Crystal Engineer

About

The Crystal Engineer skill empowers Claude with specialized expertise in the Crystal programming language, focusing on high-concurrency systems and real-time data streaming. It provides domain-specific guidance for implementing WebSockets, configuring secure TLS/SSL environments, and managing database operations through the Crecto ORM. By enforcing strict type safety, fiber-based concurrency patterns, and production-ready error handling, this skill ensures that Crystal projects are built for maximum performance and maintainability.

Key Features

• Real-time WebSocket implementation with secure TLS/SSL configuration
• Expert fiber management and channel-based concurrency patterns
• 39 GitHub stars
• Enforced type safety and compile-time check optimization
• Database optimization using Crecto ORM and efficient connection pooling
• Orion framework integration for high-performance HTTP API development

Use Cases

• Architecting type-safe, secure RESTful APIs and microservices
• Developing high-throughput concurrent job processing engines
• Building real-time data streaming dashboards and chat systems