cc-defensive-programming

cc-defensive-programming is a Coding standards & language idioms skill for AI agents, published by ryanthedev in the code-foundations repository on GitHub. Skillspace rates cc-defensive-programming C (74/100) and it passed the safety scan; the rating is based on static analysis only.

Applies Code Complete's defensive programming rules: barricade design, assertion vs error-handling selection, input validation policy, and correctness-vs-robustness strategy for the current context. For hardening code at trust boundaries; not for diagnosing an active failure (use cc-debugging) or post-completion verification (use aposd-verifying-correctness).

Grade
C
Quality
74 / 100
Safety
Passed
GitHub stars
321

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Our review

Architecture
100 / 100
Maturity
Structured: ships references or scripts
Security scan
No issues found
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