cpp

name	cpp
description	C++ development skill — Core Guidelines, clang-tidy, modernization, debugging, and crash diagnosis. Load automatically when working on C++ projects.
invocation_policy	automatic

C++ Skill Assembly

Unified C++ knowledge base organized by domain features. Route to the correct feature file based on the task.

Configuration

The C++ skill directory is the directory containing this file. Feature files are in the features/ subdirectory.

Capabilities

Core Guidelines Reference

When asked about C++ Core Guidelines, writing new C++ code, or reviewing code for guideline compliance:

1. Load features/guidelines.md for section navigation
2. Load the domain-specific feature matching the code area:
   • Functions: features/functions.md
   • Classes: features/classes.md
   • Resource management: features/resource-management.md
   • Concurrency: features/concurrency.md
   • Interfaces: features/interfaces.md
   • Templates: features/templates.md
   • Error handling: features/error-handling.md
   • Expressions and statements: features/expressions.md
   • Performance: features/performance.md
   • Enumerations: features/enumerations.md
   • Constants: features/constants.md
   • Source files: features/source-files.md

Clang-Tidy Configuration

When setting up .clang-tidy, selecting checkers, suppressing warnings, or configuring CI gates:

1. Load features/clang-tidy.md

Code Modernization

When upgrading legacy C++98/03 code to C++11/14/17/20, replacing C-style patterns, or running clang-tidy modernize checks:

1. Load features/modernize.md

Crash Diagnosis

When debugging a C++ crash, analyzing core dumps, investigating segfaults, or diagnosing memory corruption:

1. Load features/crash-debug.md
2. Use GDB via mcp-dap-server for analysis

Live Debugging

When debugging C++ programs, inspecting STL containers, analyzing vtables, or unwrapping templates:

1. Load features/debug.md
2. Use GDB via mcp-dap-server for inspection

Cross-Referencing

When a task spans multiple domains, load the primary domain feature first, then load additional features as needed. Features reference each other for cross-cutting topics.