code-examples-sync

A skill for keeping code examples in documentation aligned with the actual codebase.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps find the canonical implementation, update affected snippets in documentation and READMEs, and check their syntax, imports, and expected results.
Why use it?
It prevents documentation from showing outdated function signatures, imports, APIs, or framework patterns.

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/practicalswan/agent-skills/code-examples-sync
Any agent
npx skills add PracticalSwan/agent-skills --skill code-examples-sync
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/PracticalSwan/agent-skills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 36 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 936 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 $0.00036 $0.00936
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00468
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00187
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00094

Measured 2d ago against content hash 34b1178ff78e, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

code-examples-sync 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.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/example-sync-check.py), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

code-examples-sync/SKILL.md · 95 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 95 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Code Example Synchronization

Use this skill when docs contain code snippets that are likely to drift from the real implementation.

  • Leverage native parallel subagent dispatch and 200k+ context windows where available.

Activation Conditions

Use symptom -> action triggers: when one matches, apply this skill and verify with the protocol below.

  • Function signatures changed
  • Imports or package names changed
  • Request or response contracts changed
  • Framework guidance or recommended patterns changed
  • A doc snippet compiles conceptually but no longer matches the codebase

Workflow

  1. Find the canonical implementation first.
  2. Update every affected snippet in docs, examples, and READMEs.
  3. Verify syntax, imports, and expected outputs.
  4. Note any intentional divergence, such as simplified tutorial snippets.

Anti-Patterns

  • Starting work before the plan or gate is clear: Execution drifts when success criteria are implied instead of explicit.
  • Treating verification as optional cleanup: The last mile is where regressions and missing updates are usually hiding.
  • Mixing planning, implementation, and release work in one jump: You lose the causal chain that explains why a change is safe.

Verification Protocol

Before claiming "skill applied successfully":

  1. Pass/fail: The Code Examples Sync workflow starts from explicit success criteria, constraints, and stop conditions.
  2. Pass/fail: Required evidence is collected before any completion, approval, or readiness claim.
  3. Pass/fail: The next action follows the documented gate order without skipping review or verification steps.
  4. Pressure-test scenario: Apply the workflow under time pressure with one failing check and one tempting shortcut.
  5. Success metric: Zero rationalizations; blocked, failed, or unverified work is reported as such.

Quality Checklist

  • Snippet matches current API shape
  • Imports and package names are current
  • Async, error handling, and setup steps still make sense
  • Output examples match current behavior
  • Duplicate snippets across docs were updated together

Read the full file on GitHub · 95 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 · 95 lines · 36 tokens per session scan A 34b1178ff78e

Subscribe to this mod's changes

code-examples-sync is a skill published in the GitHub repository PracticalSwan/agent-skills (11 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 936 once invoked, about $0.0002 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.