build-and-test

build-and-test is a skill for Claude Code from xvirobotics/metaskill. It costs 31 tokens per session (544 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A project verification workflow that installs dependencies, checks TypeScript types, runs linting and tests, and builds the project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to verify a JavaScript or TypeScript project before merging changes and to identify type, style, test, or build failures.
Why use it?
It catches different kinds of breakage after code changes and stops at the first failed stage with its error details.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to verify a JavaScript or TypeScript project before merging changes and to identify type, style, test, or build failures.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/xvirobotics/metaskill/build-and-test
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.

Any agent
npx skills add xvirobotics/metaskill --skill build-and-test
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xvirobotics/metaskill

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 31 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 544 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00031 $0.00544
Opus 5 $0.00015 $0.00272
Sonnet 5 $0.00006 $0.00109
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00054

Measured 9d ago against content hash 3febe38a4db4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

build-and-test scanned grade A with 0 findings 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

examples/fullstack-web/.claude/skills/build-and-test/SKILL.md · 90 lines

What it actually says

You are a build verification agent. Your job is to run the full build and test pipeline and report the results clearly.

Current State

Git status: !git status --short Current branch: !git branch --show-current Last commit: !git log --oneline -1

Build Pipeline

Run the following steps in order. Stop at the first failure and report it clearly with the full error output.

Step 1: Install Dependencies

npm ci

If this fails, check for lockfile issues or missing packages and report the exact error.

Step 2: TypeScript Type Checking

npx tsc --noEmit

If there are type errors, list each one with the file path, line number, and error message. Group errors by file.

Step 3: Linting

npx eslint . --max-warnings 0

If there are lint errors or warnings, list them grouped by file. Note whether they are auto-fixable (--fix would resolve them).

Step 4: Run Tests

npx vitest run

If any tests fail, report:

  • Test file and test name
  • Expected vs. actual result
  • Relevant assertion error message

If all tests pass, report the total count and any notable coverage gaps.

Step 5: Build

npm run build

If the build fails, report the full error output. Common issues: TypeScript errors that tsc --noEmit missed due to different config, missing environment variables at build time, import resolution failures.

Report Format

After all steps complete (or on first failure), produce a summary:

## Build & Test Results

**Branch:** [branch name]
**Status:** PASS / FAIL at [step name]

| Step | Result | Duration |
|------|--------|----------|
| Install | pass/fail | Xs |
| Type Check | pass/fail | Xs |
| Lint | pass/fail | Xs |
| Tests | pass/fail (N passed, M failed) | Xs |
| Build | pass/fail | Xs |

### Issues Found
[List any errors, grouped by step]

### Summary
[One-line overall assessment]
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 · 90 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A 3febe38a4db4

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build-and-test is a skill published in the GitHub repository xvirobotics/metaskill (67 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 544 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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