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Alan Wizemann c9b8da9ec5 feat(ci): validate template submissions on PR + tailored checklist
Adds the CI gate that runs on every PR touching templates/, the catalog
validator, or its tests. The Action:
- runs tools/test_build_catalog.py (catches drift between validator +
  its own test suite on the same PR that introduces the drift)
- runs tools/build-catalog.py --check (validates every shipped .scarftemplate
  against the same invariants ProjectTemplateService.verifyClaims enforces
  at install time)
- posts a PR comment with the last 3 KB of the validator log on failure,
  so contributors see the specific mismatch without hunting through the
  Actions UI

.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE/template-submission.md is the author-facing
checklist that mirrors templates/CONTRIBUTING.md. Opt-in via the
?template=template-submission.md compare URL (documented in the
contribution guide). CONTRIBUTING.md now links both the PR template and
the workflow file so authors know what to expect.

Phase 4 closes the community loop — from this commit on, a stranger can
fork the repo, follow templates/CONTRIBUTING.md, push a PR, and get
deterministic green/red feedback before a maintainer ever looks at it.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-23 00:35:46 +02:00
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Scarf Templates

The community template catalog for Scarf — a macOS GUI for the Hermes AI agent. Each subdirectory here is one installable project template. Browse the live catalog with live dashboard previews at https://awizemann.github.io/scarf/templates/.

What's a template?

A .scarftemplate bundle ships:

  • A pre-configured project dashboard (widgets for stats, lists, text, charts).
  • A cross-agent AGENTS.md (agents.md standard) that tells Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Aider, Jules, Copilot, Zed, etc. how to work with the project.
  • Optional skills, cron jobs, optional per-agent instruction shims (CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, .cursorrules, .github/copilot-instructions.md), and an optional memory appendix.

Users install with one click from the catalog site or by opening a .scarftemplate file in Scarf.

Layout

Each template lives at templates/<github-handle>/<template-name>/ with:

templates/<github-handle>/<template-name>/
├── staging/                               source tree
│   ├── template.json                      manifest (id, name, version, contents claim)
│   ├── README.md                          shown on catalog detail page
│   ├── AGENTS.md                          required cross-agent instructions
│   ├── dashboard.json                     rendered as a live preview on the catalog site
│   ├── instructions/…                     optional per-agent shims
│   ├── skills/…                           optional namespaced skills
│   ├── cron/jobs.json                     optional cron job definitions
│   └── memory/append.md                   optional memory appendix
├── <template-name>.scarftemplate          built bundle (zipped staging/), committed as-is
└── screenshots/                           optional PNGs for the detail page

The built .scarftemplate is served directly from raw.githubusercontent.com — the catalog's Install button links at:

scarf://install?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/awizemann/scarf/main/templates/<author>/<name>/<name>.scarftemplate

Contributing a template

See CONTRIBUTING.md for the full submission walkthrough. tl;dr: fork, drop a template under templates/<your-handle>/<your-name>/, open a PR. A CI check validates the bundle; a maintainer reviews the content.

Catalog metadata

catalog.json at this directory is the aggregate index that the website reads. It's regenerated by the maintainer on merge — do not modify it in your PR, the build script will take care of it.

Current templates

Template Author Description
site-status-checker awizemann Daily HTTP uptime check for a user-editable list of URLs. Dashboard + cron + AGENTS.md.