Rust Async Patterns skill: what it does and how to install it
Guides async Rust development with Tokio, covering tasks, channels, streams, error handling and concurrent execution patterns.
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Install
$ npx skills add wshobson/agents --skill rust-async-patternsRun it in a terminal. If your agent is already running, start a new session so it picks the skill up.
About this skill
What it does. Provides production patterns and worked examples for async Rust with Tokio, including futures, tasks, channels, streams, error handling, cancellation and tracing. It covers concurrency practices such as tokio::select!, JoinSet, bounded task spawning and avoiding blocking operations or locks across awaits.
When to use it. For building async Rust applications and concurrent network services, handling or debugging async errors, using Tokio for I/O, and improving async performance.
History
Repo stars
40.5k+245 since 5 Oct 2026
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| Date | Repo stars |
|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 40,457 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 40,368 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 40,319 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 40,307 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 40,296 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 40,267 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 40,238 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 40,212 |
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