cli-just

v2026.09.24

Use for just/justfile task automation: create justfiles, write recipes, configure settings, add modules/attributes, or set up command-runner workflows.

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Install command
npx skhub add paulrberg/cli-just
Markdown
SKILL.md

Just Command Runner

Create readable task automation that matches the repository's installed Just version and existing justfile conventions.

Defaults

  • Inspect just --version, the existing justfile/module tree, and just --list before editing. Installed capabilities and existing syntax are authoritative over this skill's examples.

  • Preserve bespoke formatting. Do not rewrite a justfile with just --fmt; use just --fmt --check only when the repository explicitly treats the built-in formatter as authoritative. just --dump is inspection output, not a formatting source.

  • Define multi-item string sequences one item per line with a parenthesized concatenation. Keep a trailing separator in every non-final item; do not collapse them into one long string. Triple-quoted strings are for values whose newlines are semantic, not visual wrapping. For example:

    check-steps := (
      "event-class-coverage " +
      "orphan-disposal " +
      "price-coverage"
    )
    
  • Use the user's section-banner style when creating a new standalone justfile; existing repository organization overrides it.

Workflow

  1. Determine the requested recipe behavior, inputs, outputs, cwd, shell, environment, dependencies, and success condition.

  2. Use the installed manual (just --help, just --man, or https://just.systems/man/en/) for version-sensitive syntax. Read only the task-specific reference:

    TaskReference
    Recipes, parameters, dependencies, cache, executable checks, echo rulesreferences/recipes.md
    Settings, dotenv, lists, modulesreferences/settings.md
    Expressions, functions, constantsreferences/syntax.md
    Shell or script recipes, macOS Bash constraintsreferences/inline-scripts.md
    Check/write, status, aliases, organizationreferences/patterns.md
  3. Make the smallest recipe or setting change. Do not enable unstable features unless the requested design needs them and the installed version supports them.

  4. Validate parsing with just --list or just --summary, then execute the narrowest safe recipe path. For state-changing recipes, use an existing dry-run/check mode or inspect the expanded command first.

Opinionated Organization

For a new standalone file, prefer dependency declarations, constants, public recipes, checks, then private helpers. Use set default-list := true when no single default action makes sense and the installed version supports it. Example starting points live in examples/standalone.just and examples/devkit.just; load one only when creating that shape.

Completion requires a parsable justfile, the requested recipe behavior, and execution or dry-run evidence appropriate to its side effects. Finish with ### โœ… Just workflow ready, a compact recipe/alias/purpose table when several entries changed, and ### ๐Ÿงช Verification with exact commands and outcomes. Keep confirmation prompts, recipe data output, compiler output, and just --list output undecorated; preserve the repository's own banner vocabulary.

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Version

v2026.09.24

Published

Sep 24, 2026

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License

MIT

Source path

skills/cli-just

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