Gradle Best Practices Skill

Conventions for writing efficient, maintainable, and cacheable Gradle builds.

When to Use

• Creating or modifying build.gradle.kts or settings.gradle.kts
• Writing custom Gradle tasks or plugins
• Configuring dependencies and version catalogs
• Optimizing build performance and cacheability
• Setting up multi-module projects

Critical Patterns

1. Use Latest Versions

ALWAYS use the latest Gradle and plugin versions. Benefits include performance improvements, bug fixes, and new features.