Cc Defensive Programming

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: operations

type:audittype:review

Review error handling, input validation, and exception patterns using 24-item checklist. Use when auditing defensive code, designing barricades, choosing assertion vs error handling, or deciding correctness vs robustness strategy. Triggers on: empty catch blocks, missing input validation, assertions with side effects, wrong exception abstraction level, garbage in garbage out mentality, deadline pressure to skip validation, trusted source rationalization. Produce status table with VIOLATION/WARNING/PASS per item, or barricade/error-handling design recommendations.

What this skill does

Cc Defensive Programming is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the operations sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/cc-defensive-programming/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when auditing defensive code, designing barricades, choosing assertion vs error handling, or deciding correctness vs robustness strategy. Triggers on: empty catch blocks, missing input validation, assertions with side effects, wrong exception abstraction level, garbage in garbage out mentality, deadline pressure to skip validation, trusted source rationalization.

Who uses this skill

The Cc Defensive Programming skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/cc-defensive-programming
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/cc-defensive-programming/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/cc-defensive-programming/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/cc-defensive-programming/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/cc-defensive-programming/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\cc-defensive-programming\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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