By edmondop
7 Italian-themed slash commands: al-dente, arrangiati, bella-figura, coffee-break, dizionario, ma-che-vuoi, nonna-review
npx claudepluginhub edmondop/italian-claude-code-skills --plugin italian-skillsCheck if code is al dente — not over-engineered, not under-cooked
Solve it with what you already have — no new dependencies
Make your code presentable — formatting, naming, and style
Step back and brainstorm fresh approaches to a problem
Learn the Italian cultural references behind these commands
Explain confusing code in plain language
A warm but honest code review from an Italian grandmother
Practical developer tools with Italian cultural flair. Each command maps a real Italian concept to a useful development workflow — and teaches you a bit of Italian along the way.
The humor comes from the mapping being correct: nonna's cooking logic genuinely applies to code review, and "al dente" is actually a great metaphor for code quality balance.
| Command | Italian Concept | What It Does |
|---|---|---|
/al-dente | Pasta cooked just right | Code quality balance — not over-engineered, not fragile |
/arrangiati | L'arte di arrangiarsi (art of making do) | Solve it with existing dependencies only |
/bella-figura | Fare bella figura (make a good impression) | Formatting, naming, style — make code presentable |
/coffee-break | La pausa caffe | Step back from a problem, brainstorm 3 fresh approaches |
/dizionario | Dictionary | Learn the Italian cultural references behind each command |
/ma-che-vuoi | The iconic hand gesture | Explain confusing code in plain language |
/nonna-review | Italian grandmother | Warm but honest code review — praise first, then the truth |
Clone and register as a local Claude Code plugin:
git clone https://github.com/edmondop/italian-claude-code-skills.git
claude plugin add --local /path/to/italian-claude-code-skills
Or if you already have it cloned, just point Claude Code at it:
claude plugin add --local /path/to/italian-claude-code-skills
/al-dente src/services/payment.py
/arrangiati I need to retry HTTP requests with exponential backoff
/bella-figura src/api/
/coffee-break This recursive parser keeps hitting stack overflow
/ma-che-vuoi src/utils/transform.py:47
/nonna-review src/auth/
/dizionario arrangiati
Run /dizionario inside Claude Code for the full phrasebook, or see
docs/cultural-references.md for all Italian
idioms, proverbs, and links to learn more.
Got an Italian concept that maps perfectly to a dev workflow? Open an issue or PR. The bar is: the metaphor has to be genuinely useful, not just funny — though being both is ideal.
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