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rust-clippy: Improve Code

Name: rust-clippy: Improve Code
Author: rust-lang

Catch common Rust mistakes with rust-clippy, used by founders, 13k+ GitHub stars

13,492 stars2,149 forksRustGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/7/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Rust-clippy is a tool that catches common Rust mistakes and improves code quality by providing a set of lints to check your code against.

When to use it

•When writing new Rust code to catch mistakes early
•When maintaining existing Rust codebases to improve overall quality
•When onboarding new team members to ensure consistency in coding style

Ready-to-paste prompt

cargo clippy -- -D clippy::all

Heads up: Make sure you are using a compatible version of Rust, as clippy requires at least Rust 1.38 to function properly

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/rust-clippy && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/rust-clippy/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/rust-clippy/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How rust-clippy: Improve Code works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Rust-clippy: Improve Code is a very large Rust project (~161k lines across 832 code files, plus 1524 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~161k lines · 832 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Rust

No API keys detected

Rust 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
src/main.rs
Where the program starts running
3
Cargo.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

src/Core code — the actual logic2 files

clippy_lints/Folder743 files

book/Folder39 files

clippy_utils/Folder32 files

clippy_dev/Folder22 files

lintcheck/Folder14 files

clippy_lints_internal/Folder13 files

util/Helper scripts9 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month