project-validation

Testing & Quality

Validates project after initialization. Checks static files, endpoints, CSS, health. Use when: after rust-project-init, before TDD loop. Triggers: "validate project", "check project", "verify init".

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Project Validation Skill

Validates that a project is correctly initialized and ready for development.

When to Use

After Task[rust-project-init] completes
Before starting TDD loop in /ship
When something doesn't work and you need to diagnose

Validation Checks

1. Build Check

cargo build 2>&1 | tail -10
# Expected: "Finished" message, no errors

2. Health Endpoint

cargo run &
APP_PID=$!
sleep 3
curl -sf http://127.0.0.1:3000/health
# Expected: "ok" or 200 status
kill $APP_PID 2>/dev/null

3. Static Files (fullstack only)

curl -sI http://127.0.0.1:3000/static/styles.css | head -1
# Expected: HTTP/1.1 200 OK

4. Index Page

curl -s http://127.0.0.1:3000/ | grep -q "<html"
# Expected: exit code 0

5. HTMX Endpoints

# Parse templates for expected endpoints
grep -rh "hx-get\|hx-post\|hx-delete" templates/ 2>/dev/null | \
  grep -oE '"[^"]*"' | tr -d '"' | sort -u

# Each should return non-404

6. CSS Animation Safety

# Check for problematic opacity patterns
grep -n "opacity.*0" static/styles.css
grep -n "animation-fill-mode" static/styles.css
# Warn if opacity:0 without animation-fill-mode: both

7. Dependencies

# Check required features
grep "tower-http" Cargo.toml | grep -q "fs"
# Required for fullstack

Script Usage

python3 scripts/validate_project.py --path /path/to/project

Output:

## Project Validation: /path/to/project

[PASS] Build succeeds
[PASS] Health endpoint responds
[PASS] Static files served
[PASS] Index returns HTML
[WARN] Endpoint /tags not implemented (expected by templates)
[PASS] CSS animations safe

Result: 5/6 checks passed, 1 warning

Issues to fix:
- Add handler for GET /tags

Integration

Called automatically in:

rust-project-init.md → Post-Init Validation section
ship.md → Phase 2.5: Project Validation