Agent skill

Python Patterns

Pythonic idioms, PEP 8 standards, type hints, and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Python applications.

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Install Python Patterns

skills CLI

$ npx skills add kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install kurealnum/dotfiles python-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/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .claude/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .claude/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns

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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install kurealnum/dotfiles python-patterns --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .agents/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .agents/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install kurealnum/dotfiles python-patterns --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .cursor/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .cursor/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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/kurealnum/dotfiles.git --path .agents/skills/python-patterns

--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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install kurealnum/dotfiles python-patterns --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/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .gemini/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .gemini/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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 kurealnum/dotfiles python-patterns

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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .github/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .github/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-patterns -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 kurealnum/dotfiles python-patterns --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/python-patterns .opencode/skills/python-patterns && 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 "python-patterns" agent skill from https://github.com/kurealnum/dotfiles/tree/main/.agents/skills/python-patterns into .opencode/skills/python-patterns/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "python-patterns", 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: python-patterns
GitHub stars: 290
Used in: 8 other repos
Token cost: ~4.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 285 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 13
Repo updated: Apr 13, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: None found

At a glance

Pythonic idioms, PEP 8 standards, type hints, and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Python applications.

Works in 3 steps: Readability Counts → Explicit is Better Than Implicit → EAFP - Easier to Ask Forgiveness Than…
Tasks that involve Type safety
SKILL.md covers When to Activate, Core Principles, Type Hints and Error Handling Patterns, plus 4 more sections
Calls black, ruff and mypy

What it does

Python Patterns is an agent skill from kurealnum/dotfiles. Pythonic idioms, PEP 8 standards, type hints, and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Python applications.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.1k 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 Type safety. It works with Python.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Type safety

Example prompts

“/python-patterns”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

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

Readability Counts
Explicit is Better Than Implicit
EAFP - Easier to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit bcd8741. 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:
- black
- ruff
- mypy
- pytest
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

Python Patterns loads about 4.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 285 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~4.1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 285 words (~4,146 tokens).

“Idiomatic Python patterns and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable applications.”

— opening of SKILL.md by kurealnum

name: python-patterns
origin: ECC

Outline of SKILL.md

Python Development Patterns
When to Activate
Core Principles
1. Readability Counts
2. Explicit is Better Than Implicit
3. EAFP - Easier to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission
Type Hints
Basic Type Annotations
Modern Type Hints (Python 3.9+)
Type Aliases and TypeVar
Protocol-Based Duck Typing
Error Handling Patterns
Specific Exception Handling
Exception Chaining
Custom Exception Hierarchy
Context Managers
Resource Management
Custom Context Managers
Context Manager Classes
Comprehensions and Generators
List Comprehensions
Generator Expressions
Generator Functions
Data Classes and Named Tuples
Data Classes
Data Classes with Validation
Named Tuples
Decorators
Function Decorators
Parameterized Decorators

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/python-patterns of kurealnum/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit bcd8741

Used in 8 other repositories

We found 12 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 8 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in kurealnum/dotfiles, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Python Patterns

What does Python Patterns do?

Pythonic idioms, PEP 8 standards, type hints, and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Python applications. Python Patterns is an agent skill from kurealnum/dotfiles. Pythonic idioms, PEP 8 standards, type hints, and best practices for building robust, efficient, and maintainable Python applications.

When should I use Python Patterns?

Python Patterns fits situations like: tasks that involve Type safety.

How do I install Python Patterns in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Python Patterns in Codex?

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

Can I use Python 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 kurealnum/dotfiles --skill python-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/python-patterns, .gemini/skills/python-patterns, .github/skills/python-patterns and .opencode/skills/python-patterns in your project.

What does Python Patterns need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Python Patterns needs the command-line tools its instructions call (black, ruff, mypy and pytest). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Python 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 Python 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 Python Patterns use?

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

How many tokens does Python Patterns use?

About 4.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k 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 Python Patterns?

kurealnum (a GitHub user) maintains it in kurealnum/dotfiles, which has 290 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 13, 2026.

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

Python Patterns

Install Python Patterns

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 8 other repositories

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Facts

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What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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