pattern

A guide to the design patterns and conventions already used in a codebase. A design pattern is a recurring way of organizing code to solve a common problem.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when adding code that should match an existing pattern, such as a service, repository, state-management, or other recurring structure, and when you need example files to follow.
Why use it?
It helps developers follow the project’s existing style instead of inventing a different approach. The guide is based on example files found in that specific codebase.

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/lis186/sourceatlas/pattern
Any agent
npx skills add lis186/SourceAtlas --skill pattern
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lis186/SourceAtlas

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 10 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,425 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 $0.00010 $0.02425
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.01213
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00485
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00243

Measured 2d ago against content hash b0aee1b87a3f, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

pattern 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.

plugin/commands/pattern/SKILL.md · 364 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 364 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SourceAtlas: Pattern Learning Mode

Constitution: ANALYSIS_CONSTITUTION.md v1.0

Context

Pattern requested: $ARGUMENTS Goal: Learn how THIS specific codebase implements the requested pattern Time Limit: 5-10 minutes maximum

Quick Start

  1. Check cache (skip if --force flag present)
  2. Detect pattern using find-patterns.sh script
  3. Apply output mode (--brief / --full / smart)
  4. Analyze top 2-3 files (high-entropy priority)
  5. Extract conventions and best practices
  6. Generate implementation guide
  7. Verify output using verification-guide.md
  8. Auto-save to .sourceatlas/patterns/

Your Task

You are analyzing how THIS codebase implements a specific pattern by:

  1. Finding 2-3 best example files
  2. Extracting design patterns and conventions
  3. Providing actionable implementation guidance

Output Modes

Parameter Behavior Use Case
--brief List files only Quick file browser
--full Analyze all files Deep learning
(default) Smart: ≤5 files→full; >5→selection UI Balanced

Core Workflow

Execute these steps in order. See workflow.md for complete details.

Step 0: Parse Output Mode (10 seconds)

Purpose: Determine how much analysis to perform.

Detect flags:

  • --brief → List files only, no analysis
  • --full → Analyze all found files
  • No flag → Smart mode (adapt based on file count)

→ See workflow.md#step-0

Step 1: Execute Pattern Detection (1-2 minutes)

Purpose: Find relevant files using optimized search.

Use find-patterns.sh script first:

# Locate script (global → local)
if [ -f ~/.claude/scripts/atlas/find-patterns.sh ]; then
    SCRIPT_PATH=~/.claude/scripts/atlas/find-patterns.sh
elif [ -f scripts/atlas/find-patterns.sh ]; then
    SCRIPT_PATH=scripts/atlas/find-patterns.sh
fi

bash "$SCRIPT_PATH" "$ARGUMENTS"

Read the full file on GitHub · 364 lines

Files

What ships with it

4 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 · 364 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A b0aee1b87a3f

Subscribe to this mod's changes

pattern is a skill published in the GitHub repository lis186/SourceAtlas (46 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 10 tokens to every session and 2,425 once invoked, about $0.0001 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 2026-08-30.

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