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📁 tyler-r-kendrick/agent-skills 📅 11 days ago
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总安装量
4
周安装量
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安装命令
npx skills add https://github.com/tyler-r-kendrick/agent-skills --skill tools

Agent 安装分布

amp 4
gemini-cli 4
github-copilot 4
codex 4
kimi-cli 4
opencode 4

Skill 文档

Developer Tools

Overview

These are the tools every developer needs regardless of language or framework — the bedrock of the development environment. Whether you are writing Python, C#, Rust, or JavaScript, you will reach for these tools daily: a shell to run commands, Git to track changes, a package manager to install software, and containers to ship reproducible environments. Mastering this foundational layer makes everything built on top of it faster and more reliable.

Tool Landscape

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    Developer Tools                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Shells:            PowerShell Core, Bash/Zsh               │
│  Version Control:   Git                                     │
│  Package Managers:  choco, winget, brew, apt, snap          │
│  Containers:        Docker, Podman                          │
│  Remote Access:     SSH, SCP                                │
│  HTTP Clients:      curl, wget, HTTPie                      │
│  Data Processing:   jq, yq                                  │
│  Pattern Matching:  Regular Expressions                     │
│  Build Runners:     Make, Just, Task                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Choosing the Right Sub-Skill

Need Look In
Writing cross-platform shell scripts powershell-core
Writing Unix shell scripts, Bash/Zsh automation bash
Version control, branching, merging, rebasing git
Installing system-level software and managing OS packages package-managers
Containerizing applications, Docker Compose, Podman docker
Remote server access, key management, tunneling ssh
Making HTTP requests from the command line curl
Parsing and transforming JSON or YAML data jq
Text pattern matching, search-and-replace with regex regex
Running build tasks, command orchestration make

Platform Availability

Tool Windows macOS Linux
PowerShell Core (pwsh) Yes (built-in on Win11, installable) Yes (brew) Yes (apt/dnf)
Bash Yes (WSL, Git Bash) Yes (built-in) Yes (built-in)
Zsh Yes (WSL) Yes (default shell) Yes (installable)
Git Yes (winget/choco) Yes (Xcode CLT / brew) Yes (apt/dnf)
choco Yes No No
winget Yes (built-in on Win10+) No No
brew No Yes Yes
apt No No Yes (Debian/Ubuntu)
snap No No Yes
Docker Yes (Docker Desktop / WSL2) Yes (Docker Desktop) Yes (native)
Podman Yes Yes (brew) Yes (native)
SSH / SCP Yes (built-in on Win10+) Yes (built-in) Yes (built-in)
curl Yes (built-in on Win10+) Yes (built-in) Yes (built-in)
wget Yes (choco/winget) Yes (brew) Yes (built-in)
HTTPie Yes (pip/choco) Yes (brew) Yes (apt/pip)
jq Yes (choco/winget) Yes (brew) Yes (apt)
yq Yes (choco/winget) Yes (brew) Yes (snap/apt)
Make Yes (choco, WSL) Yes (Xcode CLT) Yes (built-in)
Just Yes (cargo/choco) Yes (brew/cargo) Yes (cargo/apt)
Task (go-task) Yes (choco/winget) Yes (brew) Yes (snap/apt)

Best Practices

  • Automate your setup with dotfiles. Keep your shell configuration, Git config, and tool settings in a version-controlled dotfiles repository so you can bootstrap any new machine in minutes.
  • Use cross-platform tools where possible. Prefer tools like PowerShell Core, Docker, and Git that work identically on Windows, macOS, and Linux to reduce friction when switching environments or collaborating across teams.
  • Learn at least one shell deeply. Surface-level knowledge of many shells is less valuable than deep expertise in one. Pick PowerShell or Bash and master its scripting, pipeline, and debugging capabilities.
  • Version control everything. Not just source code — configuration files, infrastructure definitions, documentation, and scripts all belong in Git.
  • Use containers for reproducible environments. Docker and Podman eliminate “works on my machine” problems by packaging applications with their exact dependencies.
  • Prefer declarative build runners. Tools like Make, Just, and Task let you define project commands (build, test, lint, deploy) in a single file, making onboarding and CI/CD consistent.