Detecting Incorrect Free

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

Detects incorrect use of free() including freeing non-heap memory, invalid pointers, and mismatched allocators. Use when analyzing memory deallocation, heap management, or investigating free() usage errors.

What this skill does

Detecting Incorrect Free is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/detecting-incorrect-free/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when analyzing memory deallocation, heap management, or investigating free() usage errors.

Who uses this skill

The Detecting Incorrect Free 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/detecting-incorrect-free
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/detecting-incorrect-free/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/detecting-incorrect-free/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/detecting-incorrect-free/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/detecting-incorrect-free/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\detecting-incorrect-free\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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