writing-python

A set of rules for writing Python 3.12 or newer code, including scripts, command-line tools, and services.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or changing Python programs, with guidance for tools such as pytest, uv, ruff, and pyright.
Why use it?
It encourages consistent project patterns, early testing, clear type information, and limited dependencies, reducing avoidable code and maintenance problems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/alexei-led/cc-thingz/writing-python
Any agent
npx skills add alexei-led/cc-thingz --skill writing-python
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alexei-led/cc-thingz

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 67 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 598 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 $0.00067 $0.00598
Opus 5 $0.00034 $0.00299
Sonnet 5 $0.00013 $0.00120
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00060

Measured 2d ago against content hash b257d930e4e9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

writing-python 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.

src/skills/writing-python/SKILL.md · 59 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 59 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Python Development

Use this only for Python 3.12+ code. Keep language-agnostic rules out of this skill.

Read First

Read principles.md before generating or changing Python code.

Core Rules

  • Prefer existing project patterns over these defaults.
  • Inspect the project Python target before using 3.12-only syntax.
  • Prefer stdlib and existing dependencies before adding packages.
  • Validate untyped boundary input before it spreads.

Comments and Docstrings

  • Prefer clear names and small functions over explanatory comments.
  • Add comments only for non-obvious constraints, invariants, side effects, tradeoffs, or public contracts.
  • Keep comments short. Move longer rationale to docs, issue links, or design notes.
  • Do not comment obvious code or restate the syntax.
  • Keep tests readable without comments; add one only for unobvious fixtures, timing, concurrency, or regression context.
  • Use docstrings for public or non-obvious modules, classes, functions, and methods. Do not restate the signature.

Conditional References

  • patterns.md — read for module design, typing, async, config, file I/O, and error patterns.
  • cli.md — read before writing or changing Python CLIs.
  • testing.md — read before adding or reshaping Python tests; treat slow tests as feedback-loop defects.
  • linting.md — read before changing ruff or pyright config, or the lint/format/type-check flow.

Verification

Run project-configured tests, lint, format, and type checks. Prefer focused pytest commands for the edit loop, then the broader project command before final output. Prefer pytest, ruff, and pyright when present.

If a tool is not configured, say so and run the closest available gate. If a check fails, diagnose the cause, make a targeted fix, and rerun the relevant check.

Python-Specific Failure Cases

  • No clear project root: locate pyproject.toml before editing or choosing commands.
  • Unknown Python target: inspect pyproject.toml, .python-version, CI, or lockfiles before using 3.12-only syntax.
  • Type checker reports missing attributes: check imports, package exports, and runtime shape before loosening types.

Read the full file on GitHub · 59 lines

Files

What ships with it

6 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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 · 59 lines · 67 tokens per session scan A b257d930e4e9

Subscribe to this mod's changes

writing-python is a skill published in the GitHub repository alexei-led/cc-thingz (35 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 67 tokens to every session and 598 once invoked, about $0.0003 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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