Solid
ramziddin/solid-skills
A skill your agent uses when writing code, implementing features, refactoring, planning architecture, designing systems, reviewing code, or debugging.
Clean-code engineering standards for writing, refactoring, and reviewing code in any programming language.
Install Clean Code
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-code --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .claude/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .claude/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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 install https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-codeType 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.
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-code --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .agents/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .agents/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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.
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-code --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .cursor/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .cursor/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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 https://github.com/operately/operately.git --path .agents/skills/clean-code--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-code --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .gemini/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .gemini/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-codeInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .github/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .github/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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.
$ npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install operately/operately clean-code --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/operately/operately.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/clean-code .opencode/skills/clean-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "clean-code" agent skill from https://github.com/operately/operately/tree/main/.agents/skills/clean-code into .opencode/skills/clean-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "clean-code", 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
clean-code- GitHub stars
- 576
- Token cost
- ~2.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,132 words
- Files
- 3
- Skills in repo
- 9
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Clean-code engineering standards for writing, refactoring, and reviewing code in any programming language.
- Works in 12 steps: Leave the code cleaner → Optimize for readers → Use strong names → …
- Asks to write clean code
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Follow clean-code principles
What it does
Clean Code is an agent skill from operately/operately. Clean-code engineering standards for writing, refactoring, and reviewing code in any programming language. Use this whenever the user asks to write clean code, follow clean-code principles, refactor for clarity, improve naming, reduce complexity or duplication, separate concerns, tighten error handling, work test-first or do TDD, or otherwise raise code quality, readability, and maintainability. Also use when writing or reviewing Operately APIs or Ecto queries. Apply these rules by default when producing or…
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `getter.md` and `reference.md`).
It sits in Development, covering Code quality, Test-driven development and Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: The open source company operating system.
When your agent uses it
- Asks to write clean code
- Follow clean-code principles
- Refactor for clarity
- Reduce complexity
Example prompts
- “/clean-code”
Workflow steps
12 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Leave the code cleaner
- Optimize for readers
- Use strong names
- Keep methods small and focused
- Keep abstraction levels separate
- Make side effects explicit
- Control conditionals
- Treat errors as design
- Keep modules and classes cohesive
- Remove duplication at the right level
- Work test-first
- Refactor while you work
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a11131d. 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
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
Clean Code loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 142 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,132 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 1,132 words (~2,264 tokens).
“These are mandatory engineering standards for any code you write, change, or review while this skill is active. They are language-agnostic: apply them in whatever language the project uses, respecting that language's idioms.”
- name
- clean-code
Files
SKILL.md and 2 other files in .agents/skills/clean-code of operately/operately.
- SKILL.md
- getter.md
- reference.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit a11131d
Compare with similar skills
Clean Code next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clean Code this skilloperately/operately | 576 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Solidramziddin/solid-skills | 606 | — | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Clean Codesuperplanehq/superplane | 7.7k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Systematic Code Refactoringluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Dignified Python Standardsdocling-project/docling | 68k | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Clean Code GuardamElnagdy/guard-skills | 1.3k | 2 repos | ~4.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Clean Code
What does Clean Code do?
Clean-code engineering standards for writing, refactoring, and reviewing code in any programming language. Clean Code is an agent skill from operately/operately. Clean-code engineering standards for writing, refactoring, and reviewing code in any programming language.
When should I use Clean Code?
Clean Code fits situations like: asks to write clean code; follow clean-code principles; refactor for clarity; reduce complexity.
How do I install Clean Code in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/clean-code in operately/operately) into .claude/skills/clean-code in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Clean Code in Codex?
Run `npx skills add operately/operately --skill clean-code -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/clean-code in operately/operately) into .agents/skills/clean-code in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Clean Code 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 operately/operately --skill clean-code -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/clean-code, .gemini/skills/clean-code, .github/skills/clean-code and .opencode/skills/clean-code in your project.
What does Clean Code need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Clean Code is instructions for the agent only.
Does Clean Code 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 Clean Code 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 Clean Code use?
Clean Code 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 Clean Code use?
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 9.1k 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 Clean Code?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Clean Code: Solid (ramziddin/solid-skills, 606 stars), Clean Code (superplanehq/superplane, 7.7k stars), Systematic Code Refactoring (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars) and Dignified Python Standards (docling-project/docling, 68k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Clean Code?
operately (a GitHub organization) maintains it in operately/operately, which has 576 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: operately/operately on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.