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Patrones idiomáticos de Kotlin, buenas prácticas y convenciones para construir aplicaciones Kotlin robustas, eficientes y mantenibles con coroutines, null safety y builders de DSL.

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  • Markdown instructions

    A SKILL.md file the model loads on demand, so it only costs tokens when a request actually matches.

  • Works with any LLM

    AI skills are plain Markdown, not provider-specific code, so this works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model.

  • Self-contained

    Everything the model needs lives in the instructions — no extra files to sync.

  • Open source

    Published by affaan-m on GitHub. Read the source before you install it.

Installation

Install the Kotlin Patterns AI skill in TypingMind to use it with any LLM, or drop it into another agent that reads SKILL.md.

1

Install in TypingMind

TypingMind installs a skill straight from its GitHub folder — it reads SKILL.md, bundles the resource files, and stores the result locally.

  1. Open the app and go to Plugins → Skills.
  2. Choose "Install from GitHub".
  3. Paste the skill folder URL below and confirm.
  4. Enable the skill in any chat where you want it available.
Plugins → Skills → Add skill → From GitHub URL, then paste the folder URL and press Continue.
2

Install in another agent

Any agent that reads the Agent Skills format can use this skill — copy the folder into that agent's skills directory.

Claude Code — .claude/skills
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git /tmp/ECC
mkdir -p .claude/skills
cp -r /tmp/ECC/docs/es/skills/kotlin-patterns .claude/skills/kotlin-patterns
Restart Claude Code after copying so it picks up the new skill.

Use it in TypingMind

Enable Kotlin Patterns in any TypingMind chat and the model takes it from there. Its name and description sit in the system prompt, and the moment a request matches, the model loads the full instructions itself — you never invoke it by hand, and it costs no tokens until it is actually used.

The model loads Kotlin Patterns on its own as soon as a request matches it.

Works with any AI model

AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so Kotlin Patterns is not tied to the model it was written for. Install it once in TypingMind and use it with GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, or a local model you run yourself — all on your own API keys.

  • Loaded only when it is needed

    The system prompt carries just the name and description. The instructions are fetched on the first matching request, so an idle skill costs nothing.

  • Switch models mid-chat

    Because the skill is instructions rather than code, changing model does not break it — the next model reads the same SKILL.md.

Skill instructions

This is the SKILL.md content the model loads. Read it before installing — a skill is instructions your model will follow.

Patrones de Desarrollo Kotlin

Patrones idiomáticos de Kotlin y buenas prácticas para construir aplicaciones robustas, eficientes y mantenibles.

Cuándo Usar

  • Escribir nuevo código Kotlin
  • Revisar código Kotlin
  • Refactorizar código Kotlin existente
  • Diseñar módulos o librerías Kotlin
  • Configurar builds con Gradle Kotlin DSL

Cómo Funciona

Este skill aplica convenciones idiomáticas de Kotlin en siete áreas clave: null safety usando el sistema de tipos y operadores de llamada segura, inmutabilidad mediante val y copy() en data classes, clases selladas e interfaces para jerarquías de tipos exhaustivas, concurrencia estructurada con coroutines y Flow, funciones de extensión para agregar comportamiento sin herencia, builders de DSL type-safe usando @DslMarker y receptores lambda, y Gradle Kotlin DSL para configuración de build.

Ejemplos

Null safety con el operador Elvis:

kotlin
fun getUserEmail(userId: String): String {
    val user = userRepository.findById(userId)
    return user?.email ?: "unknown@example.com"
}

Sealed class para resultados exhaustivos:

kotlin
sealed class Result<out T> {
    data class Success<T>(val data: T) : Result<T>()
    data class Failure(val error: AppError) : Result<Nothing>()
    data object Loading : Result<Nothing>()
}

Concurrencia estructurada con async/await:

kotlin
suspend fun fetchUserWithPosts(userId: String): UserProfile =
    coroutineScope {
        val user = async { userService.getUser(userId) }
        val posts = async { postService.getUserPosts(userId) }
        UserProfile(user = user.await(), posts = posts.await())
    }

Principios Fundamentales

1. Null Safety

El sistema de tipos de Kotlin distingue tipos nullable de no-nullable. Aprovecharlo al máximo.

kotlin
// Bien: Usar tipos no-nullable por defecto
fun getUser(id: String): User {
    return userRepository.findById(id)
        ?: throw UserNotFoundException("User $id not found")
}

// Bien: Llamadas seguras y operador Elvis
fun getUserEmail(userId: String): String {
    val user = userRepository.findById(userId)
    return user?.email ?: "unknown@example.com"
}

// Mal: Desempaquetar forzadamente tipos nullable
fun getUserEmail(userId: String): String {
    val user = userRepository.findById(userId)
    return user!!.email // Lanza NPE si es null
}

2. Inmutabilidad por Defecto

Preferir val sobre var, colecciones inmutables sobre mutables.

kotlin
// Bien: Datos inmutables
data class User(
    val id: String,
    val name: String,
    val email: String,
)

// Bien: Transformar con copy()
fun updateEmail(user: User, newEmail: String): User =
    user.copy(email = newEmail)

// Bien: Colecciones inmutables
val users: List<User> = listOf(user1, user2)
val filtered = users.filter { it.email.isNotBlank() }

// Mal: Estado mutable
var currentUser: User? = null // Evitar estado global mutable
val mutableUsers = mutableListOf<User>() // Evitar a menos que sea realmente necesario

3. Cuerpos de Expresión y Funciones de Una Sola Expresión

Usar cuerpos de expresión para funciones concisas y legibles.

kotlin
// Bien: Cuerpo de expresión
fun isAdult(age: Int): Boolean = age >= 18

fun formatFullName(first: String, last: String): String =
    "$first $last".trim()

fun User.displayName(): String =
    name.ifBlank { email.substringBefore('@') }

// Bien: When como expresión
fun statusMessage(code: Int): String = when (code) {
    200 -> "OK"
    404 -> "Not Found"
    500 -> "Internal Server Error"
    else -> "Unknown status: $code"
}

// Mal: Cuerpo de bloque innecesario
fun isAdult(age: Int): Boolean {
    return age >= 18
}

4. Data Classes para Objetos de Valor

Usar data classes para tipos que principalmente contienen datos.

kotlin
// Bien: Data class con copy, equals, hashCode, toString
data class CreateUserRequest(
    val name: String,
    val email: String,
    val role: Role = Role.USER,
)

// Bien: Value class para type safety (cero overhead en tiempo de ejecución)
@JvmInline
value class UserId(val value: String) {
    init {
        require(value.isNotBlank()) { "UserId cannot be blank" }
    }
}

@JvmInline
value class Email(val value: String) {
    init {
        require('@' in value) { "Invalid email: $value" }
    }
}

fun getUser(id: UserId): User = userRepository.findById(id)

Clases Selladas e Interfaces

Modelar Jerarquías Restringidas

kotlin
// Bien: Sealed class para when exhaustivo
sealed class Result<out T> {
    data class Success<T>(val data: T) : Result<T>()
    data class Failure(val error: AppError) : Result<Nothing>()
    data object Loading : Result<Nothing>()
}

fun <T> Result<T>.getOrNull(): T? = when (this) {
    is Result.Success -> data
    is Result.Failure -> null
    is Result.Loading -> null
}

fun <T> Result<T>.getOrThrow(): T = when (this) {
    is Result.Success -> data
    is Result.Failure -> throw error.toException()
    is Result.Loading -> throw IllegalStateException("Still loading")
}

Sealed Interfaces para Respuestas de API

kotlin
sealed interface ApiError {
    val message: String

    data class NotFound(override val message: String) : ApiError
    data class Unauthorized(override val message: String) : ApiError
    data class Validation(
        override val message: String,
        val field: String,
    ) : ApiError
    data class Internal(
        override val message: String,
        val cause: Throwable? = null,
    ) : ApiError
}

fun ApiError.toStatusCode(): Int = when (this) {
    is ApiError.NotFound -> 404
    is ApiError.Unauthorized -> 401
    is ApiError.Validation -> 422
    is ApiError.Internal -> 500
}

Funciones de Scope

Cuándo Usar Cada Una

kotlin
// let: Transformar resultado nullable o delimitado
val length: Int? = name?.let { it.trim().length }

// apply: Configurar un objeto (retorna el objeto)
val user = User().apply {
    name = "Alice"
    email = "alice@example.com"
}

// also: Efectos secundarios (retorna el objeto)
val user = createUser(request).also { logger.info("Created user: ${it.id}") }

// run: Ejecutar un bloque con receptor (retorna resultado)
val result = connection.run {
    prepareStatement(sql)
    executeQuery()
}

// with: Forma no-extensión de run
val csv = with(StringBuilder()) {
    appendLine("name,email")
    users.forEach { appendLine("${it.name},${it.email}") }
    toString()
}

Anti-Patrones

kotlin
// Mal: Anidar funciones de scope
user?.let { u ->
    u.address?.let { addr ->
        addr.city?.let { city ->
            println(city) // Difícil de leer
        }
    }
}

// Bien: Encadenar llamadas seguras en su lugar
val city = user?.address?.city
city?.let { println(it) }

Funciones de Extensión

Agregar Funcionalidad Sin Herencia

kotlin
// Bien: Extensiones específicas del dominio
fun String.toSlug(): String =
    lowercase()
        .replace(Regex("[^a-z0-9\\s-]"), "")
        .replace(Regex("\\s+"), "-")
        .trim('-')

fun Instant.toLocalDate(zone: ZoneId = ZoneId.systemDefault()): LocalDate =
    atZone(zone).toLocalDate()

// Bien: Extensiones de colecciones
fun <T> List<T>.second(): T = this[1]

fun <T> List<T>.secondOrNull(): T? = getOrNull(1)

// Bien: Extensiones delimitadas (sin contaminar el namespace global)
class UserService {
    private fun User.isActive(): Boolean =
        status == Status.ACTIVE && lastLogin.isAfter(Instant.now().minus(30, ChronoUnit.DAYS))

    fun getActiveUsers(): List<User> = userRepository.findAll().filter { it.isActive() }
}

Coroutines

Concurrencia Estructurada

kotlin
// Bien: Concurrencia estructurada con coroutineScope
suspend fun fetchUserWithPosts(userId: String): UserProfile =
    coroutineScope {
        val userDeferred = async { userService.getUser(userId) }
        val postsDeferred = async { postService.getUserPosts(userId) }

        UserProfile(
            user = userDeferred.await(),
            posts = postsDeferred.await(),
        )
    }

// Bien: supervisorScope cuando los hijos pueden fallar independientemente
suspend fun fetchDashboard(userId: String): Dashboard =
    supervisorScope {
        val user = async { userService.getUser(userId) }
        val notifications = async { notificationService.getRecent(userId) }
        val recommendations = async { recommendationService.getFor(userId) }

        Dashboard(
            user = user.await(),
            notifications = try {
                notifications.await()
            } catch (e: CancellationException) {
                throw e
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                emptyList()
            },
            recommendations = try {
                recommendations.await()
            } catch (e: CancellationException) {
                throw e
            } catch (e: Exception) {
                emptyList()
            },
        )
    }

Flow para Streams Reactivos

kotlin
// Bien: Flow frío con manejo de errores adecuado
fun observeUsers(): Flow<List<User>> = flow {
    while (currentCoroutineContext().isActive) {
        val users = userRepository.findAll()
        emit(users)
        delay(5.seconds)
    }
}.catch { e ->
    logger.error("Error observing users", e)
    emit(emptyList())
}

// Bien: Operadores de Flow
fun searchUsers(query: Flow<String>): Flow<List<User>> =
    query
        .debounce(300.milliseconds)
        .distinctUntilChanged()
        .filter { it.length >= 2 }
        .mapLatest { q -> userRepository.search(q) }
        .catch { emit(emptyList()) }

Cancelación y Limpieza

kotlin
// Bien: Respetar la cancelación
suspend fun processItems(items: List<Item>) {
    items.forEach { item ->
        ensureActive() // Verificar cancelación antes del trabajo costoso
        processItem(item)
    }
}

// Bien: Limpieza con try/finally
suspend fun acquireAndProcess() {
    val resource = acquireResource()
    try {
        resource.process()
    } finally {
        withContext(NonCancellable) {
            resource.release() // Siempre liberar, incluso al cancelar
        }
    }
}

Delegación

Delegación de Propiedades

kotlin
// Inicialización diferida
val expensiveData: List<User> by lazy {
    userRepository.findAll()
}

// Propiedad observable
var name: String by Delegates.observable("initial") { _, old, new ->
    logger.info("Name changed from '$old' to '$new'")
}

// Propiedades respaldadas por Map
class Config(private val map: Map<String, Any?>) {
    val host: String by map
    val port: Int by map
    val debug: Boolean by map
}

val config = Config(mapOf("host" to "localhost", "port" to 8080, "debug" to true))

Delegación de Interfaces

kotlin
// Bien: Delegar implementación de interfaz
class LoggingUserRepository(
    private val delegate: UserRepository,
    private val logger: Logger,
) : UserRepository by delegate {
    // Solo sobreescribir lo que necesitas agregar logging
    override suspend fun findById(id: String): User? {
        logger.info("Finding user by id: $id")
        return delegate.findById(id).also {
            logger.info("Found user: ${it?.name ?: "null"}")
        }
    }
}

Builders de DSL

Builders Type-Safe

kotlin
// Bien: DSL con @DslMarker
@DslMarker
annotation class HtmlDsl

@HtmlDsl
class HTML {
    private val children = mutableListOf<Element>()

    fun head(init: Head.() -> Unit) {
        children += Head().apply(init)
    }

    fun body(init: Body.() -> Unit) {
        children += Body().apply(init)
    }

    override fun toString(): String = children.joinToString("\n")
}

fun html(init: HTML.() -> Unit): HTML = HTML().apply(init)

// Uso
val page = html {
    head { title("My Page") }
    body {
        h1("Welcome")
        p("Hello, World!")
    }
}

DSL de Configuración

kotlin
data class ServerConfig(
    val host: String = "0.0.0.0",
    val port: Int = 8080,
    val ssl: SslConfig? = null,
    val database: DatabaseConfig? = null,
)

data class SslConfig(val certPath: String, val keyPath: String)
data class DatabaseConfig(val url: String, val maxPoolSize: Int = 10)

class ServerConfigBuilder {
    var host: String = "0.0.0.0"
    var port: Int = 8080
    private var ssl: SslConfig? = null
    private var database: DatabaseConfig? = null

    fun ssl(certPath: String, keyPath: String) {
        ssl = SslConfig(certPath, keyPath)
    }

    fun database(url: String, maxPoolSize: Int = 10) {
        database = DatabaseConfig(url, maxPoolSize)
    }

    fun build(): ServerConfig = ServerConfig(host, port, ssl, database)
}

fun serverConfig(init: ServerConfigBuilder.() -> Unit): ServerConfig =
    ServerConfigBuilder().apply(init).build()

// Uso
val config = serverConfig {
    host = "0.0.0.0"
    port = 443
    ssl("/certs/cert.pem", "/certs/key.pem")
    database("jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/mydb", maxPoolSize = 20)
}

Secuencias para Evaluación Diferida

kotlin
// Bien: Usar secuencias para colecciones grandes con múltiples operaciones
val result = users.asSequence()
    .filter { it.isActive }
    .map { it.email }
    .filter { it.endsWith("@company.com") }
    .take(10)
    .toList()

// Bien: Generar secuencias infinitas
val fibonacci: Sequence<Long> = sequence {
    var a = 0L
    var b = 1L
    while (true) {
        yield(a)
        val next = a + b
        a = b
        b = next
    }
}

val first20 = fibonacci.take(20).toList()

Gradle Kotlin DSL

Configuración de build.gradle.kts

kotlin
// Verificar las últimas versiones: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/releases.html
plugins {
    kotlin("jvm") version "2.3.10"
    kotlin("plugin.serialization") version "2.3.10"
    id("io.ktor.plugin") version "3.4.0"
    id("org.jetbrains.kotlinx.kover") version "0.9.7"
    id("io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt") version "1.23.8"
}

group = "com.example"
version = "1.0.0"

kotlin {
    jvmToolchain(21)
}

dependencies {
    // Ktor
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-core:3.4.0")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-netty:3.4.0")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-content-negotiation:3.4.0")
    implementation("io.ktor:ktor-serialization-kotlinx-json:3.4.0")

    // Exposed
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-core:1.0.0")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-dao:1.0.0")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-jdbc:1.0.0")
    implementation("org.jetbrains.exposed:exposed-kotlin-datetime:1.0.0")

    // Koin
    implementation("io.insert-koin:koin-ktor:4.2.0")

    // Coroutines
    implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-core:1.10.2")

    // Pruebas
    testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5:6.1.4")
    testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core:6.1.4")
    testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-property:6.1.4")
    testImplementation("io.mockk:mockk:1.14.9")
    testImplementation("io.ktor:ktor-server-test-host:3.4.0")
    testImplementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-coroutines-test:1.10.2")
}

tasks.withType<Test> {
    useJUnitPlatform()
}

detekt {
    config.setFrom(files("config/detekt/detekt.yml"))
    buildUponDefaultConfig = true
}

Patrones de Manejo de Errores

Tipo Result para Operaciones de Dominio

kotlin
// Bien: Usar Result de Kotlin o una sealed class personalizada
suspend fun createUser(request: CreateUserRequest): Result<User> = runCatching {
    require(request.name.isNotBlank()) { "Name cannot be blank" }
    require('@' in request.email) { "Invalid email format" }

    val user = User(
        id = UserId(UUID.randomUUID().toString()),
        name = request.name,
        email = Email(request.email),
    )
    userRepository.save(user)
    user
}

// Bien: Encadenar resultados
val displayName = createUser(request)
    .map { it.name }
    .getOrElse { "Unknown" }

require, check, error

kotlin
// Bien: Precondiciones con mensajes claros
fun withdraw(account: Account, amount: Money): Account {
    require(amount.value > 0) { "Amount must be positive: $amount" }
    check(account.balance >= amount) { "Insufficient balance: ${account.balance} < $amount" }

    return account.copy(balance = account.balance - amount)
}

Operaciones de Colecciones

Procesamiento Idiomático de Colecciones

kotlin
// Bien: Operaciones encadenadas
val activeAdminEmails: List<String> = users
    .filter { it.role == Role.ADMIN && it.isActive }
    .sortedBy { it.name }
    .map { it.email }

// Bien: Agrupación y agregación
val usersByRole: Map<Role, List<User>> = users.groupBy { it.role }

val oldestByRole: Map<Role, User?> = users.groupBy { it.role }
    .mapValues { (_, users) -> users.minByOrNull { it.createdAt } }

// Bien: Associate para creación de maps
val usersById: Map<UserId, User> = users.associateBy { it.id }

// Bien: Partition para dividir
val (active, inactive) = users.partition { it.isActive }

Referencia Rápida: Modismos de Kotlin

ModismoDescripción
val sobre varPreferir variables inmutables
data classPara objetos de valor con equals/hashCode/copy
sealed class/interfacePara jerarquías de tipos restringidas
value classPara wrappers type-safe con cero overhead
when expresiónPattern matching exhaustivo
Llamada segura ?.Acceso a miembros null-safe
Elvis ?:Valor por defecto para nullables
let/apply/also/run/withFunciones de scope para código limpio
Funciones de extensiónAgregar comportamiento sin herencia
copy()Actualizaciones inmutables en data classes
require/checkAserciones de precondiciones
Coroutine async/awaitEjecución concurrente estructurada
FlowStreams reactivos fríos
sequenceEvaluación diferida
Delegación byReutilizar implementación sin herencia

Anti-Patrones a Evitar

kotlin
// Mal: Desempaquetar forzadamente tipos nullable
val name = user!!.name

// Mal: Fuga de tipos de plataforma desde Java
fun getLength(s: String) = s.length // Seguro
fun getLength(s: String?) = s?.length ?: 0 // Manejar nulls de Java

// Mal: Data classes mutables
data class MutableUser(var name: String, var email: String)

// Mal: Usar excepciones para control de flujo
try {
    val user = findUser(id)
} catch (e: NotFoundException) {
    // No usar excepciones para casos esperados
}

// Bien: Usar retorno nullable o Result
val user: User? = findUserOrNull(id)

// Mal: Ignorar el scope de coroutine
GlobalScope.launch { /* Evitar GlobalScope */ }

// Bien: Usar concurrencia estructurada
coroutineScope {
    launch { /* Correctamente delimitado */ }
}

// Mal: Funciones de scope profundamente anidadas
user?.let { u ->
    u.address?.let { a ->
        a.city?.let { c -> process(c) }
    }
}

// Bien: Cadena null-safe directa
user?.address?.city?.let { process(it) }

Recuerda: El código Kotlin debe ser conciso pero legible. Aprovecha el sistema de tipos para seguridad, prefiere la inmutabilidad y usa coroutines para concurrencia. Ante la duda, deja que el compilador te ayude.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Kotlin Patterns AI skill do?

Patrones idiomáticos de Kotlin, buenas prácticas y convenciones para construir aplicaciones Kotlin robustas, eficientes y mantenibles con coroutines, null safety y builders de DSL.

Why use Kotlin Patterns on TypingMind?

Because you install it once and use it with any model. Kotlin Patterns is plain Markdown rather than provider-specific code, so the same skill runs on GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or a local model — and you can switch model mid-chat without it breaking. TypingMind runs on your own API keys, so you pay providers directly instead of a per-seat subscription, and your skills and chats stay in your own storage.

How do I install Kotlin Patterns in TypingMind?

Open Plugins → Skills → Install from GitHub in TypingMind and paste https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC/tree/main/docs/es/skills/kotlin-patterns. TypingMind reads its SKILL.md and installs it as a skill you can enable per chat.

Which AI models can use Kotlin Patterns?

Any model you connect in TypingMind. AI skills are plain Markdown instructions rather than provider-specific code, so GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and local models can all load this skill when a request matches it.

How many AI models can I use with Kotlin Patterns?

As many as you like. As long as a model supports skills, you can use Kotlin Patterns with it — GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama and more — all on TypingMind with your own API keys.

Is the Kotlin Patterns AI skill free?

Yes. It is published on GitHub by affaan-m under the MIT license. You only pay your own AI provider for the tokens you use.

What are AI skills?

An AI skill is a reusable instruction bundle that teaches an AI model how to do one specific task. It follows the open Agent Skills format: a SKILL.md file with a name and description, plus any scripts, templates or reference files the model may need. The model reads the instructions only when your request matches the skill, so an installed skill costs nothing until it is used.

How are AI skills different from plugins or MCP servers?

A plugin or MCP server gives a model new tools to call — code that runs somewhere and returns a result. An AI skill gives the model knowledge and process instead: how to approach a task, which steps to follow, what good output looks like. Skills are plain Markdown, so they need no server, no API key and no runtime, and they work with any model.

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