Agent skill

Bash Dev

by aiskillstore in aiskillstore/marketplace

Bash scripting development standards, error handling, and best practices.

No licenceAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Bash Dev

skills CLI
$ npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill bash-dev -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install aiskillstore/marketplace bash-dev --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/aiskillstore/marketplace.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/cain96/bash-dev .claude/skills/bash-dev && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
bash-dev
GitHub stars
430
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
178 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,108
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Bash scripting development standards, error handling, and best practices.

  • Reviewing .sh files
  • SKILL.md covers 🎯 Core Rules, 📚 Script Template, 🛠 Common Patterns and 🎯 Quality Checklist, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls brew and shellcheck
  • The user asks about Bash patterns/conventions

What it does

Bash Dev is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Bash scripting development standards, error handling, and best practices. Use when writing, editing, or reviewing .sh files or Bash scripts, when the user asks about Bash patterns/conventions, or when shell script quality guidance is needed.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 1 other file (for example `skill-report.json`).

It sits in Development, covering Shell scripting. It works with Bash. The repository describes itself as: Security-audited skills for Claude, Codex & Claude Code. One-click install, quality verified.

When your agent uses it

  • Reviewing .sh files
  • The user asks about Bash patterns/conventions
  • Shell script quality guidance is needed

Example prompts

  • “/bash-dev”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Bash

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ad8daf7. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • brew
    • shellcheck

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Bash Dev loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 178 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Read, Grep, Bash

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 178 words (~1,639 tokens).

“This skill supports Bash script development with best practices and safety standards.”

— opening of SKILL.md by aiskillstore
name
bash-dev
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Bash
user-invocable
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/cain96/bash-dev of aiskillstore/marketplace.

  • SKILL.md
  • skill-report.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ad8daf7

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in aiskillstore/marketplace, which our catalogue first saw on October 8, 2026.

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Questions about Bash Dev

What does Bash Dev do?

Bash scripting development standards, error handling, and best practices. Bash Dev is an agent skill from aiskillstore/marketplace. Bash scripting development standards, error handling, and best practices.

When should I use Bash Dev?

Bash Dev fits situations like: reviewing .sh files; the user asks about Bash patterns/conventions; shell script quality guidance is needed.

How do I install Bash Dev in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill bash-dev -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cain96/bash-dev in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .claude/skills/bash-dev in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bash Dev in Codex?

Run `npx skills add aiskillstore/marketplace --skill bash-dev -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/cain96/bash-dev in aiskillstore/marketplace) into .agents/skills/bash-dev in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bash Dev 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 aiskillstore/marketplace --skill bash-dev -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bash-dev, .gemini/skills/bash-dev, .github/skills/bash-dev and .opencode/skills/bash-dev in your project.

What does Bash Dev need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bash Dev needs the command-line tools its instructions call (brew and shellcheck). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Bash.

Does Bash Dev 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 Bash Dev safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Bash Dev use?

No licence was found for Bash Dev or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Bash Dev use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Bash Dev?

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Who maintains Bash Dev?

aiskillstore (a GitHub organization) maintains it in aiskillstore/marketplace, which has 430 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,108 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: aiskillstore/marketplace on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.