asynkron-skills
Developer tool skills for AI coding agents. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Copilot.
General Skills
/cloc
Count lines of code using cloc. Analyze codebase size, language breakdown, and compare code between git refs. Supports 200+ languages and multiple output formats (JSON, YAML, CSV, Markdown).
/quickdup
Detect code duplication using QuickDup. A fast structural clone detector that processes ~100k lines in 500ms. Surfaces duplication candidates for AI-assisted review.
Includes refactoring guidance for 4 types of duplication:
- Structural duplication — same control flow, different injected behavior. Extract the structure, pass behavior in.
- Structural switch duplication — repeated pattern matches on domain types. Often intentional documentation — only refactor at 3+ copies.
- Parameter bundle duplication — same group of parameters passed together. Extract a value object.
- Argument unpacking duplication — repeated defensive parsing of callback arguments. Extract a helper.
/systematic-debug
Two complementary debugging techniques for when the root cause of a bug is unclear.
Test bombs create one small test per hypothesis (H1, H2, H3...). Run them all together — the pass/fail pattern reveals the failing area. Start broad, then add targeted hypotheses based on results.
Layered tests test each stage of a processing pipeline independently (L1, L2, L3...). If L3 fails but L1 and L2 pass, the bug is in stage 3. Works for compilers, HTTP pipelines, ETL, build systems, and any multi-stage architecture.
Use test bombs first to narrow the component, then layered tests to pinpoint the exact stage. Templates for C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go.
/palette
Generate color palettes with Tailwind-scale shades using Asynkron.Palette. A zero-dependency CLI that takes hex colors, a color wheel strategy, and a count, and outputs a complete palette with 11 perceptually uniform shades per color (OKLCH color space). Runs via npx @asynkron/palette (no install required).
Pass one or more base colors (or none for a random palette), pick a strategy (triadic, analogous, complementary, split-complementary, tetradic, evenly-spaced), and set a count. All colors are automatically normalized to matching lightness and chroma so the palette looks cohesive. Mood presets (--vibrant, --pastel) override the target energy level. Use --raw to keep exact input colors.
Colors are named semantically (primary, secondary, tertiary, accent, neutral) with Tailwind shade numbers (50–950). ANSI color output in terminals. Accepts hex with or without # prefix.
.NET Skills
/profile
Profile .NET applications using Asynkron.Profiler. A CLI profiler that outputs structured text — no GUI needed. Runs via dnx (no install required).
Five profiling modes: CPU, memory allocations, lock contention, exceptions, and heap snapshots. Can also capture JIT-to-native compilation events to verify inlining.
Includes a full profiling methodology (symptom-to-mode table, reading hot function tables, allocation call graphs, iterative fix-and-measure workflow) and JIT-aware optimization patterns:
- Fast/slow path split —
AggressiveInliningon the common case,NoInliningon the rare case - Dispatch tables — delegate arrays indexed by enum beat switch statements in tight loops
- Object pooling — lock-free pools with RAII wrappers for hot allocations
- Thread-safe lazy init —
Volatile.Read+CompareExchangewithoutLazy<T>overhead
/testrunner
Alternative .NET test runner using Asynkron.TestRunner. Wraps dotnet test with added resilience for unstable test suites. Runs via dnx (no install required).
Handles tests that hang, crash the process, cause OOM, or stack overflow — scenarios where dotnet test simply dies or never returns. Automatically detects hung tests, isolates the culprit by splitting the test tree, and tracks pass/fail history across runs for regression detection.
This is not a replacement for dotnet test. Only use it when standard tooling fails.
/roslynator
C# static analysis using Roslynator. Auto-fix diagnostics, format code, find unused declarations, count lines of code, and check spelling — all from the command line.
Covers the fix, analyze, format, find-unused, spellcheck, lloc, and loc commands with key flags and .editorconfig configuration.