dev:validate
About
This skill validates plugin integrity before releases by checking version synchronization, skill/agent frontmatter, cross-references, Python tool syntax, and hook script executability. It triggers automatically when users request validation or use terms like "check plugin" or "verify." The skill performs systematic checks using Read, Bash, Glob, and Grep tools to ensure all components are properly configured.
Quick Install
Claude Code
Recommendednpx skills add raphaelchristi/harness-evolver -a claude-code/plugin add https://github.com/raphaelchristi/harness-evolvergit clone https://github.com/raphaelchristi/harness-evolver.git ~/.claude/skills/dev:validateCopy and paste this command in Claude Code to install this skill
Documentation
/dev:validate
Check plugin integrity: skill/agent frontmatter, cross-references, Python tool syntax, version sync, hook script executability.
Checks
1. Version Sync
PKG_V=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('package.json'))['version'])")
PLUGIN_V=$(python3 -c "import json; print(json.load(open('.claude-plugin/plugin.json'))['version'])")
if [ "$PKG_V" = "$PLUGIN_V" ]; then
echo "OK: versions match ($PKG_V)"
else
echo "FAIL: package.json=$PKG_V, plugin.json=$PLUGIN_V"
fi
2. Skill Frontmatter
For each skills/*/SKILL.md:
- Must have
name:in frontmatter - Must have
description:in frontmatter - Must have
allowed-tools:in frontmatter
for f in skills/*/SKILL.md; do
NAME=$(grep -m1 "^name:" "$f" | cut -d: -f2- | xargs)
DESC=$(grep -m1 "^description:" "$f")
TOOLS=$(grep -m1 "^allowed-tools:" "$f")
if [ -z "$NAME" ] || [ -z "$DESC" ] || [ -z "$TOOLS" ]; then
echo "FAIL: $f missing frontmatter fields"
else
echo "OK: $f ($NAME)"
fi
done
3. Agent Frontmatter
For each agents/*.md:
- Must have
name:in frontmatter - Must have
description:in frontmatter - Must have
tools:in frontmatter - Must have
color:in frontmatter
for f in agents/*.md; do
NAME=$(grep -m1 "^name:" "$f" | cut -d: -f2- | xargs)
COLOR=$(grep -m1 "^color:" "$f" | cut -d: -f2- | xargs)
if [ -z "$NAME" ] || [ -z "$COLOR" ]; then
echo "FAIL: $f missing name or color"
else
echo "OK: $f ($NAME, $COLOR)"
fi
done
4. Agent Cross-References
Check that every subagent_type: referenced in skills exists as an agent file:
for AGENT in $(grep -roh 'subagent_type: "[^"]*"' skills/ | sed 's/subagent_type: "//;s/"//' | sort -u); do
if [ ! -f "agents/$AGENT.md" ]; then
echo "FAIL: subagent_type '$AGENT' referenced in skills but agents/$AGENT.md not found"
else
echo "OK: $AGENT agent exists"
fi
done
5. Python Tool Syntax
ERRORS=0
for f in tools/*.py; do
python3 -c "import ast; ast.parse(open('$f').read())" 2>&1
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
echo "FAIL: $f has syntax errors"
ERRORS=$((ERRORS+1))
else
echo "OK: $f"
fi
done
echo "Python tools: $ERRORS errors"
6. Hook Script
if [ -f "hooks/session-start.sh" ]; then
if [ -x "hooks/session-start.sh" ]; then
echo "OK: hooks/session-start.sh is executable"
else
echo "FAIL: hooks/session-start.sh not executable"
fi
if [ -f "hooks/hooks.json" ]; then
python3 -c "import json; json.load(open('hooks/hooks.json'))" 2>&1
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "OK: hooks.json valid JSON"; else echo "FAIL: hooks.json invalid"; fi
fi
else
echo "WARN: no hooks/session-start.sh"
fi
7. CLAUDE.md Accuracy
Check that tool count and agent count in CLAUDE.md match reality:
TOOL_COUNT=$(ls tools/*.py 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
AGENT_COUNT=$(ls agents/*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
echo "Tools: $TOOL_COUNT Python files"
echo "Agents: $AGENT_COUNT agent definitions"
Report
Print a summary:
Plugin Validation:
Versions: {OK/FAIL}
Skills: {N} checked, {N} passed
Agents: {N} checked, {N} passed
Cross-refs: {N} checked, {N} passed
Python tools: {N} checked, {N} syntax errors
Hooks: {OK/FAIL}
Result: {PASS/FAIL}
GitHub Repository
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