Check Makefile | Agent Skills Atlas

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Audits a top-level Makefile against 29 deterministic checks (strict-shell pin, .SHELLFLAGS, MAKEFLAGS warnings, .PHONY coverage, tab-indent, header comment, help-target patterns, variable-assignment discipline, top-level shell, destructive-op guards including rm -rf/sudo/global-install/curl-pipe, recipe hygiene, secrets, file/line size, optional checkmake wrap) plus seven judgment dimensions and a Tier-3 cross-Makefile collision check. Use when the user wants to "audit a makefile", "lint a makefile", or "review this makefile". Not for POSIX-make, compilation trees, or recursive multi-module builds — different rubric.

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check-makefile

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Audits a top-level Makefile against 29 deterministic checks (strict-shell pin, `.SHELLFLAGS`, `MAKEFLAGS` warnings, `.PHONY` coverage, tab-indent, header comment, help-target patterns, variable-assignment discipline, top-level shell, destructive-op guards including `rm -rf`/`sudo`/global-install/curl-pipe, recipe hygiene, secrets, file/line size, optional `checkmake` wrap) plus seven judgment dimensions and a Tier-3 cross-Makefile collision check. Use when the user wants to "audit a makefile", "lint a makefile", or "review this makefile". Not for POSIX-`make`, compilation trees, or recursive multi-module builds — different rubric.

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Category: General
Reported license: MIT
Listing language (estimated): English
Review status: Not individually reviewed
Agent compatibility: Atlas installation supports Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Skill-specific dependencies and features are checked during setup.