carbon-languageOfficial·10 Agent Skills Included

carbon-lang

AI-guided workflows for building and testing the Carbon compiler

Guides AI agents through building, testing, and debugging the Carbon Language compiler toolchain. Covers Bazel builds, compiler diagnostics, builtin functions, test authoring, and GitHub issue access with strict safety rules. Eliminates guesswork around project conventions so agents produce correct, review-ready contributions faster.

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npx skills add carbon-language/carbon-lang --all -g -y

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Gives AI assistants the project structure, communication rules, and build commands needed to navigate the Carbon repository and route work to the correct sub-skills.

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Toolchain development

Guide engineers through building, testing, and debugging the Carbon toolchain.

Tool usage

Enforce Bazelisk for builds and pre-commit checks in Carbon Language development.

Code style

Enforce Carbon project code style across Bazel, C++, Carbon, Markdown, and Python files.

Summarize testdata changes

Parse git diffs to categorize Carbon testdata edits into input, STDERR, and STDOUT.

Prek

Runs the prek pre-submit, style, and lint checker on Carbon Language changes.

Builtin functions

Implements and registers compiler builtin functions in the Carbon toolchain.

Agent tools

Restricts AI assistants to semantic file tools instead of legacy shell commands.

GitHub CLI usage

Query and inspect GitHub issues, pull requests, and repositories using read-only gh commands.

Jujutsu (jj) usage

Guides version control operations with Jujutsu (jj) in Carbon repository checkouts.

Proposals

Creates and manages Carbon language evolution proposals following project templates and style guidelines.

Official

Intermediate

Frequently Asked Questions

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How to install carbon-lang skills?▼

Run `npx skills add carbon-language/carbon-lang --all -g -y` in your terminal to install all skills in this suite globally.

What is the Carbon Language project?▼

Carbon is an experimental successor to C++ with seamless C++ interoperability, and this suite helps AI agents contribute to its compiler toolchain correctly.

How do these skills help with compiler development?▼

They teach your agent the exact Bazel commands, test authoring patterns, diagnostic rules, and builtin function workflows used by the Carbon toolchain.

Can AI agents safely access GitHub issues with these skills?▼

Yes. The GitHub skills enforce read-only access, allowing agents to view and search issues and pull requests without ever modifying project state.

Do these skills work with Claude Code and other AI agents?▼

Yes. All skills follow the standard SKILL.md format and work with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and other compatible AI coding agents.