writing-python-code

A set of rules for writing, reviewing, and refactoring Python 3.14 code in the appkit project. It covers formatting, logging, type annotations, code structure, and tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when creating or changing Python modules and tests, including running the project’s formatting, linting, and test tasks.
Why use it?
It gives contributors consistent project standards and helps catch style, maintainability, and test-coverage problems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/jenreh/harmonyhub-py/writing-python-code
Any agent
npx skills add jenreh/harmonyhub-py --skill writing-python-code
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jenreh/harmonyhub-py

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 56 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,078 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00056 $0.01078
Opus 5 $0.00028 $0.00539
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00216
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00108

Measured 2d ago against content hash 3bf14d8185fb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

writing-python-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 2d 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.

Origin

Copies of this mod

2 near-identical copies found in the catalogue:

.agents/skills/writing-python-code/SKILL.md · 122 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 122 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Writing Python Code

Quick reference

  • Python 3.14 only; deps via uv; line length 88 chars (Ruff/Black).
  • No f-strings in logger calls — use log.info("x: %s", val).
  • Type annotations on every function and method.
  • Files ≤ 1000 lines — refactor via Extract Class, Mixins, Strategy, etc.
  • Coverage ≥ 80% for non-Reflex classes and Reflex State classes.
  • Task runner: task format, task lint, task test (not make).

Code style

Logging

import logging

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

log.info("Loaded items: %d", count)          # ✅ parameterized
# log.info(f"Loaded items: {count}")         # ❌ f-string

Never use print or printf. Log levels: debug → internal state (default), info → milestones, warning → recoverable, error → serious.

Type hints

def process(data: dict[str, Any], count: int = 0) -> list[str]: ...

async def handler(value: str) -> AsyncGenerator[Any, Any]:
    yield
  • Do not mix Literal[...] with str — pick one.
  • Remove unused imports immediately (F401).
  • Remove unused args or prefix with _ (ARG001).

Imports & formatting

  • Ruff handles lint + format; run task format before committing.
  • Break long calls/strings to fit 88 chars.

Ruff rules to watch (project-specific)

Code Rule Fix
UP031 No %-formatting outside logger calls — use f-strings Replace "x %s" % val with f"x {val}"
I001 Import order Auto-fixed by task format
PLC0415 No local imports inside functions or test methods Move to top of file
B017 pytest.raises(Exception) too broad Use specific exception, e.g. pytest.raises(ValidationError)

File size rule

No Python file may exceed 1000 lines. When approaching the limit, apply clean code refactoring strategies.

Design patterns & refactoring strategies: See references/clean-code.md.

Testing

Coverage target: ≥ 80% for services, repositories, models, utilities, and Reflex State classes. UI component rendering is best-effort.

Read the full file on GitHub · 122 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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 · 122 lines · 56 tokens per session scan A 3bf14d8185fb

Subscribe to this mod's changes

writing-python-code is a skill published in the GitHub repository jenreh/harmonyhub-py (5 stars, last pushed 12d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 56 tokens to every session and 1,078 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-31.

Related

Other skills, from other repositories

notebooklm

Complete API for Google NotebookLM - full programmatic access including features not in the web UI. Create notebooks, add sources, generate all artifact types, download in multiple formats. Activates on explicit /notebooklm or intent like "create a podcast about X".

teng-lin/notebooklm-py · 57 tokens

renux

Drive the renux CLI to bulk-rename files. Covers regex patterns, placeholder tags ({counter}, {now}, {size}, EXIF/video metadata), text filters, and file exclusion. Trigger on any bulk/batch rename or filename cleanup request, even without "renux" named, e.g. "add today's date to these screenshots," "strip the IMG…

andrianllmm/renux · 94 tokens

add-tag

Scaffold a new renux tag placeholder or filter (e.g. "{counter}" or "{name|upper}"), keeping the registry, README, and tests in sync. Use when asked to add a new placeholder or filter to renux.

andrianllmm/renux · 52 tokens

release

Cut a new renux release using commitizen (version bump derived from Conventional Commits history, git tag, build). Use when asked to release, bump the version, or cut a new version of renux.

andrianllmm/renux · 45 tokens

pre-flight

Run renux's full pre-commit checklist (tests, type check, format, lint, README sync) before committing. Use before committing changes or when asked to check/verify the repo is ready to commit.

andrianllmm/renux · 46 tokens

release

Create a new SDK release — bump version, update HISTORY.md, and commit on a release branch.

atlanhq/atlan-python · 21 tokens