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name: python description: "Develop Python applications using modern patterns, uv, functional-first design, and production-first practices. Activate when working with .py files, pyproject.toml, uv commands, or user mentions Python, itertools, functools, pytest, mypy, ruff, async, or functional programming patterns."

Python Development

Functional-first, production-first Python 3.14+ with uv, type safety, immutability.

Activation Triggers

• .py files, pyproject.toml, uv commands
• Python, typing, asyncio, pytest, mypy, ruff, dataclasses, itertools, functools

Workflow

Copy1. MODEL    -> types, invariants, boundaries
2. COMPOSE  -> pure functions, pipelines, small modules
3. VALIDATE -> parse at edges, return errors early
4. TEST     -> pytest, fixtures, async tests
5. HARDEN   -> ruff + format + mypy + regression tests

Core Principles

• Functional core, imperative shell
• Immutability by default; copy-on-write
• Explicit types and error paths
• Small composable units
• Production defaults: logging, config, timeouts, retries

When to Use

• New or refactored Python modules
• Async I/O, data pipelines, CLI tooling
• Type-heavy APIs, validation, parsing
• Test strategy or flaky tests

When Not to Use

• Non-Python runtimes
• Browser E2E tests (use Playwright)

Quick Start

Copyuv init my-project && cd my-project
uv add requests pydantic httpx
uv add --dev pytest pytest-asyncio mypy ruff

uv run python script.py
uv run pytest

Quality Gates

Copyuv run ruff check src/
uv run ruff format --check src/
uv run mypy src/
uv run pytest

Must / Must Not

• MUST: type hints on public APIs; validate inputs at boundaries; prefer pathlib
• MUST NOT: mutable default args; bare except; mix sync/async in one call chain

Notes

Core patterns, async examples, and anti-patterns live in reference.md and the cookbooks.

Research Tools

Copy# gh search code for real-world examples
gh search code "asyncio.TaskGroup(" --language=python
gh search code "class.*Protocol):" --language=python
gh search code "async with httpx.AsyncClient(" --language=python

References

• reference.md - Data structures, best practices, idioms, error handling
• patterns.md - Functional patterns
• async.md - Async/await deep dive
• testing.md - pytest patterns & fixtures
• design-patterns.md - Builder, DI, Factory, Strategy, Repository
• modern.md - Python 3.8-3.14 key features