Bash Shell Mastery Plugin

Master defensive Bash programming techniques for production-grade scripts. Use when writing robust shell scripts, CI/CD pipelines, or system utilities requiring fault tolerance and safety.

Comprehensive Bash 5.1+ and POSIX shell development plugin with modular skills for scripting, portability, testing, linting, logging, and version-specific features (5.1, 5.2, 5.3 changelogs with examples). Includes specialized agents for script development and code auditing.

Claude Code Bash tool patterns with hooks, automation, git workflows. Use for PreToolUse hooks, command chaining, CLI orchestration, custom commands, or encountering bash permissions, command failures, security guards, hook configurations.

Expert bash/shell scripting system with Bash 5.3 features, 2025 security-first practices, advanced array patterns, parallel processing, and comprehensive cross-platform support. PROACTIVELY activate for: (1) ANY bash/shell script task, (2) Windows Git Bash path conversion (MSYS_NO_PATHCONV, cygpath), (3) Bash 5.3 features (${ } in-shell substitution, ${| } REPLY syntax, BASH_TRAPSIG, GLOBSORT, fltexpr, BASH_MONOSECONDS), (4) Security-first patterns (input validation, command injection prevention), (5) ShellCheck v0.11.0 validation (SC2327/SC2328, POSIX.1-2024), (6) Advanced arrays (mapfile, readarray, associative arrays, set operations), (7) Parallel processing (GNU Parallel, xargs -P, job pools, worker patterns), (8) Process substitution and FIFOs (coprocesses, named pipes, streaming), (9) String manipulation mastery (parameter expansion, regex, pattern matching), (10) Modern automation (containers/CI/CD/cloud), (11) Scripts under 50 lines (Google Style), (12) Debugging and profiling (tracing, performance optimization), (13) DevOps/deployment automation. Provides: bash-expert agent for complex tasks, /bash-analyze for script analysis, /bash-template for production-ready templates, /bash-optimize for performance optimization, utility scripts (parallel-runner, shellcheck-batch, script-profiler), comprehensive skills for array patterns, process substitution, parallel processing, and string manipulation. Ensures secure, optimized, cloud-native scripts following 2025 standards.

Command-line excellence and Unix philosophy mastery. Expert in shell scripting, Unix pipelines, text processing (sed/awk/grep), permissions, and CLI tool composition.

Language-specific programming skills for production-grade code (Bash)