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Makefile Validator

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akin-ozer·vlatest·devops·Apache-2.0

This tool validates Makefiles for syntax errors and potential issues, ensuring build scripts function correctly and preventing frustrating compilation failures.

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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 akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills --skill makefile-validator -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

akin-ozer

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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 failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 1 host that is neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: tech.davis-hansson.com.

    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.

    Hosts contacted

    www.gnu.orgstandardstech.davis-hansson.comundeclaredgithub.comsource host

    What it found

    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/makefile-validator/scripts/validate_makefile.sh:304contacts tech.davis-hansson.com
      echo "   See: https://tech.davis-hansson.com/p/make/"

  • 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 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 akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills at 276af751e6.

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

Commit
276af751e6
Manifest
devops-skills-plugin/skills/makefile-validator/SKILL.md
Scanned
8 files, 4,001 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

The makefile-validator skill validates Makefile files for syntax and common errors. It checks for missing dependencies, incorrect variable assignments, and other potential issues that could lead to build failures. This helps ensure projects have reliable and reproducible builds.

When to use it

  • Automated CI/CD pipelines: Integrate the validator into your continuous integration pipeline to catch Makefile errors early in the development process.
  • Code review: Use it during code reviews to identify potential issues with Makefiles.
  • Onboarding new developers: Help new team members understand and avoid common Makefile pitfalls.
  • Troubleshooting build failures: Quickly diagnose problems in existing projects by validating their Makefiles.

Key capabilities

  • Syntax validation of Makefile files
  • Dependency checking
  • Variable assignment verification
  • Error reporting

Example prompts

  • "Validate this Makefile and report any errors: [contents of Makefile]"
  • "Check the syntax of my project's Makefile."
  • "Can you find any missing dependencies in this Makefile?"

Tips & gotchas

  • The skill requires a valid Makefile to be provided as input. It does not create or write Makefiles.