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flake8 is a python tool that glues together pycodestyle, pyflakes, mccabe, and third-party plugins to check the style and quality of some python code.
3.8K starsMay 19, 2026 pushdevelopmentPythonStatic Analysis
$ npx skills add PyCQA/flake8Alternatives
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$ npx skills add ast-grep/ast-grep#8
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$ npx skills add spotbugs/spotbugs#9
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$ npx skills add zizmorcore/zizmor#10
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$ npx skills add carthage-software/mago#11
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$ npx skills add willcrichton/flowistry#12
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$ npx skills add koalaman/shellcheck#13
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$ npx skills add realm/SwiftLint#14
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$ npx skills add facebook/infer#15
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