warden

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Translated

Run Warden to analyze code changes before committing. Use when asked to "run warden", "check my changes", "review before commit", "warden config", "warden.toml", "create a warden skill", "add trigger", or any Warden-related local development task.

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Sourcegetsentry/warden

Added on2026-02-15

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add getsentry/warden warden

SKILL.md Content

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Run Warden to analyze code changes before committing.

References

Read the relevant reference when the task requires deeper detail:

Document	Read When
`${CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT}/references/cli-reference.md`	Full option details, per-command flags, examples
`${CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT}/references/configuration.md`	Editing warden.toml, triggers, patterns, troubleshooting
`${CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT}/references/config-schema.md`	Exact field names, types, and defaults
`${CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT}/references/creating-skills.md`	Writing custom skills, remote skills, skill discovery

Running Warden

bash

# Analyze uncommitted changes (uses warden.toml triggers)
warden

# Run a specific skill
warden --skill find-bugs

# Analyze specific files
warden src/auth.ts src/database.ts

# Analyze changes from a git ref
warden main..HEAD
warden HEAD~3

# Auto-apply suggested fixes
warden --fix

# Fail on high-severity findings
warden --fail-on high

Set

WARDEN_ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

or log in via

claude login

before running.

Pre-Commit Workflow

After making code changes and before committing:

Run
```
warden
```
to analyze uncommitted changes
Review the findings
Fix issues Warden reports (or use
```
warden --fix
```
to auto-apply)
Commit the changes

Run Warden once to validate work. Do not loop re-running Warden on the same changes.

Reading Output

Severity levels:

```
critical
```
- Must fix before merge
```
high
```
- Should fix before merge
```
medium
```
- Worth reviewing
```
low
```
- Minor improvement
```
info
```
- Informational only

Exit codes:

= no findings at or above fail threshold.

= findings at or above fail threshold.

Verbosity:

-v

shows real-time findings.

-vv

shows debug info (tokens, latency).

-q

shows errors and summary only.

Commands

Command	Description
`warden`	Run analysis (default)
`warden init`	Initialize warden.toml and GitHub workflow
`warden add [skill]`	Add skill trigger to warden.toml
`warden sync [remote]`	Update cached remote skills
`warden setup-app`	Create GitHub App via manifest flow

For full options and flags, read

${CLAUDE_SKILL_ROOT}/references/cli-reference.md