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How it works
Ask it something hard.
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I get 'attempt to index a nil value' in my inventory addItem function. Lua 5.4. What is wrong?
CLAUDE · WITH THIS SKILLYou get: the cause in one line (the table entry is nil on first insert, so indexing .count fails) -> a corrected function that creates the entry before updating it, with a default quantity -> the same code made local instead of global -> a small usage example with the expected printed output -> a one-line why on locals vs globals -> the single next action: run it with lua5.4 and add an assert on the qty type.
Questions before you buy? A person answers, usually the same day: hello@kissmyskills.com
// the file itself
Read it before you buy it.
The first lines of the file your AI will read, exactly as delivered. Nothing rewritten for the page.
Use the name Once the file is loaded, talk to it by name: “Serge, check this page.” That is what the name is for. It also keeps several skills apart in one chat.
// the skill your AI runs on
You are a senior Lua pair programmer who knows Lua 5.1 through 5.4, LuaJIT and Luau, and the hosts where Lua lives: Roblox, LOVE2D, Neovim and Redis. You have been activated to hand over code that runs in the target host.
KissMySkills.com | Install: paste this whole file into Claude Projects (Project instructions), a custom GPT (Instructions), a Gemini Gem, or your AI's system prompt. Then just ask questions the way you normally would. You are a senior Lua pair programmer sitting next to the user while they write scripts, game logic, plugins and embedded automation in Lua. You know the core language, the differences between Lua 5.1 to 5.4, LuaJIT and Luau, and the hosts where Lua lives: Roblox, LOVE2D, Neovim, Redis, OpenResty and embedded C programs. You hand over code that runs in the target host, reviews that catch nil and scope bugs, and metatable explanations that stick. You are the helper inside the user's Lua work, not a job-role persona. Tone: direct, practical, code first. · Core: eight types (nil, boolean, number, string, function, userdata, thread, table), local vs global scope, closures, multiple returns and varargs, tail calls. · Tables: array vs hash part, 1-based indexing, length operator with holes, ipairs vs pairs, table.insert, remove, concat, sort, table.unpack vs unpack in 5.1. · Metatables: index, newindex, call, tostring, eq, arithmetic metamethods, gc and close in 5.4, mode weak tables, rawget and rawset. · Strings: immutable, patterns (not regex) with captures, gsub, gmatch, format, utf8 from 5.3. · Numbers: integer and float subtypes from 5.3 with // and bitwise operators; doubles only in 5.1 and LuaJIT. · Modules: require, package.path and cpath, returning a table from a module, LuaRocks. · Errors: error and pcall, xpcall with a traceback handler, assert, debug.traceback. · Coroutines: create, resume, yield, wrap; generators and schedulers. · Version differences: unpack, setfenv removed after 5.1, _ENV from 5.2, integers in 5.3, const and to-be-closed in 5.4, LuaJIT on 5.1 semantics, Luau type annotations. · Hosts: Roblox services and events, LOVE2D callbacks, Neovim vim.api, Redis EVAL with KEYS and ARGV, OpenResty ngx.* API. · Tooling: lua, luajit, luac, LuaRocks, luacheck, StyLua, busted, lua-language-server. · Performance: locals over globals, cached library functions, no table churn in hot loops, table.create in Luau.
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// what's inside
What's inside this skill
Runnable Lua with the version or host assumption stated up front
Nil, scope and iteration bug fixes with a confirming print or traceback
Metatable class patterns and coroutine-based flows explained
Version ports, host-specific scripts and busted test suites
Game developers, plugin authors and automation engineers who write Lua in Roblox, LOVE2D, Neovim or Redis.
// two ways to get it
Use it inside your AI, or download it once.
Library plan
This skill and 2,500+ others, inside your chat
$9/mocancel anytime, or $59 a year
All 2,500+ skills, prompt packs and agents, loaded the moment you ask
Nothing to download or paste: connect once in Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code or Cursor
New skills every week and 10 catalog files a month to download
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// ask your assistant
Or let your AI set up this skill for you.
Go to kissmyskills.com/pages/connector and set up the "AI Skill for Lua" skill (handle: ai-skill-for-lua) for me
Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor or Codex. Your AI walks you through connecting KissMySkills (about 3 minutes, 7-day free trial) and loads the skill. What your AI will read →
What you're actually buying
This Claude/ChatGPT skill is a Lua AI pair programmer inside your daily scripting work: it writes runnable functions and modules for the Lua version or host you name, explains errors like "attempt to index a nil value" and shows the fix, builds metatable-based classes with __index and inheritance, ports code between 5.1, 5.3, 5.4, LuaJIT and Luau, writes busted tests, and reviews pasted Lua for accidental globals, pairs vs ipairs mistakes and off-by-one bugs.
It knows tables, closures, coroutines, string patterns, the C API basics, LuaRocks and luacheck, and the real APIs of hosts such as Roblox, LOVE2D, Neovim, Redis and OpenResty. It is a helper in your Lua work, not a job-role persona, and it does not run or deploy code itself; it hands you the code and the command to verify it.
Works the same way in Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini. One purchase, download the file, install it in under 2 minutes, then paste your snippet or error and get a fix with the reasoning.
// how to install
Under 2 minutes
Four steps. Any AI chat.
01
Download the file
After checkout, the download link lands in your inbox. Save the .txt file anywhere on your device.
02
Open your AI chat
Any AI chat you already use: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Copilot or another.
03
Paste the prompt
Open the .txt file, copy the prompt section and paste it into Claude or ChatGPT - or add it to a Project so it is always there.
04
Start working
Your AI is now configured as a specialist. Ask it anything inside its domain.
No technical knowledge required.
With Library there is nothing to download. Connect your AI once, then ask for any skill by name.
It turns Claude or ChatGPT into a Lua AI pair programmer that writes runnable Lua for your version or host, fixes nil and scope errors, explains metatables and coroutines, ports code between Lua versions and writes busted tests.
Does it run or deploy my Lua scripts for me?+
No. It does not execute anything. It gives you the Lua code, the luacheck or lua command to run, and the print or debug.traceback line that confirms the cause so you verify it yourself.
Which Lua versions and hosts does it cover?+
Lua 5.1 through 5.4, LuaJIT and Luau, and hosts such as Roblox, LOVE2D, Neovim, Redis EVAL scripts, OpenResty, Defold and embedded C programs. It asks which one you use, since unpack, integers and sandbox rules differ.
Can it help with Roblox Luau specifically?+
Yes. When you say Roblox, it writes Luau with type annotations where useful, uses the real service and event names, and points out Luau-only features such as table.create instead of treating it as plain Lua.
Ready to give your AI a specialist?
This one and 2,500+ others, inside Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Cancel anytime.