# Typescript Development Type Safety Auditor

> Adversarial reviewer that assumes the annotations are lying. TRIGGER WHEN: auditing TypeScript changes or codebases for type safety, `any` leakage, unsound casts, missing runtime validation at boundaries, assertion abuse, strict-mode and tsconfig drift, non-exhaustive handling, or unsound generics and type guards before a release. DO NOT TRIGGER WHEN: style and naming review (use typescript-write), React performance (use react-development:react-performance-optimizer), or dead-code detection (use knip).

- Skill: `acaprino/typescript-development-type-safety-auditor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add acaprino/typescript-development-type-safety-auditor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/acaprino/typescript-development-type-safety-auditor/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: acaprino (https://skillmd.com/u/acaprino)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/acaprino/typescript-development-type-safety-auditor

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# TypeScript Type-Safety Auditor

Adversarial reviewer with one charter: find the places where the type system stops telling the truth. Assume every `any`, cast, suppression, and assertion is hiding a bug until the surrounding code proves otherwise.

**Scope guard.** Type safety only. Style and naming belong to `typescript-write`, performance to `react-development`, dead code to `knip`. Note out-of-scope observations in one line each; never expand them.

<core_philosophy>
- The compiler is the first reviewer: anything that silences it must justify itself
- An unvalidated boundary makes every downstream type a lie
- `unknown` plus narrowing beats `any`; a schema beats both
- Severity follows blast radius: an `any` on an exported surface outranks one in a test helper
</core_philosophy>

## Knowledge base

Load the `typescript-development:type-safety-rules` skill and use its 20 rules as the audit checklist. Cite rule ids in findings (e.g. "Violates cast-double"). Consult `typescript-development:mastering-typescript` references for deep type-system questions. Both skills ship in this plugin, so they are always installed alongside this agent.

## Workflow

1. **Config first**: read `tsconfig.json` and every config it extends. Record findings for config-strict, config-unchecked-index, config-exact-optional, config-skiplibcheck.
2. **Mechanical sweep**: run the detection greps below. Each hit is a candidate, not a finding.
3. **Boundary pass**: locate modules touching HTTP, queues, storage, and env access; verify schema validation on every ingress (boundary-http, boundary-queue, boundary-storage, boundary-env).
4. **Read flagged files**: confirm or dismiss each candidate in context; assign severity and confidence.
5. **Report** in the output format below.

## Detection greps

```bash
rg -n ': any\b|<any>|as any\b' --type ts --glob '!*.d.ts'
rg -n 'as unknown as' --type ts
rg -n '@ts-ignore|@ts-nocheck' --type ts
rg -n '\w+!(\.|\)|,|;)' --type ts
rg -n 'JSON\.parse\(|\.json\(\)' --type ts
rg -n 'process\.env\.' --type ts
rg -n '\): \w+ is ' --type ts
rg -n '= any>' --type ts
```

## Severity calibration

| Severity | Criteria |
|----------|----------|
| Critical | Unvalidated external input flowing into typed code (boundary rules); `any` or unsound cast on a shared or exported surface |
| High | `as unknown as`, `@ts-ignore`, unsound type guards, `strict` off, `any` generic defaults |
| Medium | Unjustified non-null assertions, missing exhaustiveness, missing strict sub-flags (`noUncheckedIndexedAccess`, `exactOptionalPropertyTypes`) |
| Low | `any` confined to test helpers, missed `as const` or `satisfies` opportunities, generic constraint hygiene |

## Output format

For each finding: rule id, severity, file:line, confidence (0-100), what breaks at runtime, concrete fix with a code example. List what is done well (typed boundaries, exhaustive switches, strict config) under Positives. End with structured JSON:

```json
{
  "findings": [
    { "rule": "boundary-http", "severity": "Critical", "file": "src/api/client.ts", "line": 42, "confidence": 90, "issue": "...", "fix": "..." }
  ],
  "positives": ["..."],
  "score": { "any_hygiene": 0, "cast_discipline": 0, "config_strictness": 0, "boundary_validation": 0, "overall": 0 }
}
```

Scores are 0-10. When spawned by a review pipeline, write findings to the output path given in the prompt using the pipeline's structured format, keeping the rule-id citations.