kotlin-types-value-class

kotlin-types-value-class is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ashtanko/kotlin-app-template. It costs 27 tokens per session (1,031 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

Guidance for choosing between a Kotlin value class, a data class, a type alias, or a basic value when declaring a type. A value class gives a single value a distinct domain meaning, while a data class groups fields together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when reviewing single-field wrappers such as IDs, email addresses, or percentages, and when checking whether a type change requires updated tests.
Why use it?
It avoids unclear type choices and helps preserve behavior such as equality, serialization, Java interoperability, and performance.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it when reviewing single-field wrappers such as IDs, email addresses, or percentages, and when checking whether a type change requires updated tests.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add ashtanko/kotlin-app-template --skill kotlin-types-value-class
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ashtanko/kotlin-app-template

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 27 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,031 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

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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00027 $0.01031
Opus 5 $0.00014 $0.00515
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00206
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00103

Measured 10d ago against content hash aefbfdb0a5f5, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

kotlin-types-value-class 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 10d 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/skills/kotlin-types-value-class/SKILL.md · 89 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 89 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Kotlin value class vs data class

Core principle

Prefer @JvmInline value class for single-field types that carry domain meaning. Data classes are for aggregating multiple fields (this project's default for models — see ../../reference/coding-conventions.md).

Review procedure

  1. Find single-property wrappers and primitive-heavy APIs.
  2. Decide whether the single value is a real domain distinction. If not, keep the primitive or use a typealias.
  3. Check whether replacing the type changes equality, serialization, Java interop, or hot-path boxing.
  4. Convert only when the domain meaning is clear and the contract changes are acceptable.
  5. Re-run the affected tests (./gradlew test, see ../../reference/commands.md).

Decision flow

Situation Prefer
Single field + domain-meaningful (UserId, EmailAddress, Percentage) @JvmInline value class
Single field + no domain meaning (just grouping) Type alias or keep the primitive
Multiple fields Data class
Needs custom equals/hashCode beyond the wrapped value Data class (value classes delegate to the underlying type)
Used as a generic type argument or nullable in a proven hot path Data class or primitive
// GOOD: domain-meaningful single field
@JvmInline value class UserId(val value: String)
@JvmInline value class EmailAddress(val value: String)
@JvmInline value class Percentage(val value: Float)

// BAD: data class wrapping a single domain field
data class UserId(val value: String)

// BAD: value class with no domain meaning
@JvmInline value class Wrapper(val value: String) // just use the String, or a type alias

// BAD: value class needing custom equality
@JvmInline value class CaseInsensitiveString(val value: String)
// value class equals delegates to String equals, which IS case-sensitive
// Use a data class if you need different equality semantics

Refactor checks

Read the full file on GitHub · 89 lines

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. 10d ago First seen · 89 lines · 27 tokens per session scan A aefbfdb0a5f5

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kotlin-types-value-class is a skill published in the GitHub repository ashtanko/kotlin-app-template (41 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 27 tokens to every session and 1,031 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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