cpp-to-dafny-translator

cpp-to-dafny-translator is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE. It costs 96 tokens per session (3,048 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A translator for converting C and C++ programs into Dafny, a programming language that can formally check whether code meets stated rules. It maps memory and pointer behavior into Dafny's safer structures and specifications.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to translate functions, structs, pointers, arrays, and memory-management patterns, then add preconditions, postconditions, invariants, and verification checks.
Why use it?
It helps preserve a program's behavior while addressing memory safety, type differences, bounds, ownership, and proof requirements during the conversion.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to translate functions, structs, pointers, arrays, and memory-management patterns, then add preconditions, postconditions, invariants, and verification checks.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/arabelatso/skills-4-se/cpp-to-dafny-translator
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.

Any agent
npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill cpp-to-dafny-translator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 96 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,048 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00096 $0.03048
Opus 5 $0.00048 $0.01524
Sonnet 5 $0.00019 $0.00610
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00305

Measured 12d ago against content hash 7361a3a3aafe, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cpp-to-dafny-translator 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 12d 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.

skills/cpp-to-dafny-translator/SKILL.md · 450 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 450 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

C/C++ to Dafny Translator

Translate C/C++ programs into equivalent, verifiable Dafny code while preserving program semantics and ensuring memory safety.

Overview

This skill provides systematic guidance for translating C/C++ code to Dafny, handling memory management, pointer semantics, type conversions, and ensuring well-typed, verifiable output with appropriate specifications.

Translation Workflow

C/C++ Input → Analyze Structure → Map Types & Memory → Translate → Add Specifications → Verify
    ├─ Identify types, pointers, memory patterns
    ├─ Map C/C++ constructs to Dafny equivalents
    ├─ Handle memory safety and ownership
    ├─ Add preconditions, postconditions, invariants
    └─ Validate executability and verification

Core Translation Principles

1. Memory Safety First

Dafny enforces memory safety. Every translation must:

  • Replace raw pointers with safe references or arrays
  • Make memory bounds explicit
  • Ensure no null pointer dereferences
  • Handle dynamic memory with sequences or arrays

2. Preserve Semantics

The translated code must maintain the same computational behavior, preserve function contracts, keep algorithmic complexity, and handle all edge cases including error conditions.

3. Enable Verification

Generated Dafny code must include specifications (preconditions, postconditions, invariants), be verifiable by Dafny's verifier, compile and execute correctly, and follow Dafny idioms.

Type Mapping Reference

Basic Types

C/C++ Type Dafny Type Notes
int, long int Unbounded integers in Dafny
unsigned int nat Natural numbers (≥ 0)
char char Single character
bool bool Direct mapping
float, double real Exact rationals in Dafny
void () Unit type
NULL Use Option or bounds checks No null pointers

Composite Types

C/C++ Type Dafny Type Notes
int arr[] array<int> Fixed-size arrays
int* ptr array<int> or seq<int> Depends on usage
struct class or datatype Mutable vs immutable
enum datatype Algebraic data types
union datatype with variants Tagged unions

Read the full file on GitHub · 450 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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. 12d ago First seen · 450 lines · 96 tokens per session scan A 7361a3a3aafe

Subscribe to this mod's changes

cpp-to-dafny-translator is a skill published in the GitHub repository ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE (252 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 96 tokens to every session and 3,048 once invoked, about $0.0005 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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