Agent skill

Makefile Generation

Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets.

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Install Makefile Generation

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .claude/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .claude/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .agents/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .agents/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .cursor/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .cursor/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git --path plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .gemini/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .gemini/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .github/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .github/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market makefile-generation --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation .opencode/skills/makefile-generation && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "makefile-generation" agent skill from https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/tree/master/plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation into .opencode/skills/makefile-generation/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "makefile-generation", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: makefile-generation
GitHub stars: 342
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 382 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 159
Repo updated: Oct 6, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets.

Works in 5 steps: Detect Language → Load Template → Collect Project Info → …
Starting a project
SKILL.md covers When To Use, When NOT To Use, Standard Targets and Workflow, plus 3 more sections
Calls make

What it does

Makefile Generation is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets. Use when starting a project or standardizing build automation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Linting and formatting. The repository describes itself as: 23 Claude Code plugins: TDD enforcement hooks, git/PR workflows, spec-driven development, code review, project lifecycle, fix-from-error, maintenance automation, context… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Starting a project
Standardizing build automation

Example prompts

“Use the makefile-generation skill to generate Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets”
“/makefile-generation”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Detect Language
Load Template
Collect Project Info
Render Template
Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f3eb00. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- make
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Makefile Generation loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 382 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from athola/claude-night-market at commit 9f3eb00, republished under its MIT licence (© athola). 382 words, ~1,122 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/makefile-generation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: makefile-generation
description: Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets. Use when starting a project or standardizing build automation.
globs: **/Makefile
alwaysApply: false
model: sonnet
tools: Read, Write, Bash
category: infrastructure
tags: makefile, automation, build-tools, development-workflow
complexity: low
model_hint: fast
estimated_tokens: 1200

Makefile Generation Skill

Generate a Makefile with standard development targets for Python, Rust, or TypeScript projects.

When To Use

Need a Makefile for a project without one
Want to update Makefile with new targets
Standardizing build automation across projects
Setting up development workflow commands
Creating language-specific build targets

When NOT To Use

Makefile already exists and is current
Project uses alternative build system exclusively (e.g., npm scripts only)
Complex custom build process that doesn't fit standard patterns
Use /attune:upgrade-project instead for updating existing Makefiles

Standard Targets

Python Makefile

Common targets:

help - Show available targets
install - Install dependencies with uv
lint - Run ruff linting
format - Format code with ruff
typecheck - Run mypy type checking
test - Run pytest
test-coverage - Run tests with coverage report
check-all - Run all quality checks
clean - Remove generated files and caches
build - Build distribution packages
publish - Publish to PyPI

Rust Makefile

Common targets:

help - Show available targets
fmt - Format with rustfmt
lint - Run clippy
check - Cargo check
test - Run tests
build - Build release binary
clean - Clean build artifacts

TypeScript Makefile

Common targets:

help - Show available targets
install - Install npm dependencies
lint - Run ESLint
format - Format with Prettier
typecheck - Run tsc type checking
test - Run Jest tests
build - Build for production
dev - Start development server

Workflow

1. Detect Language

bash

# Check for language indicators
if [ -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="python"
elif [ -f "Cargo.toml" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="rust"
elif [ -f "package.json" ]; then
    LANGUAGE="typescript"
fi

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

2. Load Template

python

from pathlib import Path

template_path = Path("plugins/attune/templates") / language / "Makefile.template"

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

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3. Collect Project Info

python

metadata = {
    "PROJECT_NAME": "my-project",
    "PROJECT_MODULE": "my_project",
    "PYTHON_VERSION": "3.10",
}

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

4. Render Template

python

from template_engine import TemplateEngine

engine = TemplateEngine(metadata)
engine.render_file(template_path, Path("Makefile"))

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

5. Verify

bash

make help

Verification: Run make --dry-run to verify build configuration.

Customization

Users can add custom targets after the generated ones:

makefile

# ============================================================================
# CUSTOM TARGETS
# ============================================================================

deploy: build ## Deploy to production
	./scripts/deploy.sh

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

Skill(attune:project-init) - Full project initialization
/abstract:make-dogfood command - Makefile testing and validation

Exit Criteria

A Makefile is created at the project root containing at minimum a help target and all standard targets for the detected language (Python: install/lint/format/typecheck/test; Rust: fmt/lint/check/test/build; TypeScript: install/lint/format/typecheck/test/build).
make help runs without error and lists all generated targets with descriptions.
make --dry-run <target> exits 0 for each standard target, confirming recipe syntax is valid.
If no language is detected (no pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, or package.json), the skill reports the detection failure and stops rather than generating a blank Makefile.

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation of athola/claude-night-market.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f3eb00

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Questions about Makefile Generation

What does Makefile Generation do?

Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets. Makefile Generation is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Generates Makefiles with testing, linting, formatting, and automation targets.

When should I use Makefile Generation?

Makefile Generation fits situations like: starting a project; standardizing build automation.

How do I install Makefile Generation in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation in athola/claude-night-market) into .claude/skills/makefile-generation in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Makefile Generation in Codex?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/attune/skills/makefile-generation in athola/claude-night-market) into .agents/skills/makefile-generation in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Makefile Generation in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill makefile-generation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/makefile-generation, .gemini/skills/makefile-generation, .github/skills/makefile-generation and .opencode/skills/makefile-generation in your project.

What does Makefile Generation need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Makefile Generation needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Makefile Generation access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Makefile Generation safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Makefile Generation use?

Makefile Generation is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Makefile Generation use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Makefile Generation?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Makefile Generation: Install Anti-Slop Oxlint Rules (dmmulroy/anti-slop, 5.3k stars), Summarise Ecosystem Results (astral-sh/ruff, 50k stars), Minimizing Ty Ecosystem Changes (astral-sh/ruff, 50k stars) and Babysit PR To Pass CI (sgl-project/sglang, 37k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Makefile Generation?

athola (a GitHub user) maintains it in athola/claude-night-market, which has 342 GitHub stars. The repository holds 159 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: athola/claude-night-market on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Makefile Generation

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Makefile Generation Skill

When To Use

When NOT To Use

Standard Targets

Python Makefile

Rust Makefile

TypeScript Makefile

Workflow

1. Detect Language

2. Load Template

3. Collect Project Info

4. Render Template

5. Verify

Customization

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Exit Criteria

Files

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