Zig

Use current official Zig sources, not stale model memory.

This skill snapshot is written against Zig sources current on 2026-04-15:

• latest stable: 0.16.0 released 2026-04-14
• current master: use the download page for the exact current dev snapshot

Default to stable 0.16.0 unless the repo clearly pins master or a specific dev snapshot.

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1. Confirm the target Zig version before editing: check zig version, CI, Dockerfiles, build.zig.zon, README snippets, and download URLs.
2. Default to stable docs and APIs when the repo does not pin a dev build.
3. If the repo targets master, use the exact dev snapshot when possible; do not assume master APIs from memory.
4. Match the repo's style, but prefer current non-deprecated APIs when the codebase is already on current Zig.
5. Treat allocators, ownership, sentinels, alignment, and error sets as semantic design choices.