What problem does it solve?
This Skill provides comprehensive guardrails, patterns, and best practices for writing robust, secure, and maintainable shell scripts, ensuring AI-assisted development adheres to high standards.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Best Practices Enforcement: Guides AI on strict mode, quoting, error handling, and security.
- Pattern Library: Offers reusable code snippets for common tasks like parameter expansion, traps, and argument parsing.
- Tooling Integration: Recommends and explains the use of linters like ShellCheck and formatters like shfmt.
- Use Case: When generating a new deployment script, the AI will use this guide to ensure it includes
set -euo pipefail, proper error handling, and secure temporary file creation.
Quick Start
Use the shell-guide skill to generate a new bash script that safely processes command-line arguments and handles errors.