# gradle-run

Runs Gradle builds through a compact-output wrapper and keeps a workflow ledger, so the agent never floods its context with a full build log.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 768 installs · ★ 1120
- Author: chrisbanes
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/gradle-run

## What it does

The skill intercepts every Gradle command the agent issues. Instead of calling `./gradlew` directly, it goes through `scripts/gradle_run.py`, which supplies `--console=plain` and `--no-scan` on its own. Full build output counts as a temporary, sensitive artifact: no streaming, no `tee`, no reopening the log later. The agent only sees a bounded JSON summary.

Four calls make up the lifecycle: `create`, `run`, `status`, `finish`. Each one has to be a standalone shell command. Add `&&`, a pipe, a variable assignment or a follow-up `ls`, and the lifecycle evidence is void even if Gradle succeeded. `status` returns at most 16 KiB of JSON and never opens logs. An `uncertain` status means an abandoned run or an incomplete ledger, so the next move is figuring out who owns the process rather than assuming the build finished.

You need `python3` and `scripts/gradle_run.py` inside the skill directory. Without them the skill stops and says so; it will not fall back to running Gradle directly. When the same source or compiler fingerprint shows up again, stop rebuilding and read the cited line with its nearby declarations and imports.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill gradle-run -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/gradle-run/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill gradle-run -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill gradle-run -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install chrisbanes/skills gradle-run
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill gradle-run -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills --path skills/gradle-run
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add chrisbanes/skills --skill gradle-run -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/chrisbanes/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/gradle-run/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a Gradle build without dumping the full log into agent context
- recover a workflow's status after a tool session disappears
- group warnings and failures by fingerprint
- verify a narrow task like `:module:test` after an edit
- tell an abandoned run apart from a completed one

## Example prompts
- Run `./gradlew :module:test` through the gradle-run skill and tell me whether the test passes after my change
- The build fails with the same fingerprint — inspect the source line instead of rebuilding
- Check the workflow status by its ID: did it finish or is it stuck?

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: gradle-run
description: Use when planning to execute Gradle through `gradle`, `./gradlew`, or a custom `gradlew*` wrapper script, or diagnosing a Gradle build, recovering a workflow's status, compact workflow ledger, repeated failure fingerprint, check, test, lint, warning, or failure even when no new Gradle run is appropriate.
---

# Gradle run

## Core principle

Treat complete Gradle output as a temporary, sensitive artifact. Every
agent-initiated Gradle command runs through the compact-output wrapper; never
stream, `tee`, paste, or reopen a full build log.

Every `create`, `run`, `status`, and `finish` invocation is the entire shell command for
that tool call. Prefixes, assignments, conditionals, pipes, command chains, and
follow-up inspection invalidate lifecycle evidence even when Gradle succeeds.

## Procedure

1. Classify the request. Reuse a current successful result when unchanged
   source and inputs already answer the question. A focused task that validates
   another change is incidental; build/check/warning/failure work is a
   Gradle-centered workflow.
2. Resolve this skill directory. If `python3` or `scripts/gradle_run.py` is
   unavailable (a failing standalone `create` shows this), stop and report that
   prerequisite; never run Gradle directly as a fallback. Invoke the project's
   designated entrypoint (normally `./gradlew`) as provided; do not read its
   source to second-guess it or substitute another launcher script.
3. Create one workflow before its first command and retain its opaque ID:

   ```sh
   python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/gradle_run.py create
   ```

   Run `create`, each `run`, and `finish` as standalone shell commands. Do not
   combine one with `ls`, `test`, variable setup, `git`, `rg`, `&&`, `;`, a
   pipe, or a newline containing another command. If `create` fails, retry a fresh
   standalone `create` before any `run`. Use the wrapper exclusively; it
   supplies `--console=plain` and `--no-scan` unless console behavior was
   selected or the user authorized `--scan`. Add `--warning-mode all` only for
   warning discovery or an explicit request. If `run` or `finish` reports
   `workflow is busy`, inspect status and wait for the owner; keep one execution
   owner and avoid a duplicate build.

   If a tool session disappears or the run's outcome is unknown, use the same
   workflow ID (and the same global `--root` if one was supplied):

   ```sh
   python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/gradle_run.py status --workflow <id>
   ```

   Status is read-only and returns immediately with at most 16 KiB of JSON.
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