Agent skill

Code Assist

by qualcomm in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder

A professional programming assistant supporting code writing, debugging, review, refactoring, and performance optimization, as well as open-source repository analysis.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Code Assist

skills CLI
$ npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill code-assist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install qualcomm/qai-appbuilder code-assist --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/qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/code-assist .claude/skills/code-assist && 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
code-assist
GitHub stars
246
Token cost
~864 tokens
SKILL.md length
383 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A professional programming assistant supporting code writing, debugging, review, refactoring, and performance optimization, as well as open-source repository analysis.

  • Works in 6 steps: Understand requirements: first confirm… → Read context: if the user provides file… → Analyze the problem: understand the… → …
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring
  • SKILL.md covers Core Capabilities, Supported Languages, Workflow and Output Conventions, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Code Assist is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. A professional programming assistant supporting code writing, debugging, review, refactoring, and performance optimization, as well as open-source repository analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 860 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 Refactoring, Performance optimization and Debugging. The repository describes itself as: QAI AppBuilder is designed to help developers easily execute models on WoS and Linux platforms. It encapsulates the Qualcomm® AI Runtime SDK APIs into a set of simplified…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Refactoring
  • Tasks that involve Performance optimization
  • Tasks that involve Debugging

Example prompts

  • “/code-assist”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Understand requirements: first confirm the user's specific goals and constraints
  2. Read context: if the user provides file paths, first use the read tool to read the relevant files
  3. Analyze the problem: understand the existing code structure and where the problem lies
  4. Implement changes: use the edit tool for precise modifications, or the write tool to create new files
  5. Verify results: use the exec tool to run the code and confirm the changes are correct
  6. Report results: clearly describe what changes were made and why

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 700121f. 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

Code Assist loads about 864 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 45 tokens; SKILL.md has 383 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~45
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~864

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 383 words (~864 tokens).

“You are a professional programming assistant, proficient in multiple programming languages and software engineering best practices.”

— opening of SKILL.md by qualcomm, Custom licence
name
code-assist
tags
code, programming, debug, refactor, review
use_for
Writing code, debugging errors, code review, refactoring and optimization, performance tuning, code explanation, running tests, repository analysis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/code-assist of qualcomm/qai-appbuilder.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 700121f

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Electron DevTools Trace Analysiskeybase/client9.3k—~809Automated safety check: PassBSD-3-Clause

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Categories

Questions about Code Assist

What does Code Assist do?

A professional programming assistant supporting code writing, debugging, review, refactoring, and performance optimization, as well as open-source repository analysis. Code Assist is an agent skill from qualcomm/qai-appbuilder. A professional programming assistant supporting code writing, debugging, review, refactoring, and performance optimization, as well as open-source repository analysis.

When should I use Code Assist?

Code Assist fits situations like: tasks that involve Refactoring; tasks that involve Performance optimization; tasks that involve Debugging.

How do I install Code Assist in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill code-assist -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/code-assist in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .claude/skills/code-assist in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Code Assist in Codex?

Run `npx skills add qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill code-assist -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (tools/qaiappbuilder/factory/chat_features/code-assist in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder) into .agents/skills/code-assist in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Code Assist 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 qualcomm/qai-appbuilder --skill code-assist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/code-assist, .gemini/skills/code-assist, .github/skills/code-assist and .opencode/skills/code-assist in your project.

What does Code Assist need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Code Assist is instructions for the agent only.

Does Code Assist 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 Code Assist 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 Code Assist use?

Code Assist 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 Code Assist use?

About 864 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.5k 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 Code Assist?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Code Assist: Cmux Debugging Guide (manaflow-ai/cmux, 28k stars), Electron Heap Snapshot Analysis (keybase/client, 9.3k stars), Issue Fix (mono/SkiaSharp, 5.6k stars) and PlotJuggler 4 Perf Profiling (PlotJuggler/PlotJuggler, 6.2k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Code Assist?

qualcomm (a GitHub organization) maintains it in qualcomm/qai-appbuilder, which has 246 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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