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FAQ

Does monorepo-doctor change my repository?

Section titled “Does monorepo-doctor change my repository?”

No. It doesn’t install, build, run tests or edit files. It writes two report files — to your temp directory by default — and a scratch work directory under your temp directory. See Guarantees.

Does monorepo-boundaries-cleanup merge PRs?

Section titled “Does monorepo-boundaries-cleanup merge PRs?”

No. It opens one PR per batch and stops. Merging is always yours, even if you tell it to “just get it merged”.

Any agent that supports the Agent Skills format, including Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, Cursor and Codex.

No. Plain npm, yarn, pnpm and bun workspaces are supported. Nx and Turborepo unlock extra caching and boundary rules.

It’s recommended, not required. Without node_modules or a local nx/turbo, the affected sub-checks are marked partial with a reason.

No. Skills are installed from GitHub with npx skills add santoshyadavdev/monorepo-doctor, or by copying the skill directory.

Why did it skip something I expected it to flag?

Section titled “Why did it skip something I expected it to flag?”

Findings must be actionable. When the right answer is “keep it as-is” — cache: false on a migration, a lazy ORM reference cycle, an unconsumed large package — the skill explains it in the check’s reason instead of raising a finding.