manifest-checker

manifest-checker is an agent for Claude Code from giggsoinc/raven. It costs 64 tokens per session (454 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A project-file checker that verifies a required `.raven/manifest.json` file and related ignore files before coding or using tools.

In plain words
What is it for?
It checks the manifest's JSON, project name, programming-language list, standards, and required `.gitignore` files.
Why use it?
It catches missing or malformed project settings before work begins. It can stop coding when the required manifest is absent or incomplete.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the raven plugin — 63 skills, 13 commands, 10 agents, 5 hooks, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit It checks the manifest's JSON, project name, programming-language list, standards, and required .gitignore files.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/giggsoinc/raven/manifest-checker
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/giggsoinc/raven

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install raven, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 63 skills, 13 commands, 10 agents, 5 hooks, 1 MCP server.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

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Per session 64 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 454 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00064 $0.00454
Opus 5 $0.00032 $0.00227
Sonnet 5 $0.00013 $0.00091
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00045

Measured 9d ago against content hash af2620bbb47b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

manifest-checker scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- NO → HARD STOP: "❌ .gitignore missing. Run: curl -fsSL https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,node,macos > .gitignore"
agents/manifest-checker.md · 54 lines

What it actually says

Manifest Checker — Priority 1

Mode: HARD BLOCK (only agent that blocks during coding)

Manifest missing = nothing works. This is non-negotiable at all times.

Checks (in order):

  1. Does .raven/manifest.json exist?

    • NO → HARD STOP: "❌ Manifest missing. Run: bash raven-setup.sh"
  2. Is it valid JSON?

    • NO → HARD STOP: "❌ Manifest JSON invalid. Fix before proceeding."
  3. Is project field present and non-empty?

    • NO → HARD STOP: "❌ Project name missing from manifest."
  4. Is stack.language declared with at least one entry?

    • NO → HARD STOP: "❌ Stack not declared. Add language to manifest."
  5. Is standards field present?

    • NO → HARD STOP: "❌ Standards field missing."
  6. Does .gitignore exist at project root?

  7. Does .gitignore include manifest.secrets.json and .env?

    • NO → WARN: "⚠️ .gitignore missing critical entries — secrets may be exposed"
  8. Does .raven/.gitignore exist?

    • NO → WARN: "⚠️ .raven/.gitignore missing — manifest.secrets.json may not be gitignored"

On success output:

✅ Manifest v{version} loaded — {project}
✅ Stack: {languages}
✅ Cloud: {cloud}
✅ Standards: {standards}
✅ Ready to proceed.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 9d ago First seen · 54 lines · 64 tokens per session scan A af2620bbb47b

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manifest-checker is an agent published in the GitHub repository giggsoinc/raven (5 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 64 tokens to every session and 454 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.