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Tidyverse Patterns

by ab604 in ab604/claude-code-r-skills

Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr.

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Install Tidyverse Patterns

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ab604/claude-code-r-skills --skill tidyverse-patterns -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ab604/claude-code-r-skills tidyverse-patterns --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ab604/claude-code-r-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns .claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns && rm -rf skills-src

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Facts

Skill name
tidyverse-patterns
GitHub stars
206
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
331 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
8
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr.

  • Works in 4 steps: Use modern tidyverse patterns -… → Profile before optimizing - Use profvis… → Write readable code first - Optimize… → …
  • Writing tidyverse R code
  • SKILL.md covers Core Principles, Pipe Usage (|> not %>%), Join Syntax (dplyr 1.1+) and Join Quality Control, plus 10 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Tidyverse Patterns is an agent skill from ab604/claude-code-r-skills. Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr. Use when writing tidyverse R code.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Claude Code configurations for R development. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Writing tidyverse R code

Example prompts

  • “/tidyverse-patterns”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Use modern tidyverse patterns - Prioritize dplyr 1.1+ features, native pipe, and current APIs
  2. Profile before optimizing - Use profvis and bench to identify real bottlenecks
  3. Write readable code first - Optimize only when necessary and after profiling
  4. Follow tidyverse style guide - Consistent naming, spacing, and structure

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 529de4f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

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    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are r).

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Context cost

Tidyverse Patterns loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 331 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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Safety

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SKILL.md

The full file from ab604/claude-code-r-skills at commit 529de4f, republished under its MIT licence (© ab604). 331 words, ~2,976 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
tidyverse-patterns
description
Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr. Use when writing tidyverse R code.

Modern Tidyverse Patterns

Best practices for modern tidyverse development with dplyr 1.1+ and R 4.3+

Core Principles

  1. Use modern tidyverse patterns - Prioritize dplyr 1.1+ features, native pipe, and current APIs
  2. Profile before optimizing - Use profvis and bench to identify real bottlenecks
  3. Write readable code first - Optimize only when necessary and after profiling
  4. Follow tidyverse style guide - Consistent naming, spacing, and structure

Pipe Usage (|> not %>%)

  • Always use native pipe |> instead of magrittr %>%
  • R 4.3+ provides all needed features
r
# Good - Modern native pipe
data |>
  filter(year >= 2020) |>
  summarise(mean_value = mean(value))

# Avoid - Legacy magrittr pipe
data %>%
  filter(year >= 2020) %>%
  summarise(mean_value = mean(value))

Join Syntax (dplyr 1.1+)

  • Use join_by() instead of character vectors for joins
  • Support for inequality, rolling, and overlap joins
r
# Good - Modern join syntax
transactions |>
  inner_join(companies, by = join_by(company == id))

# Good - Inequality joins
transactions |>
  inner_join(companies, join_by(company == id, year >= since))

# Good - Rolling joins (closest match)
transactions |>
  inner_join(companies, join_by(company == id, closest(year >= since)))

# Avoid - Old character vector syntax
transactions |>
  inner_join(companies, by = c("company" = "id"))

Join Quality Control

  • Declare cardinality with relationship to validate join assumptions
  • Use unmatched = "error" to catch unexpected non-matches
  • Use na_matches = "never" to prevent silent NA joins
  • Use tidylog:: prefix interactively to verify join results
r
# Validate 1:1 relationship — errors if violated
inner_join(x, y, by = join_by(id),
  relationship = "one-to-one")

# Validate many-to-one (left has duplicates, right does not)
left_join(transactions, companies, by = join_by(company == id),
  relationship = "many-to-one")

# Ensure all rows from left match something in right
inner_join(x, y, by = join_by(id),
  unmatched = "error")

# Prevent NA values from matching each other silently
left_join(x, y, by = join_by(id),
  na_matches = "never")

# Combine for strict joins
inner_join(x, y, by = join_by(id),
  relationship = "one-to-one",
  unmatched = "error",
  na_matches = "never")

# Interactive verification with tidylog
# tidylog prints a summary of rows matched/dropped
tidylog::inner_join(x, y, by = join_by(id))

Data Masking and Tidy Selection

  • Understand the difference between data masking and tidy selection
  • Use {{}} (embrace) for function arguments
  • Use .data[[]] for character vectors
r
# Data masking functions: arrange(), filter(), mutate(), summarise()
# Tidy selection functions: select(), relocate(), across()

# Function arguments - embrace with {{}}
my_summary <- function(data, group_var, summary_var) {
  data |>
    group_by({{ group_var }}) |>
    summarise(mean_val = mean({{ summary_var }}))
}

# Character vectors - use .data[[]]
for (var in names(mtcars)) {
  mtcars |> count(.data[[var]]) |> print()
}

# Multiple columns - use across()
data |>
  summarise(across({{ summary_vars }}, ~ mean(.x, na.rm = TRUE)))

Modern Grouping and Column Operations

  • Use .by for per-operation grouping (dplyr 1.1+)
  • Use pick() for column selection inside data-masking functions
  • Use across() for applying functions to multiple columns
  • Use reframe() for multi-row summaries
r
# Good - Per-operation grouping (always returns ungrouped)
data |>
  summarise(mean_value = mean(value), .by = category)

# Good - Multiple grouping variables
data |>
  summarise(total = sum(revenue), .by = c(company, year))

# Good - pick() for column selection
data |>
  summarise(
    n_x_cols = ncol(pick(starts_with("x"))),
    n_y_cols = ncol(pick(starts_with("y")))
  )

# Good - across() for applying functions
data |>
  summarise(across(where(is.numeric), mean, .names = "mean_{.col}"), .by = group)

# Good - reframe() for multi-row results
data |>
  reframe(quantiles = quantile(x, c(0.25, 0.5, 0.75)), .by = group)

# Avoid - Old persistent grouping pattern
data |>
  group_by(category) |>
  summarise(mean_value = mean(value)) |>
  ungroup()

NA-Safe Row Filtering

  • Use filter_out() instead of negating conditions — negation (!condition) silently drops NAs
  • Use when_any() and when_all() for multi-column OR/AND filters (dplyr 1.2+)
r
# Problem: negation silently drops rows where condition is NA
filter(data, !(value < 0))       # drops rows where value is NA — silent!

# Good - filter_out() passes NAs through safely
filter_out(data, value < 0)      # rows where value is NA are kept

# Good - when_any() for OR across columns (dplyr 1.2+)
filter(data, when_any(x, y, z, \(col) col > 0))  # any column > 0

# Good - when_all() for AND across columns
filter(data, when_all(x, y, z, \(col) !is.na(col)))  # no NAs in any

# Avoid - verbose base patterns
filter(data, !(value < 0) | is.na(value))   # workaround, not idiomatic

Recoding and Conditional Updates

  • Use replace_when() for in-place conditional updates — avoids case_when() with .default = x
  • Use case_when() with .unmatched = "error" when all cases should be handled
r
# Good - replace_when() for in-place updates (type-stable, NAs unaffected)
mutate(data, status = replace_when(status,
  value < 0  ~ "negative",
  value == 0 ~ "zero"
))

# Avoid - case_when() requires restating the variable in .default
mutate(data, status = case_when(
  value < 0  ~ "negative",
  value == 0 ~ "zero",
  .default   = status    # repetitive
))

# Good - case_when() with strict exhaustiveness check
mutate(data, grade = case_when(
  score >= 90 ~ "A",
  score >= 80 ~ "B",
  score >= 70 ~ "C",
  .unmatched  = "error"  # error if any row falls through
))

Serialization

  • Use qs2 for fast serialization — successor to qs, not backwards-compatible
r
# Good - qs2 (use .qs2 extension)
qs2::qs_save(object, "data/results.qs2")
object <- qs2::qs_read("data/results.qs2")

# Avoid - older qs package
qs::qsave(object, "data/results.qs")   # outdated

Modern purrr Patterns

  • Use map() |> list_rbind() instead of superseded map_dfr()
  • Use walk() for side effects (file writing, plotting)
  • Use in_parallel() for scaling across cores
r
# Modern data frame row binding (purrr 1.0+)
models <- data_splits |>
  map(\(split) train_model(split)) |>
  list_rbind()  # Replaces map_dfr()

# Column binding
summaries <- data_list |>
  map(\(df) get_summary_stats(df)) |>
  list_cbind()  # Replaces map_dfc()

# Side effects with walk()
plots <- walk2(data_list, plot_names, \(df, name) {
  p <- ggplot(df, aes(x, y)) + geom_point()
  ggsave(name, p)
})

# Parallel processing (purrr 1.1.0+)
library(mirai)
daemons(4)
results <- large_datasets |>
  map(in_parallel(expensive_computation))
daemons(0)

String Manipulation with stringr

  • Use stringr over base R string functions
  • Consistent str_ prefix and string-first argument order
  • Pipe-friendly and vectorized by design
r
# Good - stringr (consistent, pipe-friendly)
text |>
  str_to_lower() |>
  str_trim() |>
  str_replace_all("pattern", "replacement") |>
  str_extract("\\d+")

# Common patterns
str_detect(text, "pattern")     # vs grepl("pattern", text)
str_extract(text, "pattern")    # vs complex regmatches()
str_replace_all(text, "a", "b") # vs gsub("a", "b", text)
str_split(text, ",")            # vs strsplit(text, ",")
str_length(text)                # vs nchar(text)
str_sub(text, 1, 5)             # vs substr(text, 1, 5)

# String combination and formatting
str_c("a", "b", "c")            # vs paste0()
str_glue("Hello {name}!")       # templating
str_pad(text, 10, "left")       # padding
str_wrap(text, width = 80)      # text wrapping

# Case conversion
str_to_lower(text)              # vs tolower()
str_to_upper(text)              # vs toupper()
str_to_title(text)              # vs tools::toTitleCase()

# Pattern helpers for clarity
str_detect(text, fixed("$"))    # literal match
str_detect(text, regex("\\d+")) # explicit regex
str_detect(text, coll("e", locale = "fr")) # collation

# Avoid - inconsistent base R functions
grepl("pattern", text)          # argument order varies
regmatches(text, regexpr(...))  # complex extraction
gsub("a", "b", text)           # different arg order

Vectorization and Performance

r
# Good - vectorized operations
result <- x + y

# Good - Type-stable purrr functions
map_dbl(data, mean)    # always returns double
map_chr(data, class)   # always returns character

# Avoid - Type-unstable base functions
sapply(data, mean)     # might return list or vector

# Avoid - explicit loops for simple operations
result <- numeric(length(x))
for(i in seq_along(x)) {
  result[i] <- x[i] + y[i]
}

Common Anti-Patterns to Avoid

Legacy Patterns
r
# Avoid - Old pipe
data %>% function()

# Avoid - Old join syntax
inner_join(x, y, by = c("a" = "b"))

# Avoid - Implicit type conversion
sapply()  # Use map_*() instead

# Avoid - String manipulation in data masking
mutate(data, !!paste0("new_", var) := value)
# Use across() or other approaches instead
Performance Anti-Patterns
r
# Avoid - Growing objects in loops
result <- c()
for(i in 1:n) {
  result <- c(result, compute(i))  # Slow!
}

# Good - Pre-allocate
result <- vector("list", n)
for(i in 1:n) {
  result[[i]] <- compute(i)
}

# Better - Use purrr
result <- map(1:n, compute)

Migration from Old Patterns

From Base R to Modern Tidyverse
r
# Data manipulation
subset(data, condition)          -> filter(data, condition)
data[order(data$x), ]           -> arrange(data, x)
aggregate(x ~ y, data, mean)    -> summarise(data, mean(x), .by = y)

# Functional programming
sapply(x, f)                    -> map(x, f)  # type-stable
lapply(x, f)                    -> map(x, f)

# String manipulation
grepl("pattern", text)          -> str_detect(text, "pattern")
gsub("old", "new", text)        -> str_replace_all(text, "old", "new")
substr(text, 1, 5)              -> str_sub(text, 1, 5)
nchar(text)                     -> str_length(text)
strsplit(text, ",")             -> str_split(text, ",")
paste0(a, b)                    -> str_c(a, b)
tolower(text)                   -> str_to_lower(text)
From Old to New Tidyverse Patterns
r
# Pipes
data %>% function()             -> data |> function()

# Grouping (dplyr 1.1+)
group_by(data, x) |>
  summarise(mean(y)) |>
  ungroup()                     -> summarise(data, mean(y), .by = x)

# Column selection
across(starts_with("x"))        -> pick(starts_with("x"))  # for selection only

# Joins
by = c("a" = "b")              -> by = join_by(a == b)

# Multi-row summaries
summarise(data, x, .groups = "drop") -> reframe(data, x)

# Data reshaping
gather()/spread()               -> pivot_longer()/pivot_wider()

# String separation (tidyr 1.3+)
separate(col, into = c("a", "b")) -> separate_wider_delim(col, delim = "_", names = c("a", "b"))
extract(col, into = "x", regex)   -> separate_wider_regex(col, patterns = c(x = regex))
Superseded purrr Functions (purrr 1.0+)
r
map_dfr(x, f)                   -> map(x, f) |> list_rbind()
map_dfc(x, f)                   -> map(x, f) |> list_cbind()
map2_dfr(x, y, f)               -> map2(x, y, f) |> list_rbind()
pmap_dfr(list, f)               -> pmap(list, f) |> list_rbind()
imap_dfr(x, f)                  -> imap(x, f) |> list_rbind()

# For side effects
walk(x, write_file)             # instead of for loops
walk2(data, paths, write_csv)   # multiple arguments

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Questions about Tidyverse Patterns

What does Tidyverse Patterns do?

Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr. Tidyverse Patterns is an agent skill from ab604/claude-code-r-skills. Modern tidyverse patterns for R including pipes, joins, grouping, purrr, and stringr.

When should I use Tidyverse Patterns?

Tidyverse Patterns fits situations like: writing tidyverse R code.

How do I install Tidyverse Patterns in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ab604/claude-code-r-skills --skill tidyverse-patterns -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns in ab604/claude-code-r-skills) into .claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Tidyverse Patterns in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ab604/claude-code-r-skills --skill tidyverse-patterns -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tidyverse-patterns in ab604/claude-code-r-skills) into .agents/skills/tidyverse-patterns in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Tidyverse Patterns in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ab604/claude-code-r-skills --skill tidyverse-patterns -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tidyverse-patterns, .gemini/skills/tidyverse-patterns, .github/skills/tidyverse-patterns and .opencode/skills/tidyverse-patterns in your project.

What does Tidyverse Patterns need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Tidyverse Patterns is instructions for the agent only.

Does Tidyverse Patterns access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Tidyverse Patterns safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Tidyverse Patterns use?

Tidyverse Patterns is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Tidyverse Patterns use?

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Who maintains Tidyverse Patterns?

ab604 (a GitHub user) maintains it in ab604/claude-code-r-skills, which has 206 GitHub stars. The repository holds 8 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 17, 2026.

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