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Python Design Patterns

Python Design Patterns is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from wshobson/agents. Python design patterns including KISS, Separation of Concerns, Single Responsibility, and composition over inheritance. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 40,254 GitHub stars across a repository of 8 listed skills.

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Claude

This repository is a Claude Code plugin marketplace. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
/plugin install python-development@claude-code-workflows

In the Claude apps, zip the python-design-patterns folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/python-development/skills/python-design-patterns .agents/skills/python-design-patterns   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/wshobson/agents.git
cp -r agents/plugins/python-development/skills/python-design-patterns .cursor/skills/python-design-patterns   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com/docs/en/plugin-marketplaces (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Python design patterns including KISS, Separation of Concerns, Single Responsibility, and composition over inheritance. Use this skill when designing a new service or component from scratch and choosing how to layer responsibilities, when refactoring a God class or monolithic function that has grown too large, when deciding whether to add a new abstraction or live with duplication, when evaluating a pull request for structural issues like tight coupling or leaking internal types, when choosing…

When it triggers

  • Use this skill when designing a new service or component from scratch and choosing how to layer responsibilities, when refactoring a God class or monolithic function that has grown too large, when deciding whether to add a new abstraction o

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What is the Python Design Patterns skill?

Python Design Patterns is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from wshobson/agents. Python design patterns including KISS, Separation of Concerns, Single Responsibility, and composition over inheritance. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode and has 40,254 GitHub stars across a repository of 8 listed skills. Its SKILL.md lives at github.com/wshobson/agents/plugins/python-development/skills/python-design-patterns.

How do I install the Python Design Patterns skill?

In Claude Code, run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents and then /plugin install python-development@claude-code-workflows. For Codex or Cursor, copy the python-design-patterns folder into .agents/skills/ or .cursor/skills/.

Is the Python Design Patterns skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Python Design Patterns maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 4, 2026. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.