choose-project-shape

choose-project-shape is a skill for Claude Code from gaelic-ghost/socket. It costs 77 tokens per session (1,321 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide for choosing the right structure for Android work, such as an app, library, or multi-module project, along with suitable languages, UI systems, builds, and tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before making Android changes to decide on project modules, Kotlin or Java, Compose or XML views, Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin work, testing, linting, and release preparation.
Why use it?
It prevents implementation from starting in the wrong module or with unsuitable tools. It also helps route work between Android, Gradle, Kotlin, Java, release, testing, and server-side areas.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions Codex.

Part of the android-dev-skills plugin — 6 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it before making Android changes to decide on project modules, Kotlin or Java, Compose or XML views, Gradle and Android Gradle Plugin work, testing, linting, and release preparation.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/gaelic-ghost/socket/choose-project-shape
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add gaelic-ghost/socket --skill choose-project-shape
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gaelic-ghost/socket

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install android-dev-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills.

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Per session 77 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,321 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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00077 $0.01321
Opus 5.5 $0.00031 $0.00528
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00015 $0.00264
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00132

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 7ebea6a64dad, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

choose-project-shape 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 1mo 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.

plugins/android-dev-skills/skills/choose-project-shape/SKILL.md · 115 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 115 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Choose Android Project Shape

Purpose

Pick the smallest correct Android-owned shape before code changes begin.

The practical decision is whether the work belongs in an Android app, Android library, multi-module Android project, Kotlin-first implementation, Java-only maintenance, UI workflow, Gradle/AGP maintenance pass, test/lint pass, release-readiness pass, or a handoff to server-side JVM guidance.

Source Check

Use repo-local files, checked-out dependency sources, and Dash.app docsets opportunistically when they cover the exact Android-adjacent surface, especially Gradle, Java, or command-line reference material. Treat current official Android and Google documentation as authoritative for Android-specific behavior, APIs, release policy, permissions, privacy, Play delivery, and version-sensitive guidance:

Translate documentation into the concrete module, command, or implementation decision it changes.

Classification Workflow

  1. Inspect the repository shape:
    • settings.gradle, settings.gradle.kts, build.gradle, build.gradle.kts
    • gradle/libs.versions.toml, gradle.properties, gradlew
    • AndroidManifest.xml
    • src/main/java, src/main/kotlin, src/main/res
    • src/test, src/androidTest
    • Compose markers such as androidx.compose, @Composable, or Compose compiler configuration
    • XML view markers such as layout/, AppCompat, fragments, view binding, or data binding
    • CI, signing, lint, release, and Play delivery files
  2. Identify the user-visible job:
    • Android app
    • Android library
    • multi-module Android project
    • Kotlin-first app or library
    • Java-only app or library
    • mixed Kotlin and Java app
    • Compose UI implementation
    • XML/AppCompat UI implementation
    • AndroidX library maintenance
    • Gradle/AGP, dependency, test, lint, signing, or release work
  3. Route non-Android JVM work away from this plugin:
    • backend services
    • shared non-Android JVM libraries
    • server frameworks
    • Maven or SBT backend workflows
  4. Choose language posture:
    • Preserve existing repository language choices.
    • Prefer Kotlin for new Android work when no repo default conflicts.
    • Preserve Java-only Android codebases unless the user asks for migration.
    • Ask before large Kotlin/Java migrations.
    • Explain interop when APIs cross Kotlin and Java.
  5. Choose validation:
    • Gradle wrapper commands from the affected module first.
    • test, lint, assemble, bundle, or connected-device tasks only when they match the change.
    • Emulator/device validation as a handoff to the Android testing plugin, not duplicated here.

Read the full file on GitHub · 115 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. 1mo ago First seen · 115 lines · 77 tokens per session scan A 7ebea6a64dad

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choose-project-shape is a skill published in the GitHub repository gaelic-ghost/socket (7 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 77 tokens to every session and 1,321 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-31.

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