bash-patterns

What problem does it solve?

Inefficient or poorly structured Bash commands in AI workflows lead to excessive approval prompts, slow execution, and difficult debugging. This skill provides battle-tested patterns to optimize Bash usage, minimizing friction and maximizing efficiency.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Approval Optimization: Guides the use of specialized Claude tools (Read, Grep, Glob) over Bash commands to avoid unnecessary approval prompts, significantly speeding up interactive workflows.
• Temporary Script Pattern: Enables writing complex Bash logic to temporary executable scripts (.cache/scripts/) for a single approval, making multi-step operations smooth and debuggable.
• Parallel Execution: Provides patterns for batching independent Bash commands in a single message to achieve substantial speedups (2-8x faster), improving overall workflow performance.
• Enhanced Readability: Offers best practices for quoting, heredocs, and error handling to ensure Bash commands are robust, maintainable, and easy to understand.
• Use Case: When performing a multi-step Git operation like status, diff, and log, use this skill to learn how to batch these commands for a single approval and 3-4x faster execution, saving interactive time.

Quick Start

Show me the temp script pattern to reduce Bash approval prompts for complex logic.