A set of practical rules for writing readable, maintainable code. It covers naming, function size and responsibilities, arguments, side effects, and basic structure.

Use it during coding or review to choose clearer names, split responsibilities, reduce duplication, simplify functions, and avoid building unused features.

Inconsistent names, oversized functions, repeated logic, and unnecessary complexity make code harder to understand and change. These rules provide shared standards for improving it.

How CBEPX/talos-mcp-server configures Claude Code and Codex

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to CBEPX/talos-mcp-server. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CBEPX/talos-mcp-server/main/.agent/skills/clean-code/SKILL.md

Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/CBEPX/talos-mcp-server

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 0 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.

When invoked 923 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.

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.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00000	$0.00923
Opus 5.5	$0.00000	$0.00369
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00000	$0.00185
Haiku 4.5	$0.00000	$0.00092

Measured 2mo ago against content hash be383ab9e2e7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

clean-code 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 2mo 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.

.agent/skills/clean-code/SKILL.md · 123 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 123 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Clean Code - Pragmatic AI Coding Standards

Core Principles

Principle	Rule
SRP	Single Responsibility - each function/class does ONE thing
DRY	Don't Repeat Yourself - extract duplicates, reuse
KISS	Keep It Simple - simplest solution that works
YAGNI	You Aren't Gonna Need It - don't build unused features
Boy Scout	Leave code cleaner than you found it

Naming Rules

Element	Convention
Variables	Reveal intent: `userCount` not `n`
Functions	Verb + noun: `getUserById()` not `user()`
Booleans	Question form: `isActive`, `hasPermission`, `canEdit`
Constants	SCREAMING_SNAKE: `MAX_RETRY_COUNT`

Rule: If you need a comment to explain a name, rename it.

Function Rules

Rule	Description
Small	Max 20 lines, ideally 5-10
One Thing	Does one thing, does it well
One Level	One level of abstraction per function
Few Args	Max 3 arguments, prefer 0-2
No Side Effects	Don't mutate inputs unexpectedly

Code Structure

Pattern	Apply
Guard Clauses	Early returns for edge cases
Flat > Nested	Avoid deep nesting (max 2 levels)
Composition	Small functions composed together
Colocation	Keep related code close

AI Coding Style

Situation	Action
User asks for feature	Write it directly
User reports bug	Fix it, don't explain
No clear requirement	Ask, don't assume

Anti-Patterns (DON'T)

❌ Pattern	✅ Fix
Comment every line	Delete obvious comments
Helper for one-liner	Inline the code
Factory for 2 objects	Direct instantiation
utils.ts with 1 function	Put code where used
"First we import..."	Just write code
Deep nesting	Guard clauses
Magic numbers	Named constants
God functions	Split by responsibility

Read the full file on GitHub · 123 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.

2mo ago First seen · 123 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A be383ab9e2e7

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clean-code is a skill published in the GitHub repository CBEPX/talos-mcp-server (0 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 923 tokens. 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 2026-08-31.

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