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Detect a project's toolchain, languages, package managers, test runners, linters, and conventions. Use when starting work on a project, onboarding to a codebase, or checking what tools are configured. Also detects tooling gaps and fetches external metadata.

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npx skill4agent add git-pkgs/skills brief

SKILL.md Content

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Project Toolchain Detection

Use

brief

to understand a project's toolchain before doing any work. It detects languages, package managers, test runners, linters, formatters, build tools, CI, and more.

Commands

Scan a project:

bash

brief .

See what changed on this branch:

bash

brief diff

Find missing recommended tooling:

bash

brief missing .

Enrich with external metadata (download counts, dependents, OpenSSF Scorecard, runtime EOL):

bash

brief enrich .

Scan a remote repo or registry package:

bash

brief https://github.com/expressjs/express
brief npm:express
brief gem:rails
brief pypi:requests

Output

JSON when piped, human-readable on a TTY. Force either with

--json

or

--human

. Filter to a single category with

--category test

.

Use

--verbose

to include homepage, docs, and repo links for each detected tool.

When to use

At the start of a conversation to understand the project
Before suggesting tools or configurations
When the user asks what tools are configured
When reviewing a branch to understand which parts of the toolchain are affected
When checking for tooling gaps before setting up CI or improving DX

brief

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content

Project Toolchain Detection

Commands

Output

When to use