woyxiang Scoop Manifest
Create JSON manifests for the Scoop Windows package manager.
Detection
Triggers: "scoop manifest", "bucket JSON", "app manifest", "create manifest for", "add to scoop", "scoop package"
File patterns: bucket/*.json in Scoop bucket repos
Keywords: scoop, manifest, bucket, checkver, autoupdate
Routing
| When you need to... | Read |
|---|---|
| Understand the manifest schema (all fields) | manifest-schema.md |
| Set up version detection and auto-update | autoupdate.md |
| Add install/uninstall scripts or persist data | install-scripts.md |
| Follow the step-by-step workflow to create a manifest | workflow.md |
| See real manifest patterns from the Main bucket | examples.md |
Workflow Summary
- Search — Find the GitHub repo, identify the latest release
- Inspect — Check release assets for Windows binaries, note naming convention
- Analyze — Download zip, find
binpath andextract_dir - Build — Fill fields per manifest-schema.md, pick pattern from examples.md
- Autoupdate — Set
checkver+autoupdateper autoupdate.md - Validate — JSON syntax + structural consistency
Dependencies
- curl or gh(use api to find GitHub repos and release pages)
- Web search (to find app's home page)
- JSON validation (
node -e "require('./file.json')"or similar)
Source
Manifest schema and autoupdate docs adapted from the Scoop Wiki.