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Clean Code Standard — Quick Reference

This skill is the authoritative clean code standard for this repository's shared skills. It defines stable rule IDs (CC-*), how to apply them in reviews, and how to extend them safely via language overlays and explicit exceptions.

Modern Best Practices (January 2026): Prefer small, reviewable changes and durable change context. Use RFC 2119 normative language consistently. Treat security-by-design and secure defaults as baseline (OWASP Top 10, NIST SSDF). Build observable systems (OpenTelemetry). For durable links and current tool choices, consult data/sources.json.


Quick Reference

Task Tool/Framework Command When to Use
Cite a standard CC-* rule ID N/A PR review comments, design discussions, postmortems
Categorize feedback CC-NAM, CC-ERR, CC-SEC, etc. N/A Keep feedback consistent without "style wars"
Add stack nuance Language overlay N/A When the base rule is too generic for a language/framework
Allow an exception Waiver record N/A When a rule must be violated with explicit risk
Reuse shared checklists assets/checklists/ N/A When you need product-agnostic review/release checklists
Reuse utility patterns references/*-utilities.md N/A When extracting shared auth/logging/errors/resilience/testing utilities
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