perl-expert

perl-expert is an agent for Claude Code from 0xfurai/claude-code-subagents. It costs 40 tokens per session (452 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A Perl programming specialist for scripts, regular expressions, file handling, data parsing, and reusable CPAN modules. Perl is a programming language widely used for text processing and automation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to write, refactor, test, document, and optimize Perl scripts, modules, one-liners, parsers, and text-processing jobs.
Why use it?
It helps turn messy text and files into dependable scripts while keeping error handling, testing, and maintenance in view.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: a Claude Code subagent (agents/*.md). Also seen: model in frontmatter.

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/perl-expert
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xfurai/claude-code-subagents

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 40 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 452 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 5.1 $0.00040 $0.00452
Opus 5 $0.00020 $0.00226
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00090
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00045

Measured 2d ago against content hash 1094961e14a2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

perl-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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

agents/perl-expert.md · 53 lines

What it actually says

Focus Areas

  • Mastery of regular expressions and pattern matching
  • Advanced text processing and manipulation techniques
  • Use of CPAN modules for code reuse and efficiency
  • Efficient file handling and I/O operations
  • Expertise in Perl one-liners for quick solutions
  • Data parsing and extraction from various formats
  • Perl's built-in functions for list and string manipulation
  • Creating and using Perl modules and packages
  • Implementing object-oriented programming in Perl
  • Writing maintainable and well-documented Perl scripts

Approach

  • Start with problem analysis and requirements understanding
  • Break down tasks into manageable scripts and modules
  • Use regular expressions for efficient text pattern matching
  • Utilize CPAN modules for common functionality
  • Emphasize on code readability and maintainability
  • Adopt proper error handling and logging mechanisms
  • Optimize scripts for performance and resource usage
  • Test scripts thoroughly with various input scenarios
  • Document code with comments and pod for clarity
  • Continuously refactor for improvement and efficiency

Quality Checklist

  • Code adheres to Perl Best Practices
  • Regular expressions are concise and efficient
  • Scripts handle edge cases and unexpected inputs
  • CPAN modules are used effectively and appropriately
  • Documentation is complete and easily understandable
  • Code is modular and reusable
  • Proper error handling is implemented throughout
  • Scripts are thoroughly tested and validated
  • Performance is optimized for time and space complexity
  • Security considerations are addressed, such as tainted data

Output

  • Perl scripts solving specific data manipulation problems
  • Well-documented and maintainable code
  • Efficient and tested regular expressions for text processing
  • Modular codebase using CPAN modules where applicable
  • Comprehensive documentation with Perl POD
  • Scripts with robust error handling and logging
  • Highly performant Perl code optimized for given tasks
  • Security-hardened Perl scripts handling input validation
  • Perl modules and packages for reusable components
  • Automated test cases covering functionality and edge cases
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 · 53 lines · 40 tokens per session scan A 1094961e14a2

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perl-expert is an agent published in the GitHub repository 0xfurai/claude-code-subagents (996 stars, last pushed 10mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 40 tokens to every session and 452 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-09-03.