Rigorous Coding

by jarrodwatts

Rigorous Coding is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by jarrodwatts in claude-code-config.

1.1K stars121 forkson jarrodwatts/claude-code-configAdded 2026/08/21Repository updated 2026/01/21

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Install Rigorous Coding

Copy Rigorous Coding into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-code-config/tree/main/skills/rigorous-coding ~/.claude/skills/rigorous-coding

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/jarrodwatts/claude-code-config.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/rigorous-coding/SKILL.md in jarrodwatts/claude-code-config
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/rigorous-coding
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Rigorous Coding does

Rigorous Coding applies strict coding standards for writing, implementing, or reviewing code. Use it to state assumptions, verify correctness, and check non-happy-path behavior.

Rigorous Coding is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Rigorous Coding comes from a repository tagged ai, claude, claude-code, developer-tools and dotfiles.

Documentation

README

From the original repository

Do not write code before stating assumptions. Do not claim correctness you haven't verified. Do not handle only the happy path. Under what conditions does this work?

Frequently asked about Rigorous Coding

What else does jarrodwatts publish alongside Rigorous Coding?
Rigorous Coding is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from jarrodwatts/claude-code-config, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Planning With Files, React UseEffect and Vercel React Best Practices. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Rigorous Coding does, and is maintained by jarrodwatts in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the jarrodwatts/claude-code-config page.
How does Rigorous Coding compare to other Quality skills?
Rigorous Coding ranks #809 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Rigorous Coding against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.