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feat(test): add bash syntax validation gate test for all SKILL.md blocks
Adds test/skill-bash-syntax.test.ts — a gate-tier free test that extracts all bash code blocks from all 53 generated SKILL.md files and runs bash -n on each. Covers 1327+ blocks in ~4s with no API calls. Fixes #1667. Angle-bracket placeholders like <branch-name> are preprocessed to PLACEHOLDER before validation so template markers don't produce false positives. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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CHANGELOG.md

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# Changelog
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## [1.44.1.0] - 2026-05-24
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## **Bash syntax validation now catches broken shell code in SKILL.md files before it ships to users.**
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Every generated SKILL.md is machine-readable prompt text — but the bash code blocks inside are real commands agents run. Until now, a typo like `2/dev/null` instead of `2>/dev/null`, or a missing closing code fence that swallows prose as bash, would pass all tests and break silently in the field. This release adds `test/skill-bash-syntax.test.ts`, a gate-tier free test that extracts all 1327+ bash blocks across all 53 skill files and runs `bash -n` (parse-only, no execution) on each.
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The numbers that matter:
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| Metric | Before | After |
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| Bash blocks validated per `bun test` | 0 | 1327+ |
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| SKILL.md files covered | 0 | 53 |
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| Runtime cost | — | ~4s, free |
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| First bug caught | — | unclosed fence in `codex/SKILL.md` |
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The test also found and fixed a real bug on the way: `codex/SKILL.md` had a bash block (line ~1419) missing its closing ` ``` ` fence, which caused prose text with backtick-quoted identifiers to be parsed as shell code. The bug was invisible to all prior tests.
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What this means for contributors: push a SKILL.md change with broken bash syntax and CI now blocks the merge. The test runs in under 5 seconds with no API calls. Angle-bracket template placeholders like `<branch-name>` are preprocessed to `PLACEHOLDER` before validation so intentional template markers don't cause false positives.
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### Itemized changes
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#### Added
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- `test/skill-bash-syntax.test.ts`: gate-tier free test; runs `bash -n` on all `\`\`\`bash` blocks in all 53 generated SKILL.md files; catches syntax errors, broken redirects, unclosed strings, and missing code fences before they reach users
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#### Fixed
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- `codex/SKILL.md` + `codex/SKILL.md.tmpl`: missing ` ``` ` closing fence for the resumed-session bash block; prose text with backtick-quoted identifiers was inside the bash block, causing `bash -n` to report "unexpected EOF while looking for matching \`"
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## [1.44.0.0] - 2026-05-23
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## **`/plan-pm-review` ships: RICE prioritization, JTBD segmentation, and acceptance criteria land as the missing PM voice in the review pipeline.**

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1.44.0.0
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1.44.1.0

package.json

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{
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"name": "gstack",
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"version": "1.44.0.0",
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"version": "1.44.1.0",
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"description": "Garry's Stack — Claude Code skills + fast headless browser. One repo, one install, entire AI engineering workflow.",
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"license": "MIT",
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"type": "module",

test/skill-bash-syntax.test.ts

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/**
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* Bash syntax validation for SKILL.md code blocks (gate, free).
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* Extracts every ```bash...``` block from all generated SKILL.md files and
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* runs `bash -n` (parse-only, no execution) on each one. Catches unclosed
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* code fences, broken redirects (e.g. `2/dev/null` instead of `2>/dev/null`),
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* unclosed strings, and other syntactic mistakes before they reach users.
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* Preprocessing: angle-bracket placeholder tokens like <branch-name> are
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* replaced with the bareword PLACEHOLDER before validation. Without this
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* substitution, `<word>` is parsed as a shell redirect (read stdin from
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* file "word>") and would produce false positive errors on intentional
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* template placeholders that agents fill in at runtime.
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* Covers all 53 SKILL.md files discovered via discoverSkillFiles().
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* Runs in < 2s with no network or API calls.
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*/
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import { describe, test, expect } from 'bun:test';
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import * as fs from 'fs';
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import * as path from 'path';
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const ROOT = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..');
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const SKIP_DIRS = new Set(['node_modules', '.git', 'dist']);
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function discoverSkillFiles(root: string): string[] {
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const subdirs = fs.readdirSync(root, { withFileTypes: true })
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.filter(d => d.isDirectory() && !d.name.startsWith('.') && !SKIP_DIRS.has(d.name))
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.map(d => d.name);
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const results: string[] = [];
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if (fs.existsSync(path.join(root, 'SKILL.md'))) {
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results.push('SKILL.md');
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}
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for (const dir of subdirs) {
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const rel = `${dir}/SKILL.md`;
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if (fs.existsSync(path.join(root, rel))) {
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results.push(rel);
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}
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}
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return results;
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}
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interface BashBlock {
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code: string;
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lineNo: number; // 1-indexed line number where the block content starts
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}
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function extractBashBlocks(content: string): BashBlock[] {
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const lines = content.split('\n');
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const blocks: BashBlock[] = [];
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let inBash = false;
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let blockLines: string[] = [];
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let startLine = 0;
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for (let i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {
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const line = lines[i];
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if (!inBash && line.trimStart().startsWith('```bash')) {
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inBash = true;
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blockLines = [];
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startLine = i + 2; // +1 for 1-index, +1 to skip the fence line itself
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continue;
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}
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if (inBash && line.trimStart() === '```') {
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blocks.push({ code: blockLines.join('\n'), lineNo: startLine });
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inBash = false;
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continue;
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}
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if (inBash) {
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blockLines.push(line);
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}
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}
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return blocks;
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}
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// Replace <placeholder> tokens with the bareword PLACEHOLDER to prevent
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// bash from interpreting them as stdin redirects, which produce false errors.
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function preprocess(code: string): string {
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return code.replace(/<[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_.-]*>/g, 'PLACEHOLDER');
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}
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function checkBashSyntax(code: string): string | null {
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const result = Bun.spawnSync(['bash', '-n'], {
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stdin: Buffer.from(code),
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stdout: 'pipe',
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stderr: 'pipe',
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});
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if (result.exitCode !== 0) {
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return result.stderr.toString().trim();
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}
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return null;
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}
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describe('bash syntax validation in SKILL.md code blocks', () => {
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const skillFiles = discoverSkillFiles(ROOT);
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// Sanity: we should find at least 10 skill files
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test('discovers skill files', () => {
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expect(skillFiles.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(10);
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});
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for (const relPath of skillFiles) {
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test(`${relPath} — all bash blocks pass bash -n`, () => {
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const content = fs.readFileSync(path.join(ROOT, relPath), 'utf-8');
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const blocks = extractBashBlocks(content);
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const errors: string[] = [];
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for (const { code, lineNo } of blocks) {
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const preprocessed = preprocess(code);
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const errMsg = checkBashSyntax(preprocessed);
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if (errMsg !== null) {
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// Trim bash's "bash: line N:" prefix and replace with our own location
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const cleaned = errMsg.replace(/^bash: line \d+: /, '');
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errors.push(` ~line ${lineNo}: ${cleaned}`);
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}
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}
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if (errors.length > 0) {
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throw new Error(
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`${relPath}: ${errors.length} bash block(s) failed syntax check:\n` +
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errors.join('\n')
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);
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}
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});
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}
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});

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