How does this skill help prevent memory leaks?

It implements RAII (Resource Acquisition Is Initialization) and smart pointer patterns that tie resource lifetime to object scope, ensuring memory is automatically released.

Does it provide solutions for thread safety?

Yes, the skill includes patterns for preventing data races using atomics, mutexes, and thread-safe smart pointers like Arc in Rust and shared_ptr in C++.

Which programming languages are supported by this skill?

This skill provides specific memory safety patterns for C, C++, and Rust, ranging from manual cleanup patterns to advanced ownership models.

Can this skill assist with Rust's borrow checker?

Yes, it provides guidance on lifetimes, borrowing rules, and interior mutability patterns to help satisfy Rust's strict safety requirements.

Is it useful for legacy C projects?

Absolutely. It provides structured patterns like 'goto cleanup' and opaque pointers to improve the safety and reliability of manual memory management in C.

Memory Safety Patterns

Name: Memory Safety Patterns
Author: GaitanS

byGaitanS

Security & Testing

Implements robust memory management patterns like RAII, ownership, and smart pointers to eliminate vulnerabilities in systems programming.

About

This skill empowers Claude with specialized knowledge in systems-level memory safety across C, C++, and Rust. It provides standardized implementation patterns for Resource Acquisition Is Initialization (RAII), ownership models, and smart pointer usage to systematically prevent common bugs such as use-after-free, memory leaks, and buffer overflows. Whether you are hardening legacy C applications using structured cleanup patterns or navigating complex lifetime requirements in Rust, this skill ensures your code adheres to modern safety standards while maintaining high performance.

Key Features

Advanced Rust ownership and borrowing pattern guidance
0 GitHub stars
Cross-language RAII implementation for deterministic resource management
Automated prevention strategies for leaks, double-frees, and dangling pointers
Thread-safe data race prevention using atomics and mutex patterns
C++ smart pointer optimization including unique_ptr and shared_ptr

Use Cases

Building high-performance systems applications that require strict resource guarantees
Refactoring legacy C/C++ codebases to use modern, safe memory management
Debugging and resolving complex memory corruption issues and data races

About

Key Features

Advanced Rust ownership and borrowing pattern guidance
0 GitHub stars
Cross-language RAII implementation for deterministic resource management
Automated prevention strategies for leaks, double-frees, and dangling pointers
Thread-safe data race prevention using atomics and mutex patterns
C++ smart pointer optimization including unique_ptr and shared_ptr

Use Cases

Building high-performance systems applications that require strict resource guarantees
Refactoring legacy C/C++ codebases to use modern, safe memory management
Debugging and resolving complex memory corruption issues and data races