Guides the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Contributing

skills CLI
$ npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill contributing -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition contributing --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/GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/contributing .claude/skills/contributing && 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
contributing
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~930 tokens
SKILL.md length
423 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guides the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition.

  • Works in 4 steps: Format code → Lint → Run tests → …
  • Setting up pre-commit hooks
  • SKILL.md covers First-Time Setup, Before Every PR, Code Style and PR Process, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls make, uv and ruff

What it does

Contributing is an agent skill from GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition. Guides the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition. Use when setting up pre-commit hooks, running tests before a PR, understanding code style requirements, or preparing a contribution.

Its SKILL.md is about 930 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 Async programming and Linting and formatting. It works with Google Cloud, Python, Ruff and pytest. The repository describes itself as: The open source multi-agent simulation from the Developer Keynote at Google Cloud Next '26. A deployable reference architecture for autonomous AI agents using Gemini and ADK.

When your agent uses it

  • Setting up pre-commit hooks
  • Running tests before a PR
  • Understanding code style requirements
  • Preparing a contribution

Example prompts

  • “Use the contributing skill to guide the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition”
  • “/contributing”

Requirements

  • Python 3
  • Node.js
  • Docker

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Format code
  2. Lint
  3. Run tests
  4. Check coverage

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 26efc1b. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • make
    • uv
    • ruff
    • pip
    • git
    • npx
    • go
    • npm

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv, pip, git, npx and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Contributing loads about 930 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 53 tokens; SKILL.md has 423 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~53
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~930

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 423 words (~930 tokens).

“This installs hooks that run automatically on git commit:”

— opening of SKILL.md by GoogleCloudPlatform, Custom licence
name
contributing

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/contributing of GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 26efc1b

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Categories

Questions about Contributing

What does Contributing do?

Guides the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition. Contributing is an agent skill from GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition. Guides the developer workflow for contributing to Race Condition.

When should I use Contributing?

Contributing fits situations like: setting up pre-commit hooks; running tests before a PR; understanding code style requirements; preparing a contribution.

How do I install Contributing in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill contributing -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/contributing in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition) into .claude/skills/contributing in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Contributing in Codex?

Run `npx skills add GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill contributing -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/contributing in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition) into .agents/skills/contributing in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Contributing 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 GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition --skill contributing -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/contributing, .gemini/skills/contributing, .github/skills/contributing and .opencode/skills/contributing in your project.

What does Contributing need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Contributing needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make, uv, ruff, pip, git and npx). Our summary lists: Python 3; Node.js; Docker.

Does Contributing access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv, pip, git, npx and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Contributing 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 Contributing use?

Contributing has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Contributing use?

About 930 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.7k 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 Contributing?

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Who maintains Contributing?

GoogleCloudPlatform (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GoogleCloudPlatform/race-condition, which has 234 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 5, 2026.

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