build-system-decode SKILL.md skillA

build-system-decode from sigistry/marketplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add sigistry/marketplace/build-system-decode@git:20260826.571bc2f

Pins git:20260826.571bc2f in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
sigistry/marketplace
Path
plugins/codebase-navigator/skills/build-system-decode/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260826.571bc2f, committed Aug 26, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 15, 2026
Size
3,347 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

This skill should be used when the user mentions "build system", "Makefile", "Bazel", "Gradle", "Maven", "Nx", "Turborepo", "monorepo", "build targets", "how to build", "which command", "build one package", or "affected/changed projects". It provides a methodology for reading and driving common build systems and monorepos, listing targets, reading the dependency graph, and building or testing a single package without building the world.

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

# Build System Decode

## Purpose
A repeatable way to understand and drive an unfamiliar build, so you can answer "what can I run, what does it do, and how do I build/test just my package?" without holding the whole dependency graph in your head. Detect the tool from its manifest, use the tool's own introspection instead of hand-parsing config, and always find the narrowest command that gets your package green.

## Detection: manifest → build system
| Manifest file(s) | Build system | Introspection command |
|------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
| `Makefile` | Make | `make help`, `make -qp`, grep `.PHONY` |
| `BUILD(.bazel)`, `WORKSPACE`, `MODULE.bazel` | Bazel | `bazel query //...` |
| `build.gradle(.kts)`, `settings.gradle` | Gradle | `./gradlew tasks --all` |
| `pom.xml` | Maven | `mvn help:describe`, `<modules>` |
| `package.json` `scripts` + lockfile | npm/pnpm/yarn | read `scripts`, `<pm> run` |
| `nx.json`, `project.json` | Nx | `nx graph`, `nx show projects` |
| `turbo.json` | Turborepo | `turbo run build --dry` |
| `CMakeLists.txt` | CMake | `cmake --build . --target help` |
| `Cargo.toml` (`[workspace]`) | cargo | `cargo metadata`, `--workspace` |
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add sigistry/marketplace/build-system-decode@sha256:2a818d8f623f4ec3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260826.571bc2f, 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 2 versions of this file, between Jul 15, 2026 and Aug 26, 2026, about one every 42 days.

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git:20260715.61691192026-07-15 6169119 3,347 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3347 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

GitHub

sigistry/marketplace · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lgd2yxe7z5qwtbz4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sigistry/marketplace/build-system-decode
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2a818d8f623f4ec38115a83b6fc34bf1288116230a400b7f846d694af1048f8a

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