# woo-guard

Checks freshly written or edited WooCommerce code against eight rules: order access, CRUD, money handling, checkout validation, feature compatibility.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2500 installs · ★ 1284
- Author: amElnagdy
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/amElnagdy/guard-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/woo-guard/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-07-04
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/woo-guard

## What it does

The skill runs a guard pass over WooCommerce code before it ships. It fits after an agent has written an extension, changed checkout behaviour or touched product logic: your diff and files get checked against the rules, then a short self-check runs before delivery.

There are eight rules in three groups. Orders are read only through the CRUD API (`wc_get_order()`, `$order->get_meta()`), since `get_post_meta()` works on legacy stores and quietly breaks on HPOS ones. Products, customers and coupons go through their own objects, money never passes through floats, and checkout rules are enforced server-side. One rule covers declarations: skip `FeaturesUtil::declare_compatibility( 'custom_order_tables', … )` and every store owner sees a warning banner with your plugin name on it.

Three modes exist: guard-pass after edits, live while the code is being written, and review, which walks `references/review-checklist.md` and returns findings without touching the code. Pair it with `wp-guard` when the whole WordPress layer needs the same treatment. The skill expects WooCommerce with HPOS and Blocks, and that is exactly the code written from stale memory it catches.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/guard-skills --skill woo-guard -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/guard-skills --skill woo-guard -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/guard-skills --skill woo-guard -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install amElnagdy/guard-skills woo-guard
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/guard-skills --skill woo-guard -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/amElnagdy/guard-skills --path skills/woo-guard
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add amElnagdy/guard-skills --skill woo-guard -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/amElnagdy/guard-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/woo-guard/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a guard pass over a WooCommerce plugin diff before committing
- catch order reads through `get_post_meta()` that break on HPOS
- add HPOS and Blocks compatibility declarations to an extension
- move checkout validation from JavaScript to the server
- strip float arithmetic out of price and total handling

## Example prompts
- Review this Woo plugin before I commit.
- Is this HPOS compatible? Audit the changed files.
- I just added a checkout field — run woo-guard over the diff.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: woo-guard
description: "Review generated or changed WooCommerce code — extensions, payment and shipping integrations, checkout customizations, and order/product logic — before it ships. Best used reactively after an agent writes, edits, or reviews code touching WooCommerce APIs: wc_get_order, wc_get_orders, wc_get_product, WC() cart or session, woocommerce_* hooks, Store API endpoints, payment gateways, order or product meta, HPOS, subscriptions, or bookings. Use on 'review this Woo plugin', 'is this HPOS compatible', or after tasks like 'write a WooCommerce extension', 'add a checkout field', 'hook into the order flow', or 'update stock'. Enforces HPOS-safe order access, CRUD over direct meta, feature-compatibility declarations, server-side checkout validation, money-handling discipline, and hooks over template overrides. DO NOT USE for WordPress code without WooCommerce APIs (use wp-guard), generic code review (use clean-code-guard), test review (use test-guard), or store configuration and admin-screen questions."
---

# Woo Guard

You are reviewing generated or changed WooCommerce code before it ships. Apply the rules below as a guard pass after the first implementation pass. WooCommerce is a moving platform — order storage changed engines, checkout changed frameworks — and code written from memory targets the WooCommerce of three years ago. With money on the line, "works on my demo store" is not a standard.

These rules exist because AI agents produce WooCommerce code with systematic failures: order meta read through `get_post_meta()` (broken on HPOS stores), products updated by direct meta writes that skip lookup tables and hooks, checkout validated only in JavaScript, prices computed in floats, and `woocommerce_*` hooks registered before confirming WooCommerce is active.

## How to use this skill

**Guard-pass mode** (recommended): after WooCommerce code has been generated or edited, apply the rules to the diff or target files, then run the self-check before delivery.

**Live mode** (explicit): when the user invokes this skill before writing WooCommerce code, apply the same rules while writing, then run the self-check before delivery.

**Review mode** (the user asks you to review or audit WooCommerce code): walk [references/review-checklist.md](references/review-checklist.md) and produce a structured findings report. Do not edit code in review mode unless asked.

**Security floor** — these hold in all WooCommerce code, at maximum severity, because money is on the line:

- Escape all output with the context-correct `esc_*` function.
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