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Chain by bytesagain — Agent Skill

Name: Chain
Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Author: bytesagain

File contents

Chain — Chain Pattern & Pipeline Reference

Quick-reference skill for chain-based design patterns, middleware pipelines, and sequential processing architectures.

When to Use

Implementing Chain of Responsibility design pattern
Building middleware pipelines (Express, Koa, Django)
Designing multi-step data processing workflows
Understanding promise chains and async pipelines
Building event processing or filter chains

Commands

`intro`

scripts/script.sh intro

Overview of chain patterns — concept, variants, and applications.

`responsibility`

scripts/script.sh responsibility

Chain of Responsibility design pattern — GoF pattern with examples.

`middleware`

scripts/script.sh middleware

Middleware chains — Express, Koa, Django, and custom implementations.

`promise`

scripts/script.sh promise

Promise chains and async pipelines — chaining, error handling, patterns.

`pipeline`

scripts/script.sh pipeline

Unix pipeline philosophy and data transformation chains.

`filter`

scripts/script.sh filter

Filter chains — servlet filters, interceptors, decorators.

`blockchain`

scripts/script.sh blockchain

Blockchain fundamentals — hash chains, blocks, consensus basics.

`examples`

scripts/script.sh examples

Implementation examples across languages and frameworks.

`help`

scripts/script.sh help

`version`

scripts/script.sh version

Configuration

Variable	Description
`CHAIN_DIR`	Data directory (default: ~/.chain/)

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---name: chaindescription: Chain of Responsibility reference — design pattern, middleware pipelines, command chains, blockchain basics. Use when building request processing pipelines or implementing handler chains.--- # Chain — Chain Pattern & Pipeline Reference Quick-reference skill for chain-based design patterns, middleware pipelines, and sequential processing architectures. ## When to Use - Implementing Chain of Responsibility design pattern - Building middleware pipelines (Express, Koa, Django) - Designing multi-step data processing workflows - Understanding promise chains and async pipelines - Building event processing or filter chains ## Commands ### `intro` ```bash scripts/script.sh intro ``` Overview of chain patterns — concept, variants, and applications. ### `responsibility` ```bash scripts/script.sh responsibility ``` Chain of Responsibility design pattern — GoF pattern with examples. ### `middleware` ```bash scripts/script.sh middleware ``` Middleware chains — Express, Koa, Django, and custom implementations. ### `promise` ```bash scripts/script.sh promise ``` Promise chains and async pipelines — chaining, error handling, patterns. ### `pipeline` ```bash scripts/script.sh pipeline ``` Unix pipeline philosophy and data transformation chains. ### `filter` ```bash scripts/script.sh filter ``` Filter chains — servlet filters, interceptors, decorators. ### `blockchain` ```bash scripts/script.sh blockchain ``` Blockchain fundamentals — hash chains, blocks, consensus basics. ### `examples` ```bash scripts/script.sh examples ``` Implementation examples across languages and frameworks. ### `help` ```bash scripts/script.sh help ``` ### `version` ```bash scripts/script.sh version ``` ## Configuration | Variable | Description | |----------|-------------| | `CHAIN_DIR` | Data directory (default: ~/.chain/) | --- *Powered by BytesAgain | bytesagain.com | hello@bytesagain.com*

Frequently asked questions

Chain

File contents

Chain — Chain Pattern & Pipeline Reference

When to Use

Commands

intro

responsibility

middleware

promise

pipeline

filter

blockchain

examples

help

version