Zig Development Skill

Zig is a systems programming language emphasizing explicit memory management, compile-time evaluation, and C interoperability. This skill enables effective Zig development by encoding patterns that LLMs commonly get wrong.

Core Philosophy

Zig's design principles that must inform all code generation:

1. No hidden control flow - No operator overloading, no hidden allocations
2. No hidden memory allocations - Allocators are explicit parameters
3. Explicit is better than implicit - Side effects are visible at call sites
4. Errors are values - Error unions, not exceptions
5. Comptime over runtime - Move work to compile time when possible

Toolchain Management

Version Strategy