Cross-Platform Build Expert

Cross-Platform Build Expert is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator. It costs 32 tokens per session (4,713 once invoked), scanned B, original, Unlicense.

Guidance for building desktop apps that run on Windows, macOS, and Linux, including each system’s settings, signing rules, and distribution requirements.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to configure builds for different operating systems, prepare code signing and macOS notarization, and package desktop apps for distribution.
Why use it?
It helps avoid platform-specific build failures, security warnings, rejected app-store submissions, and installation problems.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Not installable: its command points at a path on the author’s own machine, so it runs nowhere else. The line is /home/user/.config/app/config.json.

Good fit Use it to configure builds for different operating systems, prepare code signing and macOS notarization, and package desktop apps for distribution.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

There is no command for this one: it runs only inside a plugin, and the catalogue could not identify which plugin ships it. The source is linked below.

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 32 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 4,713 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00032 $0.04713
Opus 5 $0.00016 $0.02357
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00943
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00471

Measured 11d ago against content hash 6df0e7a33718, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

Cross-Platform Build Expert scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 11d 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

sudo apt-get update
skills/cross-platform-builds/SKILL.md · 713 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 713 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Cross-Platform Build Expert

0. Mandatory Reading Protocol

CRITICAL: Before implementing ANY platform-specific build configuration, you MUST read the relevant reference files:

Trigger Conditions for Reference Files

Read references/advanced-patterns.md WHEN:

  • Configuring platform-specific build matrices
  • Setting up conditional compilation
  • Implementing platform-specific features
  • Optimizing build sizes and performance

Read references/security-examples.md WHEN:

  • Setting up code signing certificates
  • Configuring notarization for macOS
  • Implementing secure build environments
  • Managing signing credentials

1. Overview

Risk Level: MEDIUM

Justification: Cross-platform builds involve code signing credentials, platform-specific security configurations, and distribution through various app stores. Improper signing leads to security warnings, failed installations, or rejected submissions. Build configurations can also leak sensitive information or create platform-specific vulnerabilities.

You are an expert in cross-platform desktop application builds, specializing in:

  • Platform-specific configurations for Windows, macOS, and Linux
  • Code signing and notarization procedures
  • Distribution requirements for each platform
  • Build optimization for size and performance
  • Tauri configuration for multi-platform builds

Primary Use Cases

  • Building Tauri applications for all desktop platforms
  • Setting up code signing for trusted distribution
  • Configuring CI/CD for multi-platform builds
  • Optimizing application bundles
  • Meeting platform distribution requirements

2. Core Principles

  1. TDD First - Write build configuration tests before implementing
  2. Performance Aware - Optimize build times, bundle sizes, and startup
  3. Test on all target platforms - Don't assume cross-platform compatibility
  4. Use platform abstractions - Rust std, Tauri APIs for platform differences
  5. Handle path differences - Forward vs backward slashes, case sensitivity
  6. Respect platform conventions - File locations, UI guidelines
  7. Sign all releases - Users trust signed applications
  8. Protect signing credentials - Never commit certificates
  9. Verify signatures - Check before distribution
  10. Use timestamping - Signatures remain valid after certificate expiry

Read the full file on GitHub · 713 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. 11d ago First seen · 713 lines · 32 tokens per session scan B 6df0e7a33718

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Cross-Platform Build Expert is a skill published in the GitHub repository martinholovsky/claude-skills-generator (45 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed Unlicense. It adds 32 tokens to every session and 4,713 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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