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Homebrew Cask Authoring

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connorads·vlatest·backend

This skill helps you quickly generate detailed descriptions for homebrewing casks, streamlining recipe creation and improving clarity.

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Install on your platform

Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add connorads/dotfiles --skill homebrew-cask-authoring -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

connorads

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned connorads/dotfiles at 76336d601b.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
76336d601b
Manifest
skills/homebrew-cask-authoring/SKILL.md
Scanned
2 files, 453 lines
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About this skill

homebrew-cask-authoring

What it does

This skill enables AI agents to generate and install Homebrew Cask files for macOS applications. It automates the creation of .cask configuration scripts based on specified application requirements, streamlining the software installation process within a Unix-based environment.

When to use it

  • Automating the setup of development tools or utilities on a new Mac machine.
  • Generating standardized cask entries for internal company software catalogs.
  • Creating reproducible build environments by scripting app installations via Homebrew Casks.
  • Quickly adding third-party applications that are not yet available in standard package managers.

Key capabilities

  • Generates valid .cask YAML or Ruby files for macOS apps.
  • Installs applications directly through the Homebrew CLI upon script execution.
  • Supports configuration of specific app versions and download URLs.
  • Handles post-installation hooks for additional setup steps.

Example prompts

  • "Create a Homebrew Cask file to install Visual Studio Code version 1.85."
  • "Generate a cask script that installs Docker Desktop with the latest stable release."
  • "Write a Homebrew Cask configuration for Slack including a custom download URL."

Tips & gotchas

Ensure your AI agent has access to the brew command-line tool and appropriate permissions before attempting installation. Always verify generated cask files against official sources, as automated generation may miss critical security or version constraints specific to certain applications.