What problem does it solve?
This Skill eliminates the risk of inconsistent code quality, missed linting errors, and agents bypassing quality rules by modifying linter configurations instead of fixing code, reducing technical debt and cutting down manual code review time for quality issues.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Write-Time Quality Enforcement: Runs formatters and linters automatically on every file edit, catching 40-50% of issues silently before they reach code review.
- Tiered AI-Powered Fixes: Routes complex violations to the appropriate Claude model (Haiku for style, Sonnet for logic, Opus for types) for automated remediation, reducing manual fix work.
- Config & Tooling Guardrails: Blocks edits to linter configs to prevent rule-gaming, enforces modern package managers, and supports 8+ languages including Python, TypeScript, Shell, and Markdown.
- Use Case: For a development team working on a multi-language codebase, this Skill automatically fixes most style and linting issues on write, delegates complex violations to the appropriate AI model for remediation, and prevents rule-gaming by blocking config edits, ensuring only high-quality code reaches review.
Quick Start
Use the plankton-code-quality skill to set up automatic write-time code formatting, linting, and AI-powered violation fixes for your project's supported languages.