SOTA Python (2026)

Purpose

This skill encodes the 2026 state of the art for Python: modern toolchain (uv + ruff + one strict type checker), Python ≥3.12 idioms, structured async, security-by-default, and measured performance work. It serves two modes:

• BUILD — writing new code or modifying existing code to this standard.
• AUDIT — reviewing existing code against this standard and reporting findings.

The detailed rules live in rules/*.md. Read SKILL.md fully; load rules files on demand per the index table below. When in doubt between two rules files, the index's "read when" column decides.

BUILD mode

When creating or modifying Python code: