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+name: rust-patterns
+description: Idiomatic Rust patterns, ownership, error handling, traits, concurrency, and best practices for building safe, performant applications.
+origin: ECC
+---
+
+# Rust Development Patterns
+
+Idiomatic Rust patterns and best practices for building safe, performant, and maintainable applications.
+
+## When to Use
+
+- Writing new Rust code
+- Reviewing Rust code
+- Refactoring existing Rust code
+- Designing crate structure and module layout
+
+## How It Works
+
+This skill enforces idiomatic Rust conventions across six key areas: ownership and borrowing to prevent data races at compile time, `Result`/`?` error propagation with `thiserror` for libraries and `anyhow` for applications, enums and exhaustive pattern matching to make illegal states unrepresentable, traits and generics for zero-cost abstraction, safe concurrency via `Arc<Mutex<T>>`, channels, and async/await, and minimal `pub` surfaces organized by domain.
+
+## Core Principles
+
+### 1. Ownership and Borrowing
+
+Rust's ownership system prevents data races and memory bugs at compile time.
+
+```rust
+// Good: Pass references when you don't need ownership
+fn process(data: &[u8]) -> usize {
+    data.len()
+}
+
+// Good: Take ownership only when you need to store or consume
+fn store(data: Vec<u8>) -> Record {
+    Record { payload: data }
+}
+
+// Bad: Cloning unnecessarily to avoid borrow checker
+fn process_bad(data: &Vec<u8>) -> usize {
+    let cloned = data.clone(); // Wasteful — just borrow
+    cloned.len()
+}
+```
+
+### Use `Cow` for Flexible Ownership
+
+```rust
+use std::borrow::Cow;
+
+fn normalize(input: &str) -> Cow<'_, str> {
+    if input.contains(' ') {
+        Cow::Owned(input.replace(' ', "_"))
+    } else {
+        Cow::Borrowed(input) // Zero-cost when no mutation needed
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Error Handling
+
+### Use `Result` and `?` — Never `unwrap()` in Production
+
+```rust
+// Good: Propagate errors with context
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+
+fn load_config(path: &str) -> Result<Config> {
+    let content = std::fs::read_to_string(path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("failed to read config from {path}"))?;
+    let config: Config = toml::from_str(&content)
+        .with_context(|| format!("failed to parse config from {path}"))?;
+    Ok(config)
+}
+
+// Bad: Panics on error
+fn load_config_bad(path: &str) -> Config {
+    let content = std::fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap(); // Panics!
+    toml::from_str(&content).unwrap()
+}
+```
+
+### Library Errors with `thiserror`, Application Errors with `anyhow`
+
+```rust
+// Library code: structured, typed errors
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum StorageError {
+    #[error("record not found: {id}")]
+    NotFound { id: String },
+    #[error("connection failed")]
+    Connection(#[from] std::io::Error),
+    #[error("invalid data: {0}")]
+    InvalidData(String),
+}
+
+// Application code: flexible error handling
+use anyhow::{bail, Result};
+
+fn run() -> Result<()> {
+    let config = load_config("app.toml")?;
+    if config.workers == 0 {
+        bail!("worker count must be > 0");
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+### `Option` Combinators Over Nested Matching
+
+```rust
+// Good: Combinator chain
+fn find_user_email(users: &[User], id: u64) -> Option<String> {
+    users.iter()
+        .find(|u| u.id == id)
+        .map(|u| u.email.clone())
+}
+
+// Bad: Deeply nested matching
+fn find_user_email_bad(users: &[User], id: u64) -> Option<String> {
+    match users.iter().find(|u| u.id == id) {
+        Some(user) => match &user.email {
+            email => Some(email.clone()),
+        },
+        None => None,
+    }
+}
+```
+
+## Enums and Pattern Matching
+
+### Model States as Enums
+
+```rust
+// Good: Impossible states are unrepresentable
+enum ConnectionState {
+    Disconnected,
+    Connecting { attempt: u32 },
+    Connected { session_id: String },
+    Failed { reason: String, retries: u32 },
+}
+
+fn handle(state: &ConnectionState) {
+    match state {
+        ConnectionState::Disconnected => connect(),
+        ConnectionState::Connecting { attempt } if *attempt > 3 => abort(),
+        ConnectionState::Connecting { .. } => wait(),
+        ConnectionState::Connected { session_id } => use_session(session_id),
+        ConnectionState::Failed { retries, .. } if *retries < 5 => retry(),
+        ConnectionState::Failed { reason, .. } => log_failure(reason),
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Exhaustive Matching — No Catch-All for Business Logic
+
+```rust
+// Good: Handle every variant explicitly
+match command {
+    Command::Start => start_service(),
+    Command::Stop => stop_service(),
+    Command::Restart => restart_service(),
+    // Adding a new variant forces handling here
+}
+
+// Bad: Wildcard hides new variants
+match command {
+    Command::Start => start_service(),
+    _ => {} // Silently ignores Stop, Restart, and future variants
+}
+```
+
+## Traits and Generics
+
+### Accept Generics, Return Concrete Types
+
+```rust
+// Good: Generic input, concrete output
+fn read_all(reader: &mut impl Read) -> std::io::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+    let mut buf = Vec::new();
+    reader.read_to_end(&mut buf)?;
+    Ok(buf)
+}
+
+// Good: Trait bounds for multiple constraints
+fn process<T: Display + Send + 'static>(item: T) -> String {
+    format!("processed: {item}")
+}
+```
+
+### Trait Objects for Dynamic Dispatch
+
+```rust
+// Use when you need heterogeneous collections or plugin systems
+trait Handler: Send + Sync {
+    fn handle(&self, request: &Request) -> Response;
+}
+
+struct Router {
+    handlers: Vec<Box<dyn Handler>>,
+}
+
+// Use generics when you need performance (monomorphization)
+fn fast_process<H: Handler>(handler: &H, request: &Request) -> Response {
+    handler.handle(request)
+}
+```
+
+### Newtype Pattern for Type Safety
+
+```rust
+// Good: Distinct types prevent mixing up arguments
+struct UserId(u64);
+struct OrderId(u64);
+
+fn get_order(user: UserId, order: OrderId) -> Result<Order> {
+    // Can't accidentally swap user and order IDs
+    todo!()
+}
+
+// Bad: Easy to swap arguments
+fn get_order_bad(user_id: u64, order_id: u64) -> Result<Order> {
+    todo!()
+}
+```
+
+## Structs and Data Modeling
+
+### Builder Pattern for Complex Construction
+
+```rust
+struct ServerConfig {
+    host: String,
+    port: u16,
+    max_connections: usize,
+}
+
+impl ServerConfig {
+    fn builder(host: impl Into<String>, port: u16) -> ServerConfigBuilder {
+        ServerConfigBuilder { host: host.into(), port, max_connections: 100 }
+    }
+}
+
+struct ServerConfigBuilder { host: String, port: u16, max_connections: usize }
+
+impl ServerConfigBuilder {
+    fn max_connections(mut self, n: usize) -> Self { self.max_connections = n; self }
+    fn build(self) -> ServerConfig {
+        ServerConfig { host: self.host, port: self.port, max_connections: self.max_connections }
+    }
+}
+
+// Usage: ServerConfig::builder("localhost", 8080).max_connections(200).build()
+```
+
+## Iterators and Closures
+
+### Prefer Iterator Chains Over Manual Loops
+
+```rust
+// Good: Declarative, lazy, composable
+let active_emails: Vec<String> = users.iter()
+    .filter(|u| u.is_active)
+    .map(|u| u.email.clone())
+    .collect();
+
+// Bad: Imperative accumulation
+let mut active_emails = Vec::new();
+for user in &users {
+    if user.is_active {
+        active_emails.push(user.email.clone());
+    }
+}
+```
+
+### Use `collect()` with Type Annotation
+
+```rust
+// Collect into different types
+let names: Vec<_> = items.iter().map(|i| &i.name).collect();
+let lookup: HashMap<_, _> = items.iter().map(|i| (i.id, i)).collect();
+let combined: String = parts.iter().copied().collect();
+
+// Collect Results — short-circuits on first error
+let parsed: Result<Vec<i32>, _> = strings.iter().map(|s| s.parse()).collect();
+```
+
+## Concurrency
+
+### `Arc<Mutex<T>>` for Shared Mutable State
+
+```rust
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+let counter = Arc::new(Mutex::new(0));
+let handles: Vec<_> = (0..10).map(|_| {
+    let counter = Arc::clone(&counter);
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        let mut num = counter.lock().expect("mutex poisoned");
+        *num += 1;
+    })
+}).collect();
+
+for handle in handles {
+    handle.join().expect("worker thread panicked");
+}
+```
+
+### Channels for Message Passing
+
+```rust
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+
+let (tx, rx) = mpsc::sync_channel(16); // Bounded channel with backpressure
+
+for i in 0..5 {
+    let tx = tx.clone();
+    std::thread::spawn(move || {
+        tx.send(format!("message {i}")).expect("receiver disconnected");
+    });
+}
+drop(tx); // Close sender so rx iterator terminates
+
+for msg in rx {
+    println!("{msg}");
+}
+```
+
+### Async with Tokio
+
+```rust
+use tokio::time::Duration;
+
+async fn fetch_with_timeout(url: &str) -> Result<String> {
+    let response = tokio::time::timeout(
+        Duration::from_secs(5),
+        reqwest::get(url),
+    )
+    .await
+    .context("request timed out")?
+    .context("request failed")?;
+
+    response.text().await.context("failed to read body")
+}
+
+// Spawn concurrent tasks
+async fn fetch_all(urls: Vec<String>) -> Vec<Result<String>> {
+    let handles: Vec<_> = urls.into_iter()
+        .map(|url| tokio::spawn(async move {
+            fetch_with_timeout(&url).await
+        }))
+        .collect();
+
+    let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(handles.len());
+    for handle in handles {
+        results.push(handle.await.unwrap_or_else(|e| panic!("spawned task panicked: {e}")));
+    }
+    results
+}
+```
+
+## Unsafe Code
+
+### When Unsafe Is Acceptable
+
+```rust
+// Acceptable: FFI boundary with documented invariants (Rust 2024+)
+/// # Safety
+/// `ptr` must be a valid, aligned pointer to an initialized `Widget`.
+unsafe fn widget_from_raw<'a>(ptr: *const Widget) -> &'a Widget {
+    // SAFETY: caller guarantees ptr is valid and aligned
+    unsafe { &*ptr }
+}
+
+// Acceptable: Performance-critical path with proof of correctness
+// SAFETY: index is always < len due to the loop bound
+unsafe { slice.get_unchecked(index) }
+```
+
+### When Unsafe Is NOT Acceptable
+
+```rust
+// Bad: Using unsafe to bypass borrow checker
+// Bad: Using unsafe for convenience
+// Bad: Using unsafe without a Safety comment
+// Bad: Transmuting between unrelated types
+```
+
+## Module System and Crate Structure
+
+### Organize by Domain, Not by Type
+
+```text
+my_app/
+├── src/
+│   ├── main.rs
+│   ├── lib.rs
+│   ├── auth/          # Domain module
+│   │   ├── mod.rs
+│   │   ├── token.rs
+│   │   └── middleware.rs
+│   ├── orders/        # Domain module
+│   │   ├── mod.rs
+│   │   ├── model.rs
+│   │   └── service.rs
+│   └── db/            # Infrastructure
+│       ├── mod.rs
+│       └── pool.rs
+├── tests/             # Integration tests
+├── benches/           # Benchmarks
+└── Cargo.toml
+```
+
+### Visibility — Expose Minimally
+
+```rust
+// Good: pub(crate) for internal sharing
+pub(crate) fn validate_input(input: &str) -> bool {
+    !input.is_empty()
+}
+
+// Good: Re-export public API from lib.rs
+pub mod auth;
+pub use auth::AuthMiddleware;
+
+// Bad: Making everything pub
+pub fn internal_helper() {} // Should be pub(crate) or private
+```
+
+## Tooling Integration
+
+### Essential Commands
+
+```bash
+# Build and check
+cargo build
+cargo check              # Fast type checking without codegen
+cargo clippy             # Lints and suggestions
+cargo fmt                # Format code
+
+# Testing
+cargo test
+cargo test -- --nocapture    # Show println output
+cargo test --lib             # Unit tests only
+cargo test --test integration # Integration tests only
+
+# Dependencies
+cargo audit              # Security audit
+cargo tree               # Dependency tree
+cargo update             # Update dependencies
+
+# Performance
+cargo bench              # Run benchmarks
+```
+
+## Quick Reference: Rust Idioms
+
+| Idiom | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| Borrow, don't clone | Pass `&T` instead of cloning unless ownership is needed |
+| Make illegal states unrepresentable | Use enums to model valid states only |
+| `?` over `unwrap()` | Propagate errors, never panic in library/production code |
+| Parse, don't validate | Convert unstructured data to typed structs at the boundary |
+| Newtype for type safety | Wrap primitives in newtypes to prevent argument swaps |
+| Prefer iterators over loops | Declarative chains are clearer and often faster |
+| `#[must_use]` on Results | Ensure callers handle return values |
+| `Cow` for flexible ownership | Avoid allocations when borrowing suffices |
+| Exhaustive matching | No wildcard `_` for business-critical enums |
+| Minimal `pub` surface | Use `pub(crate)` for internal APIs |
+
+## Anti-Patterns to Avoid
+
+```rust
+// Bad: .unwrap() in production code
+let value = map.get("key").unwrap();
+
+// Bad: .clone() to satisfy borrow checker without understanding why
+let data = expensive_data.clone();
+process(&original, &data);
+
+// Bad: Using String when &str suffices
+fn greet(name: String) { /* should be &str */ }
+
+// Bad: Box<dyn Error> in libraries (use thiserror instead)
+fn parse(input: &str) -> Result<Data, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> { todo!() }
+
+// Bad: Ignoring must_use warnings
+let _ = validate(input); // Silently discarding a Result
+
+// Bad: Blocking in async context
+async fn bad_async() {
+    std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)); // Blocks the executor!
+    // Use: tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+}
+```
+
+**Remember**: If it compiles, it's probably correct — but only if you avoid `unwrap()`, minimize `unsafe`, and let the type system work for you.