Agent skill

Rust Learner

by fjrevoredo in fjrevoredo/mini-diarium

A skill your agent uses when asking about Rust versions or crate info.

MITAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Rust Learner

skills CLI
$ npx skills add fjrevoredo/mini-diarium --skill rust-learner -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install fjrevoredo/mini-diarium rust-learner --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/fjrevoredo/mini-diarium.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/rust-learner .claude/skills/rust-learner && 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
rust-learner
GitHub stars
308
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~2k tokens
SKILL.md length
464 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
41
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when asking about Rust versions or crate info.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read the appropriate agent file… → Launch Task with run_in_background: true → Continue with other work or wait for… → …
  • Asking about Rust versions
  • SKILL.md covers Execution Mode Detection, Agent Mode (Plugin Install), Inline Mode (Skills-only… and Deprecated Patterns, plus 2 more sections
  • Reaches docs.rs and lib.rs

What it does

Rust Learner is an agent skill from fjrevoredo/mini-diarium. Use when asking about Rust versions or crate info. Keywords: latest version, what's new, changelog, Rust 1.x, Rust release, stable, nightly, crate info, crates.io, lib.rs, docs.rs, API documentation, crate features, dependencies, which crate, what version, Rust edition, edition 2021, edition 2024, cargo add, cargo update, 最新版本, 版本号, 稳定版, 最新, 哪个版本, crate 信息, 文档, 依赖, Rust 版本, 新特性, 有什么特性

Its SKILL.md is about 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, covering Technical documentation and Changelog and release notes. It works with Rust. The repository describes itself as: A local-only journal with serious encryption. Free, open source, and never touches the internet. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asking about Rust versions
  • Tasks that involve Technical documentation
  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes

Example prompts

  • “/rust-learner”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Task, Read, Glob, mcp__actionbook__*, Bash

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the appropriate agent file (relative to this skill)
  2. Launch Task with run_in_background: true
  3. Continue with other work or wait for completion
  4. Summarize results to user

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 75c1286. 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:

    • Task
    • Read
    • Glob
    • mcp__actionbook__*
    • Bash

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

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

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • docs.rs
    • lib.rs
    • crates.io
    • releases.rs
    • doc.rust-lang.org

    Also links to:

    • rust-lang.github.io

    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

Rust Learner loads about 2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 464 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~100
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~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: 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: Task, Read, Glob, mcp__actionbook__*, 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

The full file from fjrevoredo/mini-diarium at commit 75c1286, republished under its MIT licence (© fjrevoredo). 464 words, ~1,983 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/rust-learner/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
rust-learner
description
Use when asking about Rust versions or crate info. Keywords: latest version, what's new, changelog, Rust 1.x, Rust release, stable, nightly, crate info, crates.io, lib.rs, docs.rs, API documentation, crate features, dependencies, which crate, what version, Rust edition, edition 2021, edition 2024, cargo add, cargo update, 最新版本, 版本号, 稳定版, 最新, 哪个版本, crate 信息, 文档, 依赖, Rust 版本, 新特性, 有什么特性
allowed-tools
Task, Read, Glob, mcp__actionbook__*, Bash

Rust Learner

Version: 2.1.0 | Last Updated: 2025-01-27

You are an expert at fetching Rust and crate information. Help users by:

  • Version queries: Get latest Rust/crate versions
  • API documentation: Fetch docs from docs.rs
  • Changelog: Get Rust version features from releases.rs

Primary skill for fetching Rust/crate information.

Execution Mode Detection

CRITICAL: Check agent file availability first to determine execution mode.

Try to read the agent file for your query type. The execution mode depends on whether the file exists:

Query TypeAgent File Path
Crate info/version../../agents/crate-researcher.md
Rust version features../../agents/rust-changelog.md
Std library docs../../agents/std-docs-researcher.md
Third-party crate docs../../agents/docs-researcher.md
Clippy lints../../agents/clippy-researcher.md

Agent Mode (Plugin Install)

When agent files exist at ../../agents/:

Workflow
  1. Read the appropriate agent file (relative to this skill)
  2. Launch Task with run_in_background: true
  3. Continue with other work or wait for completion
  4. Summarize results to user
Task(
  subagent_type: "general-purpose",
  run_in_background: true,
  prompt: <read from ../../agents/*.md file>
)
Agent Routing Table
Query TypeAgent FileSource
Rust version features../../agents/rust-changelog.mdreleases.rs
Crate info/version../../agents/crate-researcher.mdlib.rs, crates.io
Std library docs (Send, Sync, Arc, etc.)../../agents/std-docs-researcher.mddoc.rust-lang.org
Third-party crate docs (tokio, serde, etc.)../../agents/docs-researcher.mddocs.rs
Clippy lints../../agents/clippy-researcher.mdrust-clippy docs
Agent Mode Examples

Crate Version Query:

User: "tokio latest version"

Claude:
1. Read ../../agents/crate-researcher.md
2. Task(subagent_type: "general-purpose", run_in_background: true, prompt: <agent content>)
3. Wait for agent
4. Summarize results

Rust Changelog Query:

User: "What's new in Rust 1.85?"

Claude:
1. Read ../../agents/rust-changelog.md
2. Task(subagent_type: "general-purpose", run_in_background: true, prompt: <agent content>)
3. Wait for agent
4. Summarize features

Inline Mode (Skills-only Install)

When agent files are NOT available, execute directly using these steps:

Crate Info Query
1. actionbook: mcp__actionbook__search_actions("lib.rs crate info")
2. Get action details: mcp__actionbook__get_action_by_id(<action_id>)
3. agent-browser CLI (or WebFetch fallback):
   - open "https://lib.rs/crates/{crate_name}"
   - get text using selector from actionbook
   - close
4. Parse and format output

Output Format:

markdown
## {Crate Name}

**Version:** {latest}
**Description:** {description}

**Features:**
- `feature1`: description

**Links:**
- [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/{crate}) | [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/{crate}) | [repo]({repo_url})
Rust Version Query
1. actionbook: mcp__actionbook__search_actions("releases.rs rust changelog")
2. Get action details for selectors
3. agent-browser CLI (or WebFetch fallback):
   - open "https://releases.rs/docs/1.{version}.0/"
   - get text using selector from actionbook
   - close
4. Parse and format output

Output Format:

markdown
## Rust 1.{version}

**Release Date:** {date}

### Language Features
- Feature 1: description
- Feature 2: description

### Library Changes
- std::module: new API

### Stabilized APIs
- `api_name`: description
Std Library Docs (std::*, Send, Sync, Arc, etc.)
1. Construct URL: "https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/{path}/"
   - Traits: std/{module}/trait.{Name}.html
   - Structs: std/{module}/struct.{Name}.html
   - Modules: std/{module}/index.html
2. agent-browser CLI (or WebFetch fallback):
   - open <url>
   - get text "main .docblock"
   - close
3. Parse and format output

Common Std Library Paths:

ItemPath
Send, Sync, Copy, Clonestd/marker/trait.{Name}.html
Arc, Mutex, RwLockstd/sync/struct.{Name}.html
Rc, Weakstd/rc/struct.{Name}.html
RefCell, Cellstd/cell/struct.{Name}.html
Boxstd/boxed/struct.Box.html
Vecstd/vec/struct.Vec.html
Stringstd/string/struct.String.html

Output Format:

markdown
## std::{path}::{Name}

**Signature:**
```rust
{signature}

Description: {description}

Examples:

rust
{example_code}

### Third-Party Crate Docs (tokio, serde, etc.)
  1. Construct URL: "https://docs.rs/{crate}/latest/{crate}/{path}"
  2. agent-browser CLI (or WebFetch fallback):
    • open <url>
    • get text ".docblock"
    • close
  3. Parse and format output

**Output Format:**
```markdown
## {crate}::{path}

**Signature:**
```rust
{signature}

Description: {description}

Examples:

rust
{example_code}

### Clippy Lints
  1. agent-browser CLI (or WebFetch fallback):
  2. Parse and format output

**Output Format:**
```markdown
## Clippy Lint: {lint_name}

**Level:** {warn|deny|allow}
**Category:** {category}

**Description:**
{what_it_checks}

**Example (Bad):**
```rust
{bad_code}

Example (Good):

rust
{good_code}

---

## Tool Chain Priority

Both modes use the same tool chain order:

1. **actionbook MCP** - Get pre-computed selectors first
   - `mcp__actionbook__search_actions("site_name")` → get action ID
   - `mcp__actionbook__get_action_by_id(id)` → get URL + selectors

2. **agent-browser CLI** - Primary execution tool
   ```bash
   agent-browser open <url>
   agent-browser get text <selector_from_actionbook>
   agent-browser close
  1. WebFetch - Last resort only if agent-browser unavailable
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Fallback Principle (CRITICAL)
actionbook → agent-browser → WebFetch (only if agent-browser unavailable)

DO NOT:

  • Skip agent-browser because it's slower
  • Use WebFetch as primary when agent-browser is available
  • Block on WebFetch without trying agent-browser first

Deprecated Patterns

DeprecatedUse InsteadReason
WebSearch for crate infoTask + agent or inline modeStructured data
Direct WebFetchactionbook + agent-browserPre-computed selectors
Guessing version numbersAlways fetch from sourcePrevents misinformation

Error Handling

ErrorCauseSolution
Agent file not foundSkills-only installUse inline mode
actionbook unavailableMCP not configuredFall back to WebFetch
agent-browser not foundCLI not installedFall back to WebFetch
Agent timeoutSite slow/downRetry or inform user
Empty resultsSelector mismatchReport and use WebFetch fallback

Proactive Triggering

This skill triggers AUTOMATICALLY when:

  • Any Rust crate name mentioned (tokio, serde, axum, sqlx, etc.)
  • Questions about "latest", "new", "version", "changelog"
  • API documentation requests
  • Dependency/feature questions

DO NOT use WebSearch for Rust crate info. Use agents or inline mode instead.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/rust-learner of fjrevoredo/mini-diarium.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 75c1286

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 fjrevoredo/mini-diarium, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Rust Learner

What does Rust Learner do?

A skill your agent uses when asking about Rust versions or crate info. Rust Learner is an agent skill from fjrevoredo/mini-diarium. Use when asking about Rust versions or crate info.

When should I use Rust Learner?

Rust Learner fits situations like: asking about Rust versions; tasks that involve Technical documentation; tasks that involve Changelog and release notes.

How do I install Rust Learner in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Rust Learner in Codex?

Run `npx skills add fjrevoredo/mini-diarium --skill rust-learner -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/rust-learner in fjrevoredo/mini-diarium) into .agents/skills/rust-learner in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Rust Learner 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 fjrevoredo/mini-diarium --skill rust-learner -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/rust-learner, .gemini/skills/rust-learner, .github/skills/rust-learner and .opencode/skills/rust-learner in your project.

What does Rust Learner need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Rust Learner is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Task, Read, Glob, mcp__actionbook__*, Bash.

Does Rust Learner access the network?

SKILL.md names 6 domains. In commands or code: docs.rs, lib.rs, crates.io, releases.rs and doc.rust-lang.org; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: rust-lang.github.io. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Rust Learner 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 Rust Learner use?

Rust Learner 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 Rust Learner use?

About 2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Rust Learner?

fjrevoredo (a GitHub user) maintains it in fjrevoredo/mini-diarium, which has 308 GitHub stars. The repository holds 41 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 4, 2026.

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