harness-plugin-maintainer

You can automate plugin release validation by executing deterministic artifact generation, manifest verification, and CLI installation smoke tests. This Skill manages the full validation suite to ensure release readiness and stability for Codex and Claude Code runtimes.

Deterministic plugin tree generation creates consistent plugin archives, manifests, and hashes for reliable releases. It is needed to lock upstream dependencies and ensure predictable runtime environments across Codex and Claude Code installations.

Yes, the validation process enforces strict compliance with semantic versioning and upstream dependency locking. It verifies release candidates against these regression standards to prevent version conflicts and ensure plugin stability before official distribution.

To run a CLI installation smoke test, invoke the validation suite to build the plugin and verify its installation. This Skill automates the process, checking that all user skills are correctly projected into the runtime environment and pass installation checks.

Yes, you can use this to verify that user skills are correctly projected into the runtime. The Skill performs comprehensive inventory checks and regression analysis to confirm accurate component projection before the plugin passes distribution validation.

The limitations include its strict scope restricted to Codex and Claude Code runtimes. It focuses exclusively on deterministic builds, semantic versioning compliance, and regression standards, meaning it does not handle arbitrary runtime environments or non-standard deployment workflows.