zig-best-practices

SKILL.md

Types define the contract before implementation. Follow this workflow:

Use Zig's type system to prevent invalid states at compile time.

Larger cohesive files are idiomatic in Zig. Keep related code together: tests alongside implementation, comptime generics at file scope, public/private controlled by pub. Split only when a file handles genuinely separate concerns. The standard library demonstrates this pattern with files like std/mem.zig containing 2000+ lines of cohesive memory operations.

Provides Zig patterns for type-first development with tagged unions, explicit error sets, comptime validation, and memory management. Must use when reading or writing Zig files. Source: 0xbigboss/claude-code.

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