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Use when the user wants to validate the plugin, check integrity, verify cross-references, or before a release. Also use when the user says 'validate', 'check plugin', or 'verify'.

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Install
$ npx -y skills add raphaelchristi/harness-evolver --skill dev-validate --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/dev-validate

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Use when the user wants to validate the plugin, check integrity, verify cross-references, or before a release. Also use when the user says 'validate', 'check plugin', or 'verify'.

SKILL.md

dev-validate.SKILL.md
name: dev:validate
description: "Use when the user wants to validate the plugin, check integrity, verify cross-references, or before a release. Also use when the user says 'validate', 'check plugin', or 'verify'."
allowed-tools: [Read, Bash, Glob, Grep]

/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}
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