Agent skill

Engineering Guidelines

by owent in owent/libatbus

A skill your agent uses when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE, or ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE.

MITAuto-check passed

Install Engineering Guidelines

skills CLI
$ npx skills add owent/libatbus --skill engineering-guidelines -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install owent/libatbus engineering-guidelines --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/owent/libatbus.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/engineering-guidelines .claude/skills/engineering-guidelines && 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
engineering-guidelines
GitHub stars
234
Token cost
~386 tokens
SKILL.md length
181 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE, or ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE.

  • Template function visibility
  • SKILL.md covers Header and ABI boundaries and Review and validation
  • Calls git
  • Exported API ABI

What it does

Engineering Guidelines is an agent skill from owent/libatbus. Use when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE, or ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE.

Its SKILL.md is about 390 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with C++. The repository describes itself as: 用于搭建高性能、全异步、树形结构的BUS消息系统的跨平台框架库. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Template function visibility
  • Exported API ABI
  • ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE
  • ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE

Example prompts

  • “/engineering-guidelines”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d46c04d. 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:

    • git

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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

Engineering Guidelines loads about 386 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 181 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~386

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 owent/libatbus at commit d46c04d, republished under its MIT licence (© owent). 181 words, ~386 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/engineering-guidelines/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
engineering-guidelines
description
Use when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFW_UTIL_SYMBOL_VISIBLE, or ATFW_UTIL_FORCEINLINE.

Engineering Guidelines

Use this skill before writing or reviewing C++ in libatbus.

Header and ABI boundaries

  • Classify each interface as public library API or non-exported internal code before choosing a visibility marker.
  • Every public non-template API must use ATBUS_MACRO_API (or its matching *_API macro) on the declaration or enclosing type, or use ATFW_UTIL_FORCEINLINE for a header definition. Plain/implicit inline and constexpr alone do not satisfy this public-API rule.
  • A public template function defined in a header may instead use ATFW_UTIL_SYMBOL_VISIBLE: a non-inlined instantiation can share one visible copy across linked targets, while an inlined call embeds a per-target copy. Keep the definition ODR-identical for every consumer so all copies have identical behavior.
  • Keep non-template implementations covered by an export macro in .cpp files by default.
  • Non-exported internal helpers may use ODR-correct implicit inline, constexpr, or intentional plain inline.

Review and validation

  • For touched public headers, verify the publication model, template visibility, and ODR-identical definition together.
  • Preserve generated protocol code unless its source of truth is in scope.
  • Run clang-format for changed C++ files and git diff --check for the scoped changes.

© owent, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/engineering-guidelines of owent/libatbus.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d46c04d

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Engineering Guidelines 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.

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Works with

Questions about Engineering Guidelines

What does Engineering Guidelines do?

A skill your agent uses when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE, or ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE. Engineering Guidelines is an agent skill from owent/libatbus. Use when: writing or reviewing C++, public headers, template function visibility, exported API ABI, ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE, or ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE.

When should I use Engineering Guidelines?

Engineering Guidelines fits situations like: template function visibility; exported API ABI; ATFWUTILSYMBOLVISIBLE; ATFWUTILFORCEINLINE.

How do I install Engineering Guidelines in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Engineering Guidelines in Codex?

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

Can I use Engineering Guidelines 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 owent/libatbus --skill engineering-guidelines -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/engineering-guidelines, .gemini/skills/engineering-guidelines, .github/skills/engineering-guidelines and .opencode/skills/engineering-guidelines in your project.

What does Engineering Guidelines need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Engineering Guidelines needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Engineering Guidelines access the network?

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

Is Engineering Guidelines 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 Engineering Guidelines use?

Engineering Guidelines 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 Engineering Guidelines use?

About 386 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k 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 Engineering Guidelines?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Engineering Guidelines: Paddle Build (PaddlePaddle/Paddle, 24k stars), Fory Release (apache/fory, 4.6k stars), ONNX Runtime Shape Inference Safety Audit (microsoft/onnxruntime, 22k stars) and Code Audit (3stoneBrother/code-audit, 893 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Engineering Guidelines?

owent (a GitHub user) maintains it in owent/libatbus, which has 234 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 11, 2026.

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