cpp-coding-standards

cpp-coding-standards is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from Jamkris/everything-gemini-code. It costs 48 tokens per session (6,022 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of cpp-coding-standards, MIT.

A set of rules for writing, reviewing, and refactoring modern C++ code based on the C++ Core Guidelines. It focuses on safer resource handling, clearer types, and predictable code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or reviewing C++ classes, functions, and templates, refactoring code, or deciding how to express ownership and intent.
Why use it?
It gives a C++ team a shared standard for making code easier to understand and less likely to misuse memory or other resources. It also helps choose between common language features.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

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agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jamkris/everything-gemini-code/cpp-coding-standards
Any agent
npx skills add Jamkris/everything-gemini-code --skill cpp-coding-standards
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Jamkris/everything-gemini-code

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Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00048 $0.06022
Opus 5 $0.00024 $0.03011
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.01204
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00602

Measured 2d ago against content hash 70919980c635, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cpp-coding-standards 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 2d ago.

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Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to cpp-coding-standards — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

skills/cpp-coding-standards/SKILL.md · 724 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 724 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

C++ Coding Standards (C++ Core Guidelines)

Comprehensive coding standards for modern C++ (C++17/20/23) derived from the C++ Core Guidelines. Enforces type safety, resource safety, immutability, and clarity.

When to Use

  • Writing new C++ code (classes, functions, templates)
  • Reviewing or refactoring existing C++ code
  • Making architectural decisions in C++ projects
  • Enforcing consistent style across a C++ codebase
  • Choosing between language features (e.g., enum vs enum class, raw pointer vs smart pointer)

When NOT to Use

  • Non-C++ projects
  • Legacy C codebases that cannot adopt modern C++ features
  • Embedded/bare-metal contexts where specific guidelines conflict with hardware constraints (adapt selectively)

Cross-Cutting Principles

These themes recur across the entire guidelines and form the foundation:

  1. RAII everywhere (P.8, R.1, E.6, CP.20): Bind resource lifetime to object lifetime
  2. Immutability by default (P.10, Con.1-5, ES.25): Start with const/constexpr; mutability is the exception
  3. Type safety (P.4, I.4, ES.46-49, Enum.3): Use the type system to prevent errors at compile time
  4. Express intent (P.3, F.1, NL.1-2, T.10): Names, types, and concepts should communicate purpose
  5. Minimize complexity (F.2-3, ES.5, Per.4-5): Simple code is correct code
  6. Value semantics over pointer semantics (C.10, R.3-5, F.20, CP.31): Prefer returning by value and scoped objects

Philosophy & Interfaces (P., I.)

Key Rules

Rule Summary
P.1 Express ideas directly in code
P.3 Express intent
P.4 Ideally, a program should be statically type safe
P.5 Prefer compile-time checking to run-time checking
P.8 Don't leak any resources
P.10 Prefer immutable data to mutable data
I.1 Make interfaces explicit
I.2 Avoid non-const global variables
I.4 Make interfaces precisely and strongly typed
I.11 Never transfer ownership by a raw pointer or reference
I.23 Keep the number of function arguments low

Read the full file on GitHub · 724 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. 2d ago First seen · 724 lines · 48 tokens per session scan A 70919980c635

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cpp-coding-standards is a skill published in the GitHub repository Jamkris/everything-gemini-code (87 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 48 tokens to every session and 6,022 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to cpp-coding-standards, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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