makefile-validator SKILL.md skillA
makefile-validator from pantheon-org/tekhne is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/makefile-validator@git:20260923.7852cb4Pins git:20260923.7852cb4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- pantheon-org/tekhne
- Path
skills/development/scripting/makefile/validator/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260923.7852cb4, committed Sep 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 3, 2026
- Size
- 9,994 bytes
- Repository stars
- 10
- License
- MIT
Comprehensive toolkit for validating, linting, and optimizing Makefiles. Use when working with Makefiles (Makefile, makefile, *.mk files), validating build configurations, checking for best practices, identifying security issues, or debugging Makefile problems. Concrete capabilities include detecting missing .PHONY declarations, validating tab indentation in recipes, checking variable expansion safety, identifying hardcoded credentials, and flagging missing prerequisites or syntax errors.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Makefile Validator ## Mindset Treat a Makefile as a dependency graph that happens to be readable, not a list of shell commands with headings. Always check what a target actually depends on before trusting its recipe, because a missing prerequisite makes Make skip work it should have done, and a stale `.PHONY` list makes Make skip a target entirely the moment a same-named file appears on disk. Never accept "the recipe looks right" as validation; run `make -n` to confirm the dependency graph itself resolves the way the author intended, since a Makefile can have flawless shell inside every recipe and still be broken by an incorrect dependency edge. Verify variable expansion the same way you would in a shell script: unquoted `$(VAR)` inside `rm`, `sudo`, or `curl` is exactly as dangerous as unquoted `$VAR` in bash, because Make substitutes the text and then hands it to the shell verbatim. Ensure every finding is reported as a concrete line, the risk it creates, and the fix — a validator that only says "found an issue" without location and remedy is not more useful than reading the Makefile by hand. ## When to Use …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add pantheon-org/tekhne/makefile-validator@sha256:923f79bc467a205aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.7852cb4, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2qapx3h7i4pkgy6w)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Mar 3, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 102 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260923.7852cb4 latest | 2026-09-23 | 7852cb4 | 9,994 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260316.2d4c8cf | 2026-03-16 | 2d4c8cf | 8,035 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260303.b38a50f | 2026-03-03 | b38a50f | 5,892 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9994 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
pantheon-org/tekhne · 10 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2qapx3h7i4pkgy6w GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=pantheon-org/tekhne/makefile-validator GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/923f79bc467a205ad65c5d4a5f0e1305e45ad4a7b8516b16f0ee49e644f6b266
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.