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m11-ecosystem

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# Description

Use when integrating crates or ecosystem questions. Keywords: E0425, E0433, E0603, crate, cargo, dependency, feature flag, workspace, which crate to use, using external C libraries, creating Python extensions, PyO3, wasm, WebAssembly, bindgen, cbindgen, napi-rs, cannot find, private, crate recommendation, best crate for, Cargo.toml, features, crate 推荐, 依赖管理, 特性标志, 工作空间, Python 绑定

# SKILL.md


name: m11-ecosystem
description: "Use when integrating crates or ecosystem questions. Keywords: E0425, E0433, E0603, crate, cargo, dependency, feature flag, workspace, which crate to use, using external C libraries, creating Python extensions, PyO3, wasm, WebAssembly, bindgen, cbindgen, napi-rs, cannot find, private, crate recommendation, best crate for, Cargo.toml, features, crate 推荐, 依赖管理, 特性标志, 工作空间, Python 绑定"
user-invocable: false


Current Dependencies (Auto-Injected)

!grep -A 100 '^\[dependencies\]' Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null | head -30 || echo "No Cargo.toml found"


Ecosystem Integration

Layer 2: Design Choices

Core Question

What's the right crate for this job, and how should it integrate?

Before adding dependencies:
- Is there a standard solution?
- What's the maintenance status?
- What's the API stability?


Integration Decision → Implementation

Need Choice Crates
Serialization Derive-based serde, serde_json
Async runtime tokio or async-std tokio (most popular)
HTTP client Ergonomic reqwest
HTTP server Modern axum, actix-web
Database SQL or ORM sqlx, diesel
CLI parsing Derive-based clap
Error handling App vs lib anyhow, thiserror
Logging Facade tracing, log

Thinking Prompt

Before adding a dependency:

  1. Is it well-maintained?
  2. Recent commits?
  3. Active issue response?
  4. Breaking changes frequency?

  5. What's the scope?

  6. Do you need the full crate or just a feature?
  7. Can feature flags reduce bloat?

  8. How does it integrate?

  9. Trait-based or concrete types?
  10. Sync or async?
  11. What bounds does it require?

Trace Up ↑

To domain constraints (Layer 3):

"Which HTTP framework should I use?"
    ↑ Ask: What are the performance requirements?
    ↑ Check: domain-web (latency, throughput needs)
    ↑ Check: Team expertise (familiarity with framework)
Question Trace To Ask
Framework choice domain-* What constraints matter?
Library vs build domain-* What's the deployment model?
API design domain-* Who are the consumers?

Trace Down ↓

To implementation (Layer 1):

"Integrate external crate"
    ↓ m04-zero-cost: Trait bounds and generics
    ↓ m06-error-handling: Error type compatibility

"FFI integration"
    ↓ unsafe-checker: Safety requirements
    ↓ m12-lifecycle: Resource cleanup

Quick Reference

Language Interop

Integration Crate/Tool Use Case
C/C++ → Rust bindgen Auto-generate bindings
Rust → C cbindgen Export C headers
Python ↔ Rust pyo3 Python extensions
Node.js ↔ Rust napi-rs Node addons
WebAssembly wasm-bindgen Browser/WASI

Cargo Features

Feature Purpose
[features] Optional functionality
default = [...] Default features
feature = "serde" Conditional deps
[workspace] Multi-crate projects

Error Code Reference

Error Cause Fix
E0433 Can't find crate Add to Cargo.toml
E0603 Private item Check crate docs
Feature not enabled Optional feature Enable in features
Version conflict Incompatible deps cargo update or pin
Duplicate types Different crate versions Unify in workspace

Crate Selection Criteria

Criterion Good Sign Warning Sign
Maintenance Recent commits Years inactive
Community Active issues/PRs No response
Documentation Examples, API docs Minimal docs
Stability Semantic versioning Frequent breaking
Dependencies Minimal, well-known Heavy, obscure

Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern Why Bad Better
extern crate Outdated (2018+) Just use
#[macro_use] Global pollution Explicit import
Wildcard deps * Unpredictable Specific versions
Too many deps Supply chain risk Evaluate necessity
Vendoring everything Maintenance burden Trust crates.io

When See
Error type design m06-error-handling
Trait integration m04-zero-cost
FFI safety unsafe-checker
Resource management m12-lifecycle

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