polylith-check

Testing & Quality

Validate a Polylith workspace with `poly check` — the canonical CI gate. Verifies brick imports against project `pyproject.toml`s, third-party library declarations vs. the lock file, and (under `--strict`) cross-project version consistency. Exits 1 on failure. Use when the user wants to lint, validate, verify, or CI-gate a Polylith workspace.

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Quick command

uv run poly check

Command prefix: If you do not know the package manager, list lock files with ls uv.lock poetry.lock pdm.lock 2>/dev/null (a pyproject.toml is always present, so it tells you nothing on its own). Use uv run poly (uv), poetry poly (poetry), pdm run poly (pdm), hatch run poly (hatch), or poly (activated venv). Examples below use uv run.

⚠ Run poly sync first if bricks have been added/removed since the last commit, otherwise sync-related findings will dominate the report. Load polylith-sync if needed. ⚠ Exit code 1 = failure — this is the right command to wrap in CI.

Typical CI usage

uv run poly sync --quiet                          # Make sure brick lists are current (--quiet avoids the interactive prompt)
uv run poly check                                 # Validate; build fails if non-zero

# (Optional) scope test runs to bricks whose implementation changed.
# `poly diff --bricks --short` emits a comma-separated list, which becomes a
# pytest `-k` expression (`log,message` → `pytest -k "log or message"`).
changes="$(uv run poly diff --bricks --short)"
[ -n "$changes" ] && uv run pytest -k "${changes//,/ or }"

Use poly diff (implementation diff) for "run tests for what changed". Use poly test diff --short if you specifically want to scope on test-code changes — load polylith-testing for that variant. Both feed the same pytest -k recipe.

What it verifies

Every brick imported by another brick is listed in the consuming project's [tool.polylith.bricks].
Every third-party library imported by a project's bricks is declared in that project's dependencies and present in the lock file.

Command reference

Option	Default	Description
`--strict`	`false`	Stricter name/version matching across projects (catches version drift).
`--verbose`	`false`	Print extra context, including lock-file lookups.
`--quiet`	`false`	Suppress output. Exit code unchanged.
`--alias`	—	Comma-separated `import_name=package_name` aliases.
`--directory`	cwd	Limit the check to projects whose path matches this directory.

Examples

# Standard CI gate
uv run poly check

# One project only
uv run poly check --directory projects/user_api

Common failure modes & Auto-Fixes

Missing Brick Error: If the error says a brick imports another brick that isn't in [tool.polylith.bricks] → run poly sync (load polylith-sync).
Missing Dependency Error: If the error says a brick imports a third-party library not listed in the project's dependencies → load polylith-dependency-management and add the library to the project's pyproject.toml.
Version Drift Error: Under --strict, if versions of the same library diverge between projects → inspect pyproject.toml or load polylith-libs to find the drift, then align versions (or rely on a single root lock file).