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surgical-config

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Deterministic, safe config edits.

Software Engineering#deterministic#software-engineering#project-detection#configuration-editing#surgical-edit#structured-config#versioned-backups
Authorlevonk
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

This skill provides deterministic, non-destructive configuration file modifications using a tiered tool hierarchy to avoid overwriting existing user settings across projects.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Deterministic edits across structured files like devbox.json, Cargo.toml, and other project configs without overwriting user settings
  • Project-aware editing with automatic tool selection (surgical-edit.sh) and backups
  • Automatic mirroring backups and post-edit validation to ensure consistency
  • Reuse patterns and templates for multi-file edits while preserving formatting

Quick Start

  • Modify a Cargo.toml dependency: ./scripts/surgical-edit.sh Cargo.toml '.dependencies += {"serde": "1.0"}'
  • Add a package to devbox.json: ./scripts/surgical-edit.sh devbox.json '.packages += ["nodejs", "rust"]'
  • Run project-aware edits: ./scripts/surgical-edit.sh --detect-project package.json '.dependencies += {"lodash": "^4.17.21"}'

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Required Modules

None required

Components

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Name: surgical-config
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