zed-agent-diagnostics

Testing & Quality

When running as Zed's built-in coding agent in JETLS, prefer the faster built-in diagnostics tool for project instructions that require `jetls check` or `./scripts/selfcheck.sh`, with fallback to selfcheck when needed.

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Zed agent diagnostics

Use this skill when you are running as Zed's built-in coding agent in this repository and need to satisfy project instructions that require jetls check or ./scripts/selfcheck.sh.

Validation rule

When project instructions say to run jetls check or ./scripts/selfcheck.sh after modifying code, normally satisfy that requirement by using Zed's diagnostics tool instead of running the terminal command. Prefer it when available because it is usually faster than starting a separate selfcheck.

Use Zed diagnostics for the initial check. Run ./scripts/selfcheck.sh only when diagnostics cannot provide enough confidence.

How to use diagnostics

After code edits, call the diagnostics tool for the project.
If the changed files are known and targeted diagnostics are useful, also call the diagnostics tool for those files.
Treat diagnostics in files you edited as issues to fix when they are likely caused by your changes.
Do not remove or simplify meaningful code only to silence diagnostics. If a natural fix is difficult to find, explain the situation and ask the user for help.
If diagnostics appear unrelated to your changes, report them as pre-existing or unrelated instead of fixing them opportunistically.

When diagnostics may be unreliable

JETLS analyzes itself through a Revise-based server session. This is efficient, but changes to type definitions or global bindings may not be fully reflected in the running session. Zed diagnostics can therefore be stale, incomplete, or fail.

Be especially conservative when changes affect type definitions, macros, include structure, diagnostics infrastructure, or code that diagnostics itself depends on. If diagnostics code was edited, diagnostics may be broken by the current changes.

If diagnostics look stale, incomplete, or broken, do not spend time on server restart loops. Explain that Zed diagnostics do not provide enough confidence and run ./scripts/selfcheck.sh to get a fresh check, unless the user has asked not to run it.

Relationship to tests

This skill only changes how self diagnostics are checked. It does not replace relevant component-specific tests. When you modify testable code, still run the most specific appropriate tests as described by the project instructions.

Reporting

In the final response, say whether validation used Zed diagnostics, fell back to ./scripts/selfcheck.sh, or used both. Summarize whether diagnostics were clean or what issues remained.