python-patterns SKILL.md skillA
python-patterns from benkapner/claude-code-basecamp is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add benkapner/claude-code-basecamp/python-patterns@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- benkapner/claude-code-basecamp
- Path
skills/python-patterns/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Sep 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 1, 2026
- Size
- 1,536 bytes
- Repository stars
- 18
- License
- MIT
Team conventions for Python development — credentials, API clients, LLM response parsing, testing patterns, and data pipeline structure. Covers dotenv loading, retry logic, secret validation, and pipeline anti-patterns.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Python Patterns — Team Conventions Unified conventions for team Python projects: credential management, API clients, testing discipline, and data pipeline structure. Supplements standard patterns with team-specific rules. ## When to Activate - Writing credential/secret handling code or `.env` files - Creating or modifying API clients (GitHub, Stripe, LLM APIs) - Parsing LLM responses or structured API outputs - Writing or reviewing tests (TDD workflow, mocking external APIs) - Building or debugging data pipeline stages - Reviewing code that handles HTTP responses or LLM output ## Quick Rules **Credentials:** - Never hardcode or use real defaults. Fail fast if missing. Always create `.env.example`. **APIs:** - Always timeout (30s). Only retry transient errors (429, 5xx). Always validate response structure. **Tests:** - Mock external APIs. Set `random_state=42`. Target 80%+ coverage. Test behavior, not internals. **Pipelines:** - Each stage is independently runnable. Validate input before processing. Include metadata in every output. Fail fast on invalid data. ## Details …
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How to install
mdr add benkapner/claude-code-basecamp/python-patterns@sha256:f8a8b5200b60f53cThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Apr 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026, about one every 153 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.
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| v1.0 latest | 2026-09-01 | 604d4e3 | 1,536 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0 | 2026-04-01 | 96bc169 | 2,121 B | B | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (1536 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
benkapner/claude-code-basecamp · 18 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-30 · branch main
API
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