code-writing

Imported from reasvyn/docsgrep (.agents/skills/code-writing/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add reasvyn/docsgrep --skill code-writing. Copyright stays with the author.

Before writing code

1. Read AGENTS.md for repo conventions.
2. Find an existing tool handler that does something similar and use it as a template.

Tool handler pattern

Every tool must return McpToolResponse:

import type { McpToolResponse } from "../types/tools.js";

export async function handleMyTool(args: MyToolArgs): Promise<McpToolResponse> {
  try {
    const dirPath = validateDirPath(validateStringParam(args.dirPath, "dirPath"));
    // ... do work ...
    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(result, null, 2) })];
  } catch (error: any) {
    return { content: [{ type: "text", text: error.message }], isError: true };
  }
}

BaseTool (for heavier tools)

Extend BaseTool<T> from tools/base.ts when you need built-in concurrency control, logging, and credential masking. Then wrap in a thin function for the registry:

class MyTool extends BaseTool<MyToolArgs> {
  protected async run(args: MyToolArgs): Promise<McpToolResponse> {
    // ... implementation ...
  }
}
export async function handleMyTool(args: MyToolArgs): Promise<McpToolResponse> {
  return new MyTool().execute(args);
}

Registration

Add the handler to ToolRegistry in tools/registry.ts. For class-based tools, pass as an override in index.ts.

Tool definitions

Add a JSON Schema entry to src/config/tools.json with name, description, and inputSchema.

Mandatory conventions

• ESM .js extensions: every local import MUST end in .js.
• No implicit any: use typed args from types/tools.ts.
• Input validation: always call validateDirPath and validateStringParam at entry.
• File scanning: use FileScanner.findFiles() from tools/base.ts — it handles .gitignore, includePath, excludePath.
• App metadata: use AppInfo from utils/app-info.ts, never hardcode version/name.
• Concurrency: if doing IO, acquire/release operationLimiter from utils/semaphore.js.
• Sensitive data: add new secret fields to maskSensitive in tools/base.ts.