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Programming Assistant

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richenlin·vlatest·backend

This Programming Assistant generates code snippets and explanations, accelerating development and helping users learn new languages quickly.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add richenlin/programming-assistant-skill --skill programming-assistant -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

richenlin

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

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This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: mcp.context7.com, opencode.ai.

    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.

    Hosts contacted

    opencode.aiundeclaredmcp.context7.comundeclaredgithub.comsource host

    What it found

    • install.sh:311contacts opencode.ai
      "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
    • install.sh:352contacts mcp.context7.com
      "url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
    • install.sh:758contacts mcp.context7.com
      - context7: 文档搜索 (https://mcp.context7.com)

  • 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 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

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned richenlin/programming-assistant-skill at 98a9569eaa.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
98a9569eaa
Manifest
SKILL.md
Scanned
15 files, 3,340 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The Programming Assistant skill helps users write, debug, and understand code in various programming languages. It can generate code snippets based on natural language descriptions, explain existing code blocks, and identify potential errors within a given codebase. This skill aims to streamline the coding process for both novice and experienced programmers.

When to use it

  • Generating boilerplate code: Quickly create initial project structures or function templates in languages like Python or JavaScript.
  • Debugging existing code: Get assistance identifying and fixing errors in your programs by providing code snippets for analysis.
  • Understanding unfamiliar code: Ask the assistant to explain what a specific block of code does, making it easier to learn from others' work.
  • Translating between languages: Convert code from one programming language (e.g., Python) to another (e.g., JavaScript).

Key capabilities

  • Code generation
  • Code explanation
  • Debugging assistance
  • Language translation

Example prompts

  • "Write a Python function that calculates the factorial of a number."
  • "Explain what this Javascript code does: function foo() { ... }"
  • "I'm getting an error in my Java program. Can you help me debug it?"

Tips & gotchas

The quality of the generated or analyzed code depends heavily on the clarity and specificity of your prompts. Providing context, such as the programming language and desired functionality, will yield better results.