Rust Skill

Name: rust
Rating: 88
Author: oornnery

Use this skill for Rust project workflows managed by cargo.

Scope

•Cargo dependency and package lifecycle
•Formatting (cargo fmt) and linting (clippy)
•Build/check/test command patterns
•CI parity

Guardrails

•Enforce cargo fmt --check and clippy in quality gates
•Prefer cargo check for fast iteration and cargo test for validation

Guide

Stack: Rust

Package Manager

•Tool: cargo
•Lock file: Cargo.lock
•Config: Cargo.toml

Commands

Initialize Project

bash

cargo new project-name
cargo init

Add Dependencies

bash

cargo add <crate>
cargo add --dev <crate>

Format

bash

cargo fmt
cargo fmt --check

Lint

bash

cargo clippy
cargo clippy -- -D warnings

Typecheck / Build

bash

cargo check
cargo build
cargo build --release

Run Tests

bash

# Quick run
cargo test

# Verbose
cargo test -- --nocapture

# Specific test
cargo test test_name

# Doc tests
cargo test --doc

Run Application

bash

cargo run
cargo run --release

CI Pipeline (GitHub Actions)

yaml

name: CI
on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
        with:
          components: rustfmt, clippy
      - run: cargo fmt --check
      - run: cargo clippy -- -D warnings
      - run: cargo test

File Structure

text

project/
├── Cargo.toml
├── Cargo.lock
├── src/
│   ├── main.rs
│   └── lib.rs
├── tests/
│   └── integration_test.rs
└── benches/
    └── benchmark.rs