django-expert

django-expert

Comprehensive Django development guidelines from Vinta Software. Contains best practices across multiple categories for building robust Django applications.

Use when:

• Building new Django models, views, or APIs
• Implementing authentication or authorization
• Setting up Django REST Framework endpoints
• Reviewing Django code for best practices
• Optimizing database queries and performance

Categories covered:

• Project structure and configuration
• Models and database design
• Views and URL routing
• Django REST Framework integration
• Security best practices
• Testing strategies
• Performance optimization
• Production deployment

django-celery-expert

Expert guidance for Django applications using Celery for asynchronous task processing. Incorporates best practices from Vinta Software's production experience.

Use when:

• Creating background tasks for email, notifications, or data processing
• Configuring Celery workers and message brokers
• Implementing retry logic and error handling
• Setting up periodic/scheduled tasks with Celery Beat
• Monitoring and debugging Celery tasks
• Deploying Celery to production

Categories covered:

• Django-Celery integration patterns (transaction.on_commit, recovery tasks)
• Task design patterns (idempotency, workflows, atomicity)
• Broker configuration (Redis, RabbitMQ, SQS)
• Error handling and retry strategies
• Periodic tasks and scheduling
• Monitoring and observability (Flower, Prometheus)
• Production deployment and scaling

```bash

npx add-skill vintasoftware/django-ai-plugins

```

To list available skills before installing:

```bash

npx add-skill vintasoftware/django-ai-plugins -l

```

Skills are automatically available once installed. The agent will use them when relevant tasks are detected.

Examples:

```

Create a new Django model for user profiles

```

```

Set up a REST API endpoint with authentication

```

```

Review this Django view for security issues

```

Each skill contains:

• SKILL.md - Instructions for the agent
• references/ - Supporting documentation

This skill works seamlessly with the [django-ai-boost MCP server](https://github.com/vintasoftware/django-ai-boost), which provides additional Django-specific tools and capabilities.

To use both together:

1. Install the django-ai-boost MCP server following its documentation
2. Install this skill using the instructions above
3. The skills will leverage the tools provided by the MCP server for enhanced Django development capabilities

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