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memory-safety-patterns

Implement memory-safe programming

memory-safety-patterns is an agent skill from the wshobson/agents collection that teaches memory-safe programming across Rust, C++ and C. It covers the patterns that prevent the common memory bugs in systems code: RAII, where a resource is tied to an object's lifetime so it is released automatically, ownership, which makes it clear which part of the program is responsible for a value, smart pointers, and disciplined resource management for files, sockets and memory. The skill sorts the common memory bug categories, such as use-after-free and leaks, so the agent can see which pattern addresses which bug. It applies when writing safe systems code, managing resources such as files, sockets and memory, preventing use-after-free errors and leaks, implementing RAII in C++, choosing between languages for safety, and debugging memory problems. It is useful to developers who work in more than one of these languages and want consistent habits across them, and to teams deciding how much safety a component needs. The guidance is about writing code that is correct by construction, so the agent applies it when writing or reviewing code, and the team's own tests and tools still confirm the result. The skill is installed with the skills CLI from the wshobson/agents repository. Its skills.sh page showed about 11.5K installs and passing results from three security audits at the time of the scan.