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hygiene

Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright headers, indentation, formatting, ESLint, and stylelint. Run the hygiene check before declaring work complete.

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Overview
Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright headers, indentation, formatting, ESLint, and stylelint. Run the hygiene check before declaring work complete.

Core value

Turns reusable Development know-how into an installable skill, helping users complete github, community work faster.

Target users

  • Developers, testers, and maintainers who handle Development tasks in Focus Code.
  • Teams that already trust workflows or content from microsoft.
  • Users who want standardized prompts, steps, or conventions instead of repeating setup work.

Best practices

  • Read the skill content first to confirm required inputs, expected outputs, and dependencies.
  • Try it on a small task before relying on it for critical work.
  • Add project-specific constraints such as coding style, target platform, test expectations, and delivery format.
  • For external sources, verify the source link, version, and recent maintenance activity.

Best use cases

  • Tasks related to github, community that need a reusable execution flow.
  • Converting a community repo, team convention, or personal workflow into day-to-day assistance.
  • Starting from a proven skill instead of writing prompts or procedures from scratch.

Limits and boundaries

  • Results depend on the quality of the original skill content and may need human correction.
  • It does not replace code review, tests, security review, or professional judgment.
  • External tools, APIs, account permissions, and local dependencies still need separate setup.

Differentiation

  • Structured around Development, making it easier to discover and reuse than loose prompt snippets.
  • Marked as GitHub, which helps users judge trust and maintenance expectations.
  • Keeps the original source link available for repository, documentation, or discussion follow-up.
  • Tagged with github, community, so it can be filtered by concrete task intent.

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name: hygiene description: Use when making code changes to ensure they pass VS Code's hygiene checks. Covers the pre-commit hook, unicode restrictions, string quoting rules, copyright headers, indentation, formatting, ESLint, and stylelint. Run the hygiene check before declaring work complete.

Hygiene Checks

VS Code runs a hygiene check as a git pre-commit hook. Commits will be rejected if hygiene fails.

Running the hygiene check

Always run the pre-commit hygiene check before declaring work complete. This catches issues that would block a commit.

To run the hygiene check on your staged files:

npm run precommit

This executes node --experimental-strip-types build/hygiene.ts, which scans only staged files (from git diff --cached).

To check specific files directly (without staging them first):

node --experimental-strip-types build/hygiene.ts path/to/file.ts

What it checks

The hygiene linter scans staged files for issues including (but not limited to):

  • Unicode characters: Non-ASCII characters (em-dashes, curly quotes, emoji, etc.) are rejected. Use ASCII equivalents in comments and code. Suppress with // allow-any-unicode-next-line or // allow-any-unicode-comment-file.
  • Double-quoted strings: Only use "double quotes" for externalized (localized) strings. Use 'single quotes' everywhere else.
  • Copyright headers: All files must include the Microsoft copyright header.
  • Indentation: Tabs only, no spaces for indentation.
  • Formatting: TypeScript files must match the formatter output (run Format Document to fix).
  • ESLint: TypeScript files are linted with ESLint.
  • Stylelint: CSS files are linted with stylelint.

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