Enforce Lua best practices with LuaLS, StyLua, and luacheck.
npx skills add https://github.com/dungle-scrubs/agent-config --skill lua-standards
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: lua-standards Source: https://github.com/dungle-scrubs/agent-config/tree/main/stow/shared/skills/lua-standards Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dungle-scrubs/agent-config --skill lua-standards
Lua projects often suffer from global leakage, inconsistent formatting, and weak typing, making maintenance hard. This Skill provides a structured set of standards to prevent these issues, ensuring safer, cleaner Lua code and conversations.
Use case: Apply these standards when building Neovim configs, Hammerspoon scripts, LÖVE2D games, or any Lua project to improve readability and reliability.
Install and configure LuaLS, StyLua, and luacheck, then run formatting and linting across your Lua codebase.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
Prevent global leakage in Lua by enforcing consistent local scope for all variables and modules. This approach stops namespace pollution, ensuring safer and cleaner code across Neovim configs, Hammerspoon scripts, and LÖVE2D games.
Handle errors safely in Lua by using pcall and xpcall patterns for robust execution. These functions catch exceptions during runtime, preventing crashes and ensuring reliable module exports in game scripting and configuration scenarios.
Add type checking to Lua using LuaLS EmmyLua-style annotations. This provides strict IDE static analysis and autocompletion, improving readability and maintenance across Lua projects by catching type errors before runtime.
Yes, StyLua works with luacheck to standardize Lua code quality. StyLua enforces consistent code formatting while luacheck performs static linting, together preventing weak typing and inconsistent styles across projects.
Yes, you can apply these Lua standards to Neovim and LÖVE2D configurations. The practices enforce local scoping, explicit module patterns, and safe error handling, improving reliability across various Lua application environments.
Lua module requires often fail without safe error handling. Using pcall during module imports catches missing file errors gracefully, while explicit module patterns ensure clean exports and prevent global namespace pollution.
khwerhahnRun StyLua formatting checks and Luacheck linting on Lua files.
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