Agent skill

Houndarr Python

Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Houndarr Python

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python --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/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .claude/skills/houndarr-python && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .claude/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .agents/skills/houndarr-python && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .agents/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .cursor/skills/houndarr-python && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .cursor/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git --path .agents/skills/houndarr-python

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .gemini/skills/houndarr-python && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .gemini/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .github/skills/houndarr-python && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .github/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install av1155/houndarr houndarr-python --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/av1155/houndarr.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/houndarr-python .opencode/skills/houndarr-python && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "houndarr-python" agent skill from https://github.com/av1155/houndarr/tree/main/.agents/skills/houndarr-python into .opencode/skills/houndarr-python/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "houndarr-python", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: houndarr-python
GitHub stars: 292
Token cost: ~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length: 484 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 9
Repo updated: Oct 5, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill.

Development work in your project
SKILL.md covers Imports, Naming conventions, Dataclass invariants and Logging, plus 5 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Houndarr Python is an agent skill from av1155/houndarr. Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill. Loads when reading or editing .py files in this repo. Covers the noqa/nosec suppression table, the AppSettings-as-plain-dataclass decision, the frozen-dataclass-with-slots invariant for domain models, the per-module logger pattern, and the background-task error-handling shape.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: Self-hosted arr companion for controlled missing, cutoff, and upgrade searches. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

Development work in your project

Example prompts

“/houndarr-python”

Requirements

Python 3

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9b39fdb. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- github.com
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

Houndarr Python loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 91 tokens; SKILL.md has 484 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~91
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.2k

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from av1155/houndarr at commit 9b39fdb, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© av1155). 484 words, ~1,211 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/houndarr-python/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: houndarr-python
description: Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill. Loads when reading or editing .py files in this repo. Covers the noqa/nosec suppression table, the AppSettings-as-plain-dataclass decision, the frozen-dataclass-with-slots invariant for domain models, the per-module logger pattern, and the background-task error-handling shape.
paths: **/*.py

Houndarr-specific Python conventions

Apply alongside the global python skill. The global skill covers PEP 604 unions, lowercase generics, mypy strict, naming, etc. This skill adds the Houndarr-specific decisions that are not generic Python good-practice.

Imports

from __future__ import annotations is mandatory in every .py file that contains code. Empty __init__.py package markers are exempt. isort runs via Ruff with known-first-party = ["houndarr"].

Naming conventions

Kind	Style	Example
Classes / dataclasses	PascalCase	`SonarrClient`, `AppSettings`
Functions / methods	snake_case	`create_instance`, `run_instance_search`
Private helpers	`_leading_underscore`	`_write_log`, `_render`
Constants	UPPER_SNAKE_CASE	`SESSION_MAX_AGE_SECONDS`, `SCHEMA_VERSION`
Module-level state	`_leading_underscore`	`_db_path`, `_runtime_settings`
Enums	`StrEnum`, lowercase values	`InstanceType.sonarr`
Type aliases	PascalCase or Literal	`RunNowStatus = Literal["accepted", "not_found", "disabled"]`

Dataclass invariants

AppSettings is a plain dataclass, not Pydantic. Pydantic is used only at the *arr wire boundary (src/houndarr/clients/_wire_models/), never for internal domain models or config. get_settings() is a lazy singleton and the only deliberately-mutable dataclass (env overrides applied in-place).
Every frozen dataclass uses slots=True. Domain models (MissingEpisode, LibraryMovie, etc.) live next to the client that builds them; Instance composes seven frozen sub-structs and is itself frozen and slotted. Callers evolve through dataclasses.replace.

Logging

Every module that logs uses logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) at module level. Root logger is configured in __main__.py via logging.basicConfig(). No alternative logging libraries (structlog, loguru) are used.

Error handling shape

Background tasks: except asyncio.CancelledError: raise first, then broad except Exception with # noqa: BLE001; log + continue/retry.
HTTP clients: response.raise_for_status() in _get() / _post(); callers catch httpx.HTTPError or httpx.TransportError.
Auth helpers: catch-all returns False (never leaks info).
Routes: return re-rendered templates with status_code=422 for validation errors; use HTTPException in API routes.

Docstrings

Module-level docstring on every file that contains code.
Google-style for functions: Args:, Returns:, Raises: sections.
Test functions may use brief single-line docstrings.

Show full SKILL.md (206 more words)Show less

Comments

Read docs/commenting-standard.md at least once per session before writing or editing code in this repo. It codifies the full commenting standard (per-language rules for Python, HTML/Jinja2, CSS, JS, SQL, YAML, shell, Markdown) plus the universal principles. Core rule: comments explain why, code explains what.

Known `noqa` / `nosec` suppressions

Code	Reason
`SIM117`	Nested `async with` required by aiosqlite pattern
`S104`	Intentional bind to `0.0.0.0` for self-hosted server
`B008`	FastAPI `Depends()` in function defaults
`S608` + `nosec`	Dynamic SQL with explicit column allowlist (4 files). Use bare `# nosec` (no test ID) per bandit#1204: the test-ID form emits a spurious `WARNING nosec encountered (B608), but no failed test` per f-string interpolation on bandit 1.7.3+
`BLE001`	Broad exception in background loops (always with logging)
`A002`	Parameter names `type` / `id` shadowing builtins (FastAPI form / function signature convention)
`SLF001`	Test fixtures and `__main__.py` accessing private module state
`PLW0603`	Module-level global reassignment (singletons); the `PLW` rule family is not currently selected in ruff config, so these comments are defensive / inert
`S101`	Defensive assert in adapters and instance validation; also globally ignored in ruff config. Per-file comments are defensive.

Type annotations (Houndarr-specific reminders)

Tests are exempt from ANN rules (per-file-ignores in pyproject.toml).
collections.abc.AsyncGenerator, not typing.AsyncGenerator.
Specific error codes: # type: ignore[assignment]; never bare # type: ignore.

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/houndarr-python of av1155/houndarr.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9b39fdb

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Questions about Houndarr Python

What does Houndarr Python do?

Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill. Houndarr Python is an agent skill from av1155/houndarr. Houndarr-specific Python conventions on top of the global python skill.

When should I use Houndarr Python?

Houndarr Python fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Houndarr Python in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/houndarr-python in av1155/houndarr) into .claude/skills/houndarr-python in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Houndarr Python in Codex?

Run `npx skills add av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/houndarr-python in av1155/houndarr) into .agents/skills/houndarr-python in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Houndarr Python 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 av1155/houndarr --skill houndarr-python -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/houndarr-python, .gemini/skills/houndarr-python, .github/skills/houndarr-python and .opencode/skills/houndarr-python in your project.

What does Houndarr Python need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Houndarr Python is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Houndarr Python access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Houndarr Python 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 Houndarr Python use?

Houndarr Python is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Houndarr Python use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k 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 Houndarr Python?

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Who maintains Houndarr Python?

av1155 (a GitHub user) maintains it in av1155/houndarr, which has 292 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

Source: av1155/houndarr on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Houndarr Python

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Houndarr-specific Python conventions

Imports

Naming conventions

Dataclass invariants

Logging

Error handling shape

Docstrings

Comments

Known noqa / nosec suppressions

Type annotations (Houndarr-specific reminders)

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Houndarr Python

Known `noqa` / `nosec` suppressions