hygiene
Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright headers, indentation, formatting, ESLint, and stylelint. Run the hygiene check before declaring work complete.
How do I install this agent skill?
npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/vscode --skill hygieneIs this agent skill safe to install?
- Gen Agent Trust Hubpass
The skill provides instructions for running standard code hygiene and linting checks common in the VS Code development environment. No security risks were identified.
- Socketpass
No alerts
- Snykpass
Risk: LOW · No issues
- Runlayerwarn
1/1 file flagged
- ZeroLeakspass
Score: 93/100 · 2 sections analyzed
What does this agent skill do?
Hygiene Checks
VS Code runs a hygiene check as a git pre-commit hook. Commits will be rejected if hygiene fails.
Running the hygiene check
Always run the pre-commit hygiene check before declaring work complete. This catches issues that would block a commit.
To run the hygiene check on your staged files:
npm run precommit
This executes node --experimental-strip-types build/hygiene.ts, which scans only staged files (from git diff --cached).
To check specific files directly (without staging them first):
node --experimental-strip-types build/hygiene.ts path/to/file.ts
What it checks
The hygiene linter scans staged files for issues including (but not limited to):
- Unicode characters: Non-ASCII characters (em-dashes, curly quotes, emoji, etc.) are rejected. Use ASCII equivalents in comments and code. Suppress with
// allow-any-unicode-next-lineor// allow-any-unicode-comment-file. - Double-quoted strings: Only use
"double quotes"for externalized (localized) strings. Use'single quotes'everywhere else. - Copyright headers: All files must include the Microsoft copyright header.
- Indentation: Tabs only, no spaces for indentation.
- Formatting: TypeScript files must match the formatter output (run
Format Documentto fix). - ESLint: TypeScript files are linted with ESLint.
- Stylelint: CSS files are linted with stylelint.
How can the creator link this skill?
Add the canonical catalog link to the repository README so users can inspect current installs and available audits. The publishing guide covers the complete discovery path.
<a href="https://skillzs.dev/skills/microsoft/vscode/hygiene">View hygiene on skillZs</a>