# Rust

> Guide for Rust programming language. Use when writing Rust code, setting up Rust projects, or needing an overview of Rust development workflows.

- Skill: `vinnie357/rust` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vinnie357/rust`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vinnie357/rust/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: vinnie357 (https://skillmd.com/u/vinnie357)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vinnie357/rust

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# Rust Programming Language

Entry point for Rust development. Provides an overview and routes to focused skills.

## Available Skills

This plugin provides focused skills for specific Rust topics:

- **rust:ownership** - Ownership rules, borrowing, slices, lifetimes
- **rust:error-handling** - Result, Option, ? operator, custom error types
- **rust:anti-patterns** - Anti-patterns and clippy anti-idioms to hunt and fix
- **rust:async** - Async functions, tokio, streams, threads, channels, shared state
- **rust:testing** - Unit tests, integration tests, cargo test, Cargo.toml, commands
- **rust:troubleshooting** - Best practices, common patterns, idiomatic Rust
- **rust:cli** - Argument parsing with clap, CLI output and progress, exit codes, testing CLI binaries

For core language features (traits, generics, collections, pattern matching), see `references/language.md`.

## Quick Start

```bash
# Install via mise
mise use rust@latest

# Create a new project
cargo new myproject
cd myproject

# Build and run
cargo run
```

See `templates/mise.toml` for project task definitions.

## Key Principles

- **Ownership ensures memory safety**: no garbage collector needed
- **Borrow checker prevents data races**: compile-time safety
- **Zero-cost abstractions**: high-level code compiles to efficient machine code
- **Explicit over implicit**: be clear about ownership, mutability, errors
- **Prefer immutability**: use `mut` only when needed
- **Use the type system**: let the compiler catch errors
- **Test thoroughly**: tests are first-class in Rust
- **Use clippy**: catch common mistakes and non-idiomatic code

## Anti-fabrication

This skill follows `core:anti-fabrication`. Every claim about Rust language behavior, the
standard library, and tooling commands is verified against the official documentation cited
in `sources.md` — not inferred from generic familiarity with the language. Before asserting a
language feature, API signature, or command behavior this skill and its references do not
cover, check the installed Rust toolchain's documentation (`rustup doc`) or crates.io rather
than guessing.