modernize-java

modernize-java is a skill for Claude Code from kousen/claude-code-training. It costs 42 tokens per session (324 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A Java code-modernization workflow that updates suitable code to newer language features such as records, switch expressions, pattern matching, sealed classes, and virtual threads.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to modernize Java source files according to the project's Java version, then run the test suite when meaningful changes are made.
Why use it?
It reduces outdated or verbose Java code while preserving the program's public interface and behavior.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: user-invocable in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to modernize Java source files according to the project's Java version, then run the test suite when meaningful changes are made.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kousen/claude-code-training/modernize-java
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add kousen/claude-code-training --skill modernize-java
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kousen/claude-code-training

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 42 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 324 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. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00042 $0.00324
Opus 5.5 $0.00017 $0.00130
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00008 $0.00065
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00032

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 0f57690bbcff, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

modernize-java 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.

skills/modernize-java/SKILL.md · 30 lines

What it actually says

Modernize Java Code

Update the target code to use modern Java features:

  • Records instead of mutable POJOs where the type is a value carrier
  • Switch expressions with arrow syntax and exhaustiveness checking
  • Pattern matching for instanceof and switch
  • Local variable type inference (var) where it helps readability
  • Virtual threads (Java 21+) for I/O-bound operations — Executors.newVirtualThreadPerTaskExecutor()
  • Sealed classes when the type hierarchy is closed
  • Text blocks for multiline strings
  • Sequenced collections (Java 21+) where ordered access matters
  • Collection factory methods (List.of, Map.of, Map.entry)

Constraints

  • Don't change behavior — preserve the public API and observable semantics.
  • Don't apply var where the inferred type would harm readability (e.g., factory results that could be any of several types).
  • If the project's target Java version is below 21, skip the 21+ features and note it in your summary.
  • Run the test suite after non-trivial changes; if tests don't exist, surface that as a follow-up rather than as a blocker.
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 · 30 lines · 42 tokens per session scan A 0f57690bbcff

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modernize-java is a skill published in the GitHub repository kousen/claude-code-training (339 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 42 tokens to every session and 324 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-30.

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