123-java-design-patterns

123-java-design-patterns is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from jabrena/plinth. It costs 89 tokens per session (911 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide to choosing and applying common design and integration patterns in Java software. It covers patterns for application structure, REST APIs, Kafka event systems, databases, and service integration.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when designing Java classes, REST endpoints, Kafka messages, database access, transactions, retries, service boundaries, or event-driven workflows.
Why use it?
It helps you choose a pattern based on the problem you need to solve instead of applying one by name alone. It also explains trade-offs so the code does not become more complicated than necessary.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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

Good fit Use it when designing Java classes, REST endpoints, Kafka messages, database access, transactions, retries, service boundaries, or event-driven workflows.

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Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 911 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 $0.00089 $0.00911
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.00456
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00182
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00091

Measured 4d ago against content hash 6f7a11ff6c34, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

123-java-design-patterns 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 4d 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.

skills/123-java-design-patterns/SKILL.md · 73 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 73 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Java Design and Integration Patterns

Guide Java developers in selecting patterns by problem signal, implementation context, and trade-off rather than by pattern name alone.

What is covered in this Skill?

  • Classic Java design patterns for application code: creational, structural, and behavioral patterns
  • REST API patterns for resource design, contracts, idempotency, versioning, and error handling
  • Kafka and event-driven patterns for event schemas, partitioning, idempotency, retries, outbox, and sagas
  • Database and persistence patterns for repositories, transactions, aggregates, locking, migrations, and read models
  • Cross-cutting integration patterns for anti-corruption layers, resilience, observability, and reliable message boundaries

Scope: Use this skill to explain, review, and implement practical patterns in Java systems. Prefer simple code first; introduce a pattern only when it reduces real complexity, protects a boundary, improves testability, or makes change safer.

Constraints

Pattern guidance must be problem-led, concrete, and safe to apply in Java projects.

  • PROBLEM FIRST: Identify the design pressure before naming or applying a pattern
  • NO PATTERN SHOPPING: Do not add abstractions only because a pattern exists; prefer simple code when variation is not present
  • BUILD SAFETY: For code changes, run ./mvnw compile or mvn compile before refactoring and ./mvnw clean verify or mvn clean verify after changes
  • REFERENCE SELECTION: Read the relevant reference before acting: Java code patterns, REST API patterns, Kafka/event-driven patterns, database/persistence patterns, or cross-cutting integration patterns
  • TRADE-OFFS REQUIRED: Explain the benefit, cost, and when-not-to-use guidance for any recommended pattern

When to use this skill

  • Apply Java design patterns
  • Review Java code for design patterns
  • Choose REST API patterns
  • Design Kafka event-driven patterns
  • Improve database persistence patterns
  • Add resilient integration patterns

Read the full file on GitHub · 73 lines

Files

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Changes

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  1. 4d ago First seen · 73 lines · 89 tokens per session scan A 6f7a11ff6c34

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123-java-design-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository jabrena/plinth (436 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 89 tokens to every session and 911 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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