Clean Code

This is Robert C. Martin's Clean Code handbook distilled into 48 rules across naming, functions, comments, formatting, and error handling. It triggers during code reviews, refactoring, and when you're debating what to call something. The rules are prioritized by impact, so you know meaningful names and small functions matter more than test patterns. Examples are Java-heavy but the principles translate. The skill includes modern corrections where Uncle Bob's 2008 advice has aged poorly. Honestly most useful as a shared vocabulary for code review discussions rather than gospel, since some rules like "one assert per test" remain contentious fifteen years later.

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$ npx -y skills add pproenca/dot-skills --skill clean-code --agent claude-code

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Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) Clean Code Best Practices

Comprehensive software craftsmanship guide based on Robert C. Martin's "Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship", updated with modern corrections where the original 2008 advice has been superseded. Contains 48 rules across 10 categories, prioritized by impact to guide code reviews, refactoring decisions, and new development. Examples are primarily in Java but principles are language-agnostic.