Install Anti Slop

Install anti-slop

Install the bundled Oxlint plugin into the current repository and integrate it with the repository's existing lint setup. Preserve unrelated work and adapt to the project's package manager and configuration style.

Procedure

1. Inspect the repository before changing it:

   • Read its agent instructions.
   • Check git status and preserve unrelated changes.
   • Identify the package manager from packageManager and lockfiles.
   • Find Oxlint configuration (oxlint.config.*, .oxlintrc*, or a Vite+ config).
   • Check whether anti-slop files or rules already exist. Do not overwrite them without reviewing the diff.

2. Copy the bundled plugin from this skill. Run from the target repository:

   node <skill-directory>/scripts/install.mjs
   

   This creates tools/oxlint/anti-slop/. Pass another relative destination as the first argument when the repository has an established tooling layout. The script refuses to replace an existing destination; only use --force after backing up and reviewing existing files.

3. Install current compatible dependencies rather than trusting versions remembered by the agent:

   • If the repository already depends on oxlint, read its installed version from the package manager or lockfile and install @oxlint/plugins at exactly that version. Pin it exactly rather than by range so future upgrades move both packages together.
   • Only when the repository has no oxlint dependency, query npm view oxlint version and npm view @oxlint/plugins version, then install the same current version of both packages.
   • oxlint is a development dependency. The copied source imports @oxlint/plugins, so install it as a development dependency for a local-only plugin.
   • Do not replace the package manager or rewrite unrelated dependency ranges.

4. Register the generic plugin, configure ignores, and enable all generic rules. For oxlint.config.ts or .oxlintrc.json, merge these fields with the existing configuration:

   ignorePatterns: [
     ".agent/**",
     ".agents/**",
     ".claude/**",
     ".codex/**",
     ".continue/**",
     ".cursor/**",
     ".gemini/**",
     ".opencode/**",
     ".pi/**",
     ".roo/**",
     ".windsurf/**",
     "tools/oxlint/anti-slop/**",
   ],
   jsPlugins: [
     { name: "anti-slop", specifier: "./tools/oxlint/anti-slop/index.ts" },
   ],
   

   Keep every existing ignore. Adjust the final pattern when the plugin was copied elsewhere. Inspect the repository for other project-local agent tooling directories and add them rather than linting installed skills, hooks, or generated agent configuration as application source. Do not broadly ignore all dot-directories, because some repositories keep owned source or checks in them.

   For Vite+, add these fields to lint.ignorePatterns and lint.jsPlugins. Also merge the same patterns into fmt.ignorePatterns so vp check does not reformat installed agent assets or the vendored plugin. Merge existing entries instead of replacing them.

   Enable these rules at "error":

   {
     "anti-slop/no-chained-type-assertions": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-conditional-empty-object-spread": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-known-value-widening": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-module-mocking": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-object-parameters": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-reflect-apply": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-reflect-get": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-runtime-typeof": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-shape-in-symbol-names": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-unknown-parameters": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-unknown-returns": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-unknown-type-aliases": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-unsafe-dictionary-type": "error",
     "anti-slop/no-widen-then-assert": "error",
     "anti-slop/require-safety-comment-for-type-assertion": "error"
   }
   

   If the repository declares effect in a package manifest, or the user explicitly requests Effect rules, also register the opt-in Effect plugin:

   jsPlugins: [
     {
       name: "anti-slop-effect",
       specifier: "./tools/oxlint/anti-slop/effect/index.ts",
     },
   ],
   rules: {
     "anti-slop-effect/no-service-constructor-imports": "error",
   },
   

   Merge these entries with the generic plugin configuration rather than replacing it. Do not enable the Effect plugin merely because Effect appears transitively in a lockfile; require a direct package-manifest dependency or an explicit user request. The rule covers relative project imports. Report package-alias imports as a current limitation rather than pretending they are enforced.

5. Run the repository's lint command and typecheck. For Vite+, run the repository's full vp check command after adding both lint and format ignores. If findings appear in owned project source, report them and fix them only when the user asked for migration/cleanup. Do not suppress rules, weaken rule severity, add unsafe casts, or mechanically launder types to make lint pass.

6. Review the final diff and clearly report:

   • copied path,
   • dependency versions installed,
   • configuration changed,
   • checks run and any remaining findings.

Migration guidance

When replacing an older local copy, compare its rules and diagnostics before overwriting. Keep project-specific rules in their own plugin. The default anti-slop plugin is intentionally generic; framework-specific policy belongs in an explicit opt-in group such as anti-slop-effect. Prefer inference, as const, satisfies, named owner contracts, and boundary parsing when resolving findings.