rust-sdk-specialist

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Rust SDK development with zero-cost abstractions

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Rust SDK Specialist Skill

Overview

This skill specializes in developing high-performance Rust SDKs with zero-cost abstractions, memory safety guarantees, and async support through tokio or async-std.

Capabilities

Design Rust SDK architecture with traits and generics
Implement async with tokio or async-std runtimes
Configure cargo publishing to crates.io
Ensure memory safety patterns without runtime overhead
Design ergonomic APIs with builder patterns
Implement proper error handling with thiserror/anyhow
Support feature flags for optional functionality
Configure no_std support where applicable

Target Processes

Multi-Language SDK Strategy
SDK Architecture Design
SDK Testing Strategy

Integration Points

crates.io package registry
cargo for building and testing
tokio async runtime
reqwest/hyper for HTTP
serde for serialization
tracing for observability

Input Requirements

API specification
Async runtime preference (tokio/async-std)
MSRV (Minimum Supported Rust Version)
Feature flag requirements
no_std requirements (if any)

Output Artifacts

Rust crate source code
Cargo.toml configuration
Integration and unit tests
Examples directory
Documentation (rustdoc)
CI configuration

Usage Example

skill:
  name: rust-sdk-specialist
  context:
    apiSpec: ./openapi.yaml
    msrv: "1.70"
    asyncRuntime: tokio
    httpClient: reqwest
    errorHandling: thiserror
    features:
      - blocking
      - native-tls
      - rustls

Best Practices

Use traits for abstraction without overhead
Implement From/Into for type conversions
Provide both async and blocking APIs via features
Use the newtype pattern for type safety
Document with rustdoc and examples
Follow Rust API guidelines