python-foundational Skill

Source

• Creator: microsoft
• Repository: microsoft/hve-core
• Skill file: .github/skills/coding-standards/python-foundational/SKILL.md

What it does

Foundational Python best practices, idioms, and code quality fundamentals

Skill instructions

Python Foundational Coding Standards Skill Overview Foundational Python excellence that every diff must satisfy. This skill is loaded first for any .py change. All higher-order skills build on it. This content is a skill rather than an instructions file for three reasons: skills are distributed through the CLI plugin and VS Code extension without requiring consumers to copy files into their repo; new language skills can be added without modifying the review agent itself; and skills are loaded on demand, keeping the context window small when the diff contains no Python. Core Checklist 1. Readability & Style Use Python naming: PascalCase classes, snakecase functions/variables, UPPERSNAKECASE constants, private members. Group imports: stdlib → third-party → local (blank line between groups, no trailing whitespace). 2. Pythonic Idioms Prefer comprehensions for simple transforms; use explicit loops for complex logic/side-effects. Always use with for files, locks, DB connections. Prefer data