Agent skill

Electron Dev

by pedronauck in pedronauck/skills

Expert guide for Electron development with Electron Vite and Electron Builder.

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Install Electron Dev

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill electron-dev -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pedronauck/skills electron-dev --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/pedronauck/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/curated/electron-dev .claude/skills/electron-dev && 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
electron-dev
GitHub stars
633
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
346 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
65
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Expert guide for Electron development with Electron Vite and Electron Builder.

  • Works in 3 steps: Core Rules: For detailed Electron… → Security: Always enable… → Architecture: Main process handles…
  • Developing Electron applications
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Process Architecture, Security Checklist and IPC Communication, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls pnpm

What it does

Electron Dev is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Expert guide for Electron development with Electron Vite and Electron Builder. Use when developing Electron applications, working with main/renderer processes, IPC communication, preload scripts, security configuration, native module handling, or build/distribution setup.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/patterns.md`).

It works with Vite, Electron and Node.js. The repository describes itself as: My personal favorite skills.

When your agent uses it

  • Developing Electron applications
  • Working with main/renderer processes
  • IPC communication
  • Preload scripts

Example prompts

  • “/electron-dev”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

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

  1. Core Rules: For detailed Electron development patterns and guidelines, refer to references/patterns.md within this skill.
  2. Security: Always enable contextIsolation, sandbox, and disable nodeIntegration.
  3. Architecture: Main process handles Node.js operations; renderer focuses on UI; preload bridges them securely.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0422940. 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:

    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • pnpm

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

  • Network

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

Electron Dev loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~6.3k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 71 tokens; SKILL.md has 346 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~71
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~6.3k

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 346 words (~1,357 tokens).

“This skill provides guidelines, patterns, and best practices for building production-grade Electron applications using Electron Vite and Electron Builder.”

— opening of SKILL.md by pedronauck
name
electron-dev
allowed-tools
Read, Grep, Glob

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/curated/electron-dev of pedronauck/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/patterns.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0422940

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Questions about Electron Dev

What does Electron Dev do?

Expert guide for Electron development with Electron Vite and Electron Builder. Electron Dev is an agent skill from pedronauck/skills. Expert guide for Electron development with Electron Vite and Electron Builder.

When should I use Electron Dev?

Electron Dev fits situations like: developing Electron applications; working with main/renderer processes; IPC communication; preload scripts.

How do I install Electron Dev in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill electron-dev -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/curated/electron-dev in pedronauck/skills) into .claude/skills/electron-dev in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Electron Dev in Codex?

Run `npx skills add pedronauck/skills --skill electron-dev -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/curated/electron-dev in pedronauck/skills) into .agents/skills/electron-dev in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Electron Dev 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 pedronauck/skills --skill electron-dev -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/electron-dev, .gemini/skills/electron-dev, .github/skills/electron-dev and .opencode/skills/electron-dev in your project.

What does Electron Dev need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Electron Dev needs the command-line tools its instructions call (pnpm). Our summary lists: Node.js. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Read, Grep, Glob.

Does Electron Dev 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 Electron Dev 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 Electron Dev use?

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

How many tokens does Electron Dev use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Electron Dev?

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Who maintains Electron Dev?

pedronauck (a GitHub user) maintains it in pedronauck/skills, which has 633 GitHub stars. The repository holds 65 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 14, 2026.

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