Typescript
CheckedGenerates clean, well-documented TypeScript backend code adhering to gentlemanly coding principles and best practices.
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What we know about this skill
Publisher
gentleman-programming
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Install target
Live repository
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Automated safety checks
This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.
Declares what it does: passed
SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.
SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.
No undeclared network calls: passed
Makes no network calls.
Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.
No obfuscated payloads: passed
No encoded or obfuscated payloads.
No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.
No credential access: passed
Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.
Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.
No pipe-to-shell installers: passed
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No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.
Pinned to a commit: passed
Scanned gentleman-programming/gentleman-skills at c8036a3789.
The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.
- Commit
- c8036a3789
- Manifest
- curated/typescript/SKILL.md
- Scanned
- 1 file, 99 lines
About this skill
What it does
This skill enables AI agents to write, analyze, and refactor code specifically for the TypeScript language. It helps agents generate type-safe implementations, resolve compilation errors, and maintain strict typing standards within backend projects.
When to use it
- You need an agent to generate new backend functions with full type definitions.
- Your team requires type safety to prevent runtime errors in complex data structures.
- An AI agent needs help debugging specific TypeScript compiler errors or migration issues.
- You want the agent to refactor legacy JavaScript code into modern, typed TypeScript.
Key capabilities
- Generates type-safe TypeScript code from natural language descriptions.
- Analyzes existing codebases to identify missing type annotations.
- Refactors JavaScript logic into strict TypeScript with interfaces and generics.
- Resolves common compilation errors related to types and modules.
Example prompts
- "Write a Node.js function that accepts a user object and returns a formatted JSON response, ensuring all properties are strictly typed."
- "Analyze this existing API controller and add necessary type definitions for the request and response objects."
- "Refactor this JavaScript utility file into TypeScript, defining interfaces for all input parameters and return values."
Tips & gotchas
Ensure your project environment has a compatible TypeScript version installed before relying on the agent to generate code. While the skill focuses on backend logic, complex frontend-specific libraries may require additional context about the specific framework being used.