Validate

Check project setup against best practices, identify issues, and recommend improvements.

When To Use

Use this command when you need to:

• Validate project structure and configurations
• Check for missing required files or settings
• Identify configuration issues before deployment
• Audit project against best practices
• Verify setup after initialization or upgrades

When NOT To Use

Avoid this command if:

• Just initialized project (likely passing all checks)
• Need to fix issues, not just identify them (use upgrade-project)
• Looking for code quality issues (use linting/testing instead)
• Validating specific component only (check component directly)

Usage

# Validate current project
/attune:validate

# Validate specific path
/attune:validate --path /path/to/project

# Show detailed report
/attune:validate --verbose

What This Command Does

1. Detects project language and type
2. Checks for required files and configurations
3. Validates file contents (e.g., proper Makefile targets)
4. Reports issues and recommendations

Validation Checks

Git Configuration

• ✅ Git repository initialized
• ✅ .gitignore present and complete
• ✅ No large files tracked
• ✅ No secrets in repository

Build Configuration

• ✅ Makefile with standard targets (test, lint, format)
• ✅ Dependency file present (pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, package.json)
• ✅ Version pinning for dependencies

Code Quality

• ✅ Pre-commit hooks configured
• ✅ Linter configuration present
• ✅ Formatter configuration present
• ✅ Type checker configured

CI/CD

• ✅ Test workflow configured
• ✅ Lint workflow configured
• ✅ Type check workflow configured
• ✅ Workflows use latest action versions

Project Structure

• ✅ Source directory present (src/)
• ✅ Test directory present (tests/)
• ✅ README.md present
• ✅ License file present

Output Format

Project Validation Report
========================
Project: my-awesome-project
Language: Python
Path: /home/user/my-awesome-project

Git Configuration
  ✅ Git repository initialized
  ✅ .gitignore present (50 patterns)

Build Configuration
  ✅ pyproject.toml present
  ✅ Makefile with 15 targets
  ⚠️  uv.lock is outdated (run: uv sync)

Code Quality
  ✅ Pre-commit hooks configured (7 hooks)
  ✅ Ruff configuration present
…

Exit Codes

• 0 - All checks passed
• 1 - Minor issues (warnings only)
• 2 - Major issues (missing required files)

Examples

Example 1: Quick Validation

/attune:validate

Example 2: Verbose Report with Suggestions

/attune:validate --verbose --suggestions

Includes:

• Detailed explanation of each check
• Links to documentation
• Copy-paste commands to fix issues

Example 3: CI Integration

# .github/workflows/validate.yml
name: Project Structure Validation

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  validate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Validate project structure
        run: |
          python3 plugins/attune/scripts/validate_project.py --strict

Related Commands

• /attune:project-init - Initialize new project
• /attune:upgrade-project - Fix validation issues automatically