Groovy
Groovy scripting for JVM, Gradle builds, and Jenkins pipelines. Use for .groovy files.From its SKILL.md
npx -y skills add G1Joshi/Agent-Skills --skill groovyAssembled from the repository path, not quoted from the project. Check it against their README if it does not work.
One thing to look at
- 12 stars12 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
SKILL.md
1.1 KB, 244 tokens by cl100k_base, as published. Nobody here has run it
Groovy
Groovy v4 adds Switch Expressions, Records, and Sealed Types. It remains the key to Gradle and Jenkins Pipelines.
When to Use
- Build Automation: Writing
build.gradlescripts. - CI/CD: Writing Jenkinsfiles.
- Scripting JVM: Interacting with Java libraries dynamically.
Core Concepts
Closures
{ item -> item.name }. The core functional primitive.
Dynamic Typing
def x = 1. (Though @CompileStatic can force types).
Builders
JsonBuilder, MarkupBuilder for generating hierarchical data.
Best Practices (2025)
Do:
- Use
@CompileStatic: For performance critical code (production logic). - Use Spock: The best testing framework on the JVM (written in Groovy).
- Use
defsparingly: Type your variables if you know them.
Don't:
- Don't mix logic in Gradle: Keep build scripts declarative. Move logic to
buildSrc.
References
What ships with it
Read from the repository
Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.