/makefile-generation

name: makefile-generation
description: Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets. Use when starting a project or standardizing build automation.
globs: "**/Makefile"
alwaysApply: false
# Custom metadata (not used by Claude for matching):
model: sonnet
tools: [Read, Write, Bash]
category: infrastructure
tags: [makefile, automation, build-tools, development-workflow]
complexity: low
model_hint: fast
estimated_tokens: 1200

Table of Contents

• [When To Use](#when-to-use)
• [Standard Targets](#standard-targets)
• [Python Makefile](#python-makefile)
• [Rust Makefile](#rust-makefile)
• [TypeScript Makefile](#typescript-makefile)
• [Workflow](#workflow)
• [1. Detect Language](#1-detect-language)
• [2. Load Template](#2-load-template)
• [3. Collect Project Info](#3-collect-project-info)
• [4. Render Template](#4-render-template)
• [5. Verify](#5-verify)
• [Customization](#customization)
• [Related Skills](#related-skills)

Makefile Generation Skill

Generate a Makefile with standard development targets for Python, Rust, or TypeScript projects.

When To Use

• Need a Makefile for a project without one
• Want to update Makefile with new targets
• Standardizing build automation across projects
• Setting up development workflow commands
• Creating language-specific build targets

When NOT To Use

• Makefile already exists and is current
• Project uses alternative build system exclusively (e.g., npm scripts only)
• Complex custom build process that doesn't fit standard patterns
• Use `/attune:upgrade-project` instead for updating existing Makefiles

Standard Targets

Python Makefile

**Common targets**:

• `help` - Show available targets
• `install` - Install dependencies with uv
• `lint` - Run ruff linting
• `format` - Format code with ruff
• `typecheck` - Run mypy type checking
• `test` - Run pytest
• `test-coverage` - Run tests with coverage report
• `check-all` - Run all quality checks
• `clean` - Remove generated files and caches
• `build` - Build distribution packages
• `publish` - Publish to PyPI

Rust Makefile

**Common targets**:

• `help` - Show available targets
• `fmt` - Format with rustfmt
• `lint` - Run clippy
• `check` - Cargo check
• `test` - Run tests
• `build` - Build release binary
• `clean` - Clean build artifacts

TypeScript Makefile

**Common targets**:

• `help` - Show available targets
• `install` - Install npm dependencies
• `lint` - Run ESLint
• `format` - Format with Prettier
• `typecheck` - Run tsc type checking
• `test` - Run Jest tests
• `build` - Build for production
• `dev` - Start development server

Workflow

1. Detect Language

# Check for language indicators
if [ -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="python"
elif [ -f "Cargo.toml" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="rust"
elif [ -f "package.json" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="typescript"
fi

**Verification:** Run the command with `--help` flag to verify availability.

2. Load Template

from pathlib import Path

template_path = Path("plugins/attune/templates") / language / "Makefile.template"

**Verification:** Run the command with `--help` flag to verify availability.

3. Collect Project Info

metadata = {
    "PROJECT_NAME": "my-project",
    "PROJECT_MODULE": "my_project",
    "PYTHON_VERSION": "3.10",
}

**Verification:** Run the command with `--help` flag to verify availability.

4. Render Template

from template_engine import TemplateEngine

engine = TemplateEngine(metadata)
engine.render_file(template_path, Path("Makefile"))

**Verification:** Run the command with `--help` flag to verify availability.

5. Verify

make help

**Verification:** Run `make --dry-run` to verify build configuration.

Customization

Users can add custom targets after the generated ones:

# ============================================================================
# CUSTOM TARGETS
# ============================================================================

deploy: build ## Deploy to production
	./scripts/deploy.sh

**Verification:** Run the command with `--help` flag to verify availability.

Related Skills

• `Skill(attune:project-init)` - Full project initialization
• `/abstract:make-dogfood` command - Makefile testing and validation

Exit Criteria

• [ ] A `Makefile` is created at the project root containing at minimum a `help` target and

all standard targets for the detected language (Python: install/lint/format/typecheck/test; Rust: fmt/lint/check/test/build; TypeScript: install/lint/format/typecheck/test/build).

• [ ] `make help` runs without error and lists all generated targets with descriptions.
• [ ] `make --dry-run <target>` exits 0 for each standard target, confirming recipe syntax

is valid.

• [ ] If no language is detected (no `pyproject.toml`, `Cargo.toml`, or `package.json`), the

skill reports the detection failure and stops rather than generating a blank Makefile.