ax-java-signature

ax-java-signature is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from ax-llm/ax. It costs 38 tokens per session (2,252 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A Java coding guide for Ax signatures, which are descriptions of the fields and types a program accepts and returns. It covers string signatures, JSON Schema output, validation, and typed tool arguments.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to define Ax contracts, generate JSON-compatible schemas, validate data, and describe typed arguments for tools and prompts.
Why use it?
It helps make Java program inputs and outputs explicit and checkable, especially when exchanging structured data with tools or models.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use it to define Ax contracts, generate JSON-compatible schemas, validate data, and describe typed arguments for tools and prompts.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ax-llm/ax/ax-java-signature
About the project

Ax is a TypeScript-first programming framework for building applications with large language models through typed generation, agents, workflows, and optimization tools. It is intended for developers who want one model for LLM programs across TypeScript, Python, Java, C++, Go, Rust, and other runtimes.

ax-llm/ax · 2,968 stars · on GitHub · axllm.dev

Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add ax-llm/ax --skill ax-java-signature
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ax-llm/ax

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 38 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,252 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 $0.00038 $0.02252
Opus 5.5 $0.00015 $0.00901
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00008 $0.00450
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00225

Measured today against content hash 09e1b05e7be2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

ax-java-signature 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 today.

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.

packages/java/skills/ax-java-signature/SKILL.md · 141 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 141 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Ax Signatures For Java

This skill helps an agent write Java code with the generated Ax package dev.axllm:ax. Use the generated package API, examples, and manifests; do not import TypeScript-only APIs unless you are editing the TypeScript package.

When To Use

  • Declare input and output contracts with native generated-package APIs.
  • Generate JSON-schema-compatible shapes for outputs, tools, prompts, and validation.
  • Keep Standard Schema and TypeScript-only helper libraries out of generated-language code.

Package Facts

  • Language: Java.
  • Package: dev.axllm:ax.
  • Package API docs: API.md and axir-api.json.
  • Capability manifest: axir-capabilities.json.
  • Runnable examples: examples/.
  • Real network support: yes.
  • Scripted no-key transport support: yes.
  • Runtime profiles: javascript-quickjs, python-pyodide.

Core Pattern

import dev.axllm.ax.*;

AxSignature sig = Ax.s("question:string -> answer:string");
var schema = sig.toJsonSchema("outputs", java.util.Map.of());

More Patterns

Simple string contract

Use the string form when field names and types are enough.

AxGen program = Ax.ax("questionText:string -> answerText:string");

Bounded class output

A class field constrains the model to a known label set.

AxGen router = Ax.ax(
    "messageText:string -> routeClass:class \"support, sales, engineering\"");

Fluent constraints

Java exposes the native fluent builder for validation constraints and objects.

AxSignature signature = Ax.f().call()
    .input("contactEmail", Ax.f().string("Contact email").email())
    .output("partySize", Ax.f().number("Guests").min(1).max(12))
    .output("bookingCode", Ax.f().string().regex("^[A-Z]{3}-\\d{4}$", "ABC-1234"))
    .build();

JSON schema

Render the output contract for tools, validators, or external consumers.

var schema = signature.toJsonSchema("outputs", java.util.Map.of());

Reuse the signature

Pass one built signature into AxGen and call it like any other program.

Read the full file on GitHub · 141 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.

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ax-java-signature is a skill published in the GitHub repository ax-llm/ax (2,968 stars, last pushed today), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 38 tokens to every session and 2,252 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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