Verifies a freshly scaffolded project by running its `package.json` scripts in order and reporting pass/fail per script. Use after the agent has followed a tooling stack reference and generated configs, or when asked to "verify the scaffold", "check the setup", "run verify", or "make sure everything works". Do NOT use on a project without `package.json`, or to run E2E or dev servers.
Scanned 9/2/2026
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name: setup-verify
description: Verifies a freshly scaffolded project by running its `package.json` scripts in order and reporting pass/fail per script. Use after the agent has followed a tooling stack reference and generated configs, or when asked to "verify the scaffold", "check the setup", "run verify", or "make sure everything works". Do NOT use on a project without `package.json`, or to run E2E or dev servers.
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# Verify scaffold
Runs the local verification chain against a freshly scaffolded project. Catches config typos, missing deps, and wiring mistakes before the user ever sees them.
## Guards
- If `package.json` does not exist at the project root, stop: `❌ No package.json found. Cannot verify.`
- If `node_modules/` does not exist, run `bun install` first, then proceed.
## Step 1: read scripts
Read `package.json` from the project root and extract the `scripts` block. Do not hardcode script names. Different stacks expose different scripts.
## Step 2: run the chain
Run the scripts below in order. Stop on the first failure and surface the error. Each script is a leaf command so failures point at the exact break.
| Order | Script | Skip if |
| ----- | ----------- | --------------------------- |
| 1 | `lint:fix` | absent |
| 2 | `typecheck` | absent |
| 3 | `check` | absent |
| 4 | `test:run` | absent, fall back to `test` |
| 5 | `build` | absent |
Skip any script not present in `package.json`. Do not invent a fallback command. Do not run composite scripts like `check:full`. Do not run `dev`, `preview`, `test:e2e`, `test:ui`, `screenshot`.
Run each as `bun run <script>` from the project root.
## Step 3: report
For each script run, report one of:
- `✅ <script>`
- `❌ <script>` followed by the failing output (last 40 lines)
End with a summary line:
- On pass: `✅ Scaffold verified (<n> scripts passed).`
- On fail: `❌ Scaffold failed at <script>. Fix the error and re-run setup-verify.`
## Out of scope
- Dev server and preview server smoke tests. Too flaky for a scaffold check, where a slow start reads as a failure. Use `project-commands` to start one on request.
- Playwright E2E tests. Require browser install and a running server.
- CI workflow validation. Runs in GitHub Actions on PR, not locally.
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