makefile-development-workflow SKILL.md skillA
makefile-development-workflow from andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/makefile-development-workflow@v1Pins v1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda
- Path
skills/makefile-development-workflow/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- v1, committed Oct 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 25, 2026
- Size
- 3,897 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Standardizes Makefile-based build and test workflows with reproducible targets. Use when creating or refining helpful build, test, and clean targets.
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 Development Workflow
A minimal, well-structured Makefile for any project:
```makefile
.PHONY: help build test clean
.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
help: ## Show this help message
@awk 'BEGIN {FS = ":.*?## "} /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## / { printf " \033[36m%-15s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 }' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
build: ## Build the project
@echo "Building..."
# Add your build command here
test: ## Run tests
@echo "Running tests..."
# Add your test command here
clean: ## Clean build artifacts
@echo "Cleaning..."
rm -rf build/ dist/ __pycache__/
```
Run `make help` to see all available commands.
---
## Best Practices
### 1. Always Use `.PHONY`
```makefile
.PHONY: help build test clean install
```
Prevents conflicts with files of the same name and ensures targets always run.
### 2. Use `.DEFAULT_GOAL`
```makefile
.DEFAULT_GOAL := help
```
Makes `make` show help by default instead of the first target.
### 3. Document Targets with `##` Comments
```makefile
build: ## Build the project (required)
@echo "Building..."
test: ## Run tests (required)
@echo "Testing..."
```
The `##` comment after the target is picked up by auto-generated help.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/makefile-development-workflow@sha256:a91f60d77c1d96c1The line at the top of this page pins the label v1, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Sep 25, 2026 and Oct 2, 2026, about one every 2 days.
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| v1 latest | 2026-10-02 | 5f6efaa | 3,897 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-10-02 | 8c813e9 | 3,874 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-09-30 | b8f4ba9 | 4,019 B | A | view · diff |
| v1 | 2026-09-25 | 160ae7c | 3,796 B | A | view |
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Source
andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda · 7 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_eliajarwi3pozcyv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=andrewbrown-usda/aigb-skills-usda/makefile-development-workflow GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a91f60d77c1d96c19ffd4a66928b577c0d3be8eab440f210b989d9b127940c6f
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