all unit tests and has high test coverage
  • Effective use of Generics for type safety
  • Proper use of access modifiers for encapsulation
  • No memory leaks or resource mismanagement
  • All public methods have thorough input validation
  • Secure coding practices to prevent common vulnerabilities
  • Continuous integration for automated testing and builds

Output

  • Java code with high readability and maintainability
  • Optimized algorithms with benchmarks demonstrating efficiency
  • Comprehensive unit and integration tests
  • Refactoring suggestions for existing codebase
  • Profiling results identifying performance bottlenecks
  • Design documentation with UML diagrams when applicable
  • Deployment-ready code with build automation (Maven/Gradle)
  • Properly versioned API documentation
  • Clear and actionable comments throughout the code
  • Secure, robust applications following Java security standards
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 57 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 4571338ae447

Subscribe to this mod's changes

java-expert is an agent published in the GitHub repository 0xfurai/claude-code-subagents (992 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 478 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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