{"slug":"code-quality-standards","title":"code-quality-standards","summary":"Concrete code-quality thresholds and anti-patterns: 120-char lines, max 20 cyclomatic complexity, max 4 nesting levels, max 50 lines per function, no magic numbers, no global state, composition over inheritance, no bare except, rule-of-three before extracting an abstraction, dele","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T16:28:41.92142Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/Goldziher/ai-rulez","stars":162,"forks":16,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T13:56:06Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: code-quality-standards\ndescription: \"Concrete code-quality thresholds and anti-patterns: 120-char lines, max 20 cyclomatic complexity, max 4 nesting levels, max 50 lines per function, no magic numbers, no global state, composition over inheritance, no bare except, rule-of-three before extracting an abstraction, delete dead code instead of commenting it out, scope suppressions narrowly, and tag TODOs with a tracker key. Load when writing a new function or module, adding a lint suppression or TODO, reviewing a diff for quality, refactoring a long or deeply nested function, or deciding whether to extract shared logic.\"</h2>\n<h2>Readability</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Max 120 character line width.</li>\n<li>Prefer explicit code over clever tricks — if it needs a comment to explain what it does, rewrite it.</li>\n<li>No abbreviations in public API names (<code>context</code> not <code>ctx</code>, <code>repository</code> not <code>repo</code>).</li>\n<li>Keep functions short and focused on a single responsibility.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Complexity limits</h2>\n<p>Max 20 cyclomatic complexity per function, max 4 levels of nesting depth, max 50 lines per function. Use early returns to flatten conditionals. Break complex functions into well-named helpers that each do one thing.</p>\n<h2>Anti-patterns</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>No magic numbers — use named constants.</li>\n<li>No global state — use dependency injection.</li>\n<li>No inheritance for code reuse — prefer composition.</li>\n<li>No bare exception handlers — catch specific types.</li>\n<li>No mocking internal services — use real objects for integration tests.</li>\n<li>No blocking I/O in async code paths — keep async paths fully async.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Duplication</h2>\n<p>Extract shared logic after the third repetition, not before. Three similar lines are better than a premature abstraction. When extracting, ensure the shared code has a single reason to change — if two callers would evolve the logic differently, keep them separate. Premature abstraction creates worse coupling than duplication.</p>\n<h2>Dead code</h2>\n<p>Remove dead code instead of commenting it out. Version control preserves history; commented-out code creates confusion and maintenance burden.</p>\n<h2>Suppressions</h2>\n<p>Fix the cause instead of suppressing a lint rule, type error or test. A necessary suppression (lint-disable, noqa, ts-ignore, <code>#[allow]</code>) is scoped to the narrowest line, names the rule, and gives a one-line reason. Never update a snapshot or baseline just to hide a failure.</p>\n<h2>Markers</h2>\n<p><code>TODO</code>, <code>FIXME</code>, <code>HACK</code> and <code>XXX</code> take the form <code>TODO(PROJ-123): description</code>. The key is an existing open tracker issue for future work, never the issue of the current change (it closes on merge). No bare markers, owners or dates.</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":2594,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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