# Aif Build Automation

Analyze project and generate or enhance build automation file (Makefile, Taskfile.yml...

- Repository: https://github.com/lee-to/ai-factory (1156 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: yes, review before use

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-build-automation -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-build-automation -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-build-automation -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill aif-build-automation -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Analyze project and generate or enhance build automation file (Makefile, Taskfile.yml, Justfile, Magefile.go). If a build file already exists, improves it by adding missing targets and best practices. Use when user says "generate makefile", "create taskfile", "add justfile", "setup mage", or "build automation".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Build Automation Generator

## Shared project skill-context

Before mode routing or work, read existing files relative to the current project root in this order (reuse them if already loaded):

1. `.ai-factory/skill-context/global-skill-context.md`, all bundled skills.
2. `.ai-factory/skill-context/aif-build-automation/SKILL.md`, this skill.

Missing files are skipped; an existing unreadable file stops dependent work with its path.
Precedence: individual > build (when applicable) > global > skill defaults; retain non-conflicting instructions and check all outputs against the effective rules.
These layers customize workflow; they do not replace the project's rules/architecture hierarchy or relax explicit requirements, ownership, scope, safety/privacy, validation, or approval boundaries. Report conflicts with those boundaries instead of overriding them.
`global` is a project-local layer, not home-directory configuration. Custom/extension skills do not automatically use it.

Generate or enhance a build automation file for any project. Supports Makefile, Taskfile.yml, Justfile, and Magefile.go.

**Two modes:**
- **Generate**, No build file exists → create one from scratch using best-practice templates
- **Enhance**, Build file already exists → analyze gaps, add missing targets, fix anti-patterns, preserve existing work

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## Step 0: Load Project Context

Read the project description if available:

```
Read .ai-factory/DESCRIPTION.md
```

Store the project context (tech stack, framework, architecture) for use in later steps. If the file doesn't exist, that's fine, we'll detect everything in Step 2.

**Read `.ai-factory/skill-context/aif-build-automation/SKILL.md`**, MANDATORY if the file exists.

This file contains project-specific rules accumulated by `/aif-evolve` from patches,
codebase conventions, and tech-stack analysis. These rules are tailored to the current project.

The rest: https://github.com/lee-to/ai-factory/blob/HEAD/skills/aif-build-automation/SKILL.md