python-api-consistency-validator

python-api-consistency-validator is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE. It costs 88 tokens per session (511 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A comparison guide that checks whether two versions of a Python library expose the same functions, classes, parameters, return types, and exceptions.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for reviewing API changes between releases and producing a report of removals, incompatible edits, warnings, and additions.
Why use it?
It helps find breaking changes before users upgrade to a new library version.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit It is for reviewing API changes between releases and producing a report of removals, incompatible edits, warnings, and additions.

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Install with agentmods
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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE --skill python-api-consistency-validator
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 88 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 511 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00088 $0.00511
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.00255
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00102
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00051

Measured 9d ago against content hash 6fa5a4802e25, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

python-api-consistency-validator 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 9d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/validate.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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/python-api-consistency-validator/SKILL.md · 73 lines

What it actually says

Python API Consistency Validator

Overview

This skill validates API consistency between two versions of Python libraries by comparing signatures, behavior, and exceptions. It identifies breaking changes, incompatible modifications, and provides detailed reports to guide safe API migration or upgrade.

Quick Start

# Compare two versions of a Python library
python scripts/validate.py /path/to/old_version /path/to/new_version

# Specify output file
python scripts/validate.py old_lib/ new_lib/ --output report.json

What Gets Validated

  1. Function Signatures - Parameters, return types, decorators
  2. Class Definitions - Methods, inheritance, attributes
  3. Parameter Changes - Added, removed, or modified parameters
  4. Return Type Changes - Modified return types
  5. Removed APIs - Deleted functions, classes, or methods

Validation Report

The tool generates a JSON report with:

  • Breaking Changes: API removals, incompatible modifications
  • Warnings: Type changes, signature modifications
  • Info: New additions, non-breaking changes
  • Summary: Total issues by severity

Example report:

{
  "summary": {
    "breaking_changes": 3,
    "warnings": 5,
    "info": 2
  },
  "breaking_changes": [
    {
      "type": "function_removed",
      "name": "deprecated_func",
      "severity": "breaking",
      "message": "Function 'deprecated_func' was removed"
    }
  ]
}

Usage

python scripts/validate.py <old_version_path> <new_version_path> [--output <report.json>]

The validator exits with code 1 if breaking changes are found, 0 otherwise.

Tips

  • Run validation before upgrading dependencies
  • Review breaking changes carefully
  • Check warnings for potential issues
  • Use in CI/CD pipelines to catch API changes
  • Compare against semantic versioning expectations
Files

What ships with it

1 file 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. 9d ago First seen · 73 lines · 88 tokens per session scan A 6fa5a4802e25

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python-api-consistency-validator is a skill published in the GitHub repository ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE (252 stars, last pushed 22d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 88 tokens to every session and 511 once invoked, about $0.0004 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.

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