everything-claude-code / rules

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description: "Swift coding style extending common rules"
globs: ["**/*.swift", "**/Package.swift"]
alwaysApply: false
---
# Swift Coding Style

> This file extends the common coding style rule with Swift specific content.

## Formatting

- **SwiftFormat** for auto-formatting, **SwiftLint** for style enforcement
- `swift-format` is bundled with Xcode 16+ as an alternative

## Immutability

- Prefer `let` over `var` -- define everything as `let` and only change to `var` if the compiler requires it
- Use `struct` with value semantics by default; use `class` only when identity or reference semantics are needed

## Naming

Follow [Apple API Design Guidelines](https://www.swift.org/documentation/api-design-guidelines/):

- Clarity at the point of use -- omit needless words
- Name methods and properties for their roles, not their types
- Use `static let` for constants over global constants

## Error Handling

Use typed throws (Swift 6+) and pattern matching:

```swift
func load(id: String) throws(LoadError) -> Item {
    guard let data = try? read(from: path) else {
        throw .fileNotFound(id)
    }
    return try decode(data)
}
```

## Concurrency

Enable Swift 6 strict concurrency checking. Prefer:

- `Sendable` value types for data crossing isolation boundaries
- Actors for shared mutable state
- Structured concurrency (`async let`, `TaskGroup`) over unstructured `Task {}`

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