# project-min-evaluation

Runs your project's own lint, type and test scripts before the agent calls the work done. Handy when broken commits keep slipping through.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2900 installs · ★ 3
- Author: purrfold
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-min-evaluation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/project-min-evaluation

## What it does

The skill fires on phrases like done, complete, before commit, quality check, verify. The agent reads `package.json` and the lockfiles, picks a package manager, and runs only scripts that actually exist under `scripts`. Order is fixed: `lint`, `typecheck`, `format:check`, `test`, `doctor`, `check`. The `test:e2e` script runs only when end-to-end behavior changed.

No runner is hardcoded. If `packageManager` is set, that manager wins; otherwise the skill looks at `pnpm-lock.yaml`, `bun.lock` or `bun.lockb`, and falls back to `npm` for `package-lock.json` or no signal at all. The first failure stops everything: fix it, then rerun from that script. Skipping a red check to reach a later one is off the table.

The report marks each script as passed, failed, or not defined. A failure comes with the exact command, the exact error, and the scope left unverified. Ask for `typecheck` in a repo that never defined it, and the skill says the expected script is missing instead of inventing a command. That is the point: an agent that stays quiet about a check it never ran is worth a follow-up question.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-min-evaluation -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-min-evaluation -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-min-evaluation -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold project-min-evaluation
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/project-min-evaluation/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-min-evaluation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --path skills/project-min-evaluation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold --skill project-min-evaluation -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/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-min-evaluation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run lint and type checks before a commit
- stop at the first failing script instead of pushing on
- pick the package manager from the project lockfiles
- report which expected scripts are missing from `package.json`
- avoid calling a task complete while tests fail

## Example prompts
- run the project's minimum checks before I commit
- done — verify quality using the scripts in package.json
- run lint, typecheck and test, start from the failing one

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

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---
name: project-min-evaluation
description: "Trigger: done, complete, finish, before commit, quality check, verify. Run the project's own minimum quality scripts before claiming work is complete."
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: purrfold
  version: "1.0"
---

# Project Minimum Evaluation

## Activation Contract

Load this skill before reporting implementation work as complete, before committing, or when asked to verify quality.

## Hard Rules

1. Detect the package manager from the project; never hardcode a runner.
2. Run only scripts defined in `package.json` `scripts`; report expected scripts that are missing instead of inventing commands.
3. Run from the repository root, in the order below, and do not skip a failing step to reach a later one.
4. Never claim completion while a check fails or was not run.

## Decision Gates

| Project signal | Runner |
| --- | --- |
| `packageManager` field in `package.json` | use the manager it names |
| `pnpm-lock.yaml` | `pnpm run <script>` |
| `bun.lock` or `bun.lockb` | `bun run <script>` |
| `package-lock.json`, or no other signal | `npm run <script>` |

| Script | Run when |
| --- | --- |
| `lint` | always, if defined |
| `typecheck` | always, if defined |
| `format:check` | always, if defined |
| `test` | always, if defined |
| `doctor` | always, if defined |
| `check` | always, if defined (aggregate gate) |
| `test:e2e` | only when end-to-end behavior changed |

## Execution Steps

1. Read `package.json` and the lockfiles to choose the runner.
2. Collect the scripts from the table that exist in `scripts`.
3. Run each existing script in table order with the chosen runner.
4. Stop at the first failure, fix it, and rerun from that script.

## Output Contract

Report each script as passed, failed, or not defined. For a failure or a check that cannot run, give the exact command, the exact error, and the unverified scope.

## References

- [references/script-discovery.md](references/script-discovery.md) — detection edge cases.
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© purrfold · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/C3SC0-V4113/Scaffold/tree/HEAD/skills/project-min-evaluation/SKILL.md

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