swift-concurrency
The swift-concurrency skill provides diagnostic and refactoring guidance for Swift Concurrency, including migration to Swift 6, actor isolation, Sendable conformance, and task management.
Is swift-concurrency safe to install?
Review the source first: our audit of swift-concurrency's source files found 2 shell commands, 0 external URLs, file reads and writes (high risk). Every command and URL listed appears verbatim in the skill's source. The skill instructs the agent to read project configuration files like Package.swift and .pbxproj, and suggests running build and test commands.
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Who is this skill for?
Swift developers managing concurrency issues, refactoring callback-based code, or migrating projects to Swift 6.
What can you do with it?
- Diagnosing Swift concurrency compiler and linter warnings.
- Refactoring callback-based code to async/await.
- Resolving data races and thread safety issues.
- Managing actor isolation and @MainActor usage.
- Migrating projects to Swift 6 strict concurrency requirements.
How good is this skill?
Quality score: 5/10. The skill provides clear, actionable instructions and a structured approach to debugging and migration. It includes specific guardrails and a reference router for deeper learning.
What does the skill file contain?
# Swift Concurrency ## Fast Path Before proposing a fix: 1. Analyze `Package.swift` or `.pbxproj` to determine Swift language mode, strict concurrency level, default isolation, and upcoming features. Do this always, not only for migration work. 2. Capture the exact diagnostic and offending symbol. 3. Determine the isolation boundary: `@MainActor`, custom actor, actor instance isolation, or `nonisolated`. 4. Confirm whether the code is UI-bound or intended to run off the main actor. When spawning unstructured tasks, inspect the synchronous prefix (everything before the first `await`): start ...
Frequently asked questions
How does the skill determine the correct concurrency settings for a project?
The skill analyzes Package.swift or .pbxproj files to identify language mode, strict concurrency levels, default isolation, and upcoming features.
When should I use Task.detached?
The skill advises using Task.detached only when there is a clear, documented reason, preferring structured concurrency whenever possible.
What is the recommended approach for UI-bound state updates?
The skill recommends isolating the type or member to @MainActor and only using it for code that is truly UI-related.
How should I handle Swift 6 migration?
The skill suggests a validation loop: build to surface diagnostics, fix one category of error at a time, rebuild to confirm, and run tests.
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