scaffold-helpers

What problem does it solve?

This Skill solves the pain of repeatedly rebuilding basic, error-prone “glue” modules—exceptions, date/time helpers, retry logic, port cleanup, and optional FastAPI/DB plumbing—so projects start faster with consistent behavior.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Framework-agnostic helper scaffolding: Sets up a reusable helpers/ package (exceptions, ISO date utilities, retry decorators, and port management) that works across FastAPI, CLIs, and background workers.
• FastAPI-ready optional components: Optionally scaffolds CORS registration, request/HTTP middleware, and global error handlers when FastAPI is present.
• Async SQLAlchemy database layer: Optionally scaffolds async engine/session lifecycle and a generic CRUD repository foundation for SQLAlchemy-based apps.
• Human-verified enforcement guidance: Provides explicit usage constraints (e.g., forbid manual retry loops and raw exception patterns) and suggests follow-up tweaks like renaming AppError to a project-specific error type.

Quick Start

Ask the AI to scaffold the helpers into your project by running the sethelpers tool with destination set to "/path/to/your_project/src/helpers".