{"slug":"mise-tool-management","title":"mise-tool-management","summary":"Use when pinning binary CLI / build tools (swiftlint, xcbeautify, gitleaks, lefthook) with mise so dev machines and CI share one `.mise.toml` — choosing mise vs asdf / Homebrew / manual, writing `.mise.toml` (`aqua:` / `github:` backends, `os = [\"macos\"]` guards), running `mise t","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-15T18:24:06.120131Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/wei18/apple-dev-skills","stars":18,"forks":0,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T03:05:05Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<h2>name: mise-tool-management\ndescription: 'Use when pinning binary CLI / build tools (swiftlint, xcbeautify, gitleaks, lefthook) with mise so dev machines and CI share one <code>.mise.toml</code> — choosing mise vs asdf / Homebrew / manual, writing <code>.mise.toml</code> (<code>aqua:</code> / <code>github:</code> backends, <code>os = [\"macos\"]</code> guards), running <code>mise trust</code> / <code>mise install</code> / <code>mise exec</code> from <code>ci_post_clone.sh</code> or a fresh git worktree, or debugging \"mise exec ignores .mise.toml in a new worktree\", <code>unsupported env: linux/amd64</code>. Does NOT cover Xcode Cloud workflow design → xcode-cloud-single-track-ci, nor gitleaks / lefthook policy → apple-public-repo-security.'</h2>\n<h1>mise Tool Management</h1>\n<h2>When to invoke</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Starting a new project and picking a version manager for binary CLI / build tools.</li>\n<li>Writing the first <code>.mise.toml</code>.</li>\n<li>Adding new binary tools (swiftlint, swiftformat, xcbeautify, gitleaks, lefthook, jq, yq, ...).</li>\n<li>Setting up CI (e.g. Xcode Cloud <code>ci_scripts/</code>) that needs to call tools.</li>\n<li>User asks \"asdf vs mise\", \"why isn't Homebrew enough\", \"what about CI / local version drift\".</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Default decisions</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adopt <code>mise</code></strong> (<a href=\"https://mise.jdx.dev/\">mise.jdx.dev</a>) to manage binary CLI / build tools.</li>\n<li><strong>Dev machine and CI share the same <code>.mise.toml</code></strong>, committed to git. Both <code>.mise.toml</code> and <code>mise.toml</code> (no leading dot) are valid config filenames — mise's own docs primarily spell it <code>mise.toml</code> — but this catalog's convention is the dotfile form.</li>\n<li>Plugin backend priority: core plugin → <code>aqua:</code> → <code>github:</code>/<code>gitlab:</code> (release assets) → <code>asdf:</code> (legacy). <code>ubi:</code> is deprecated — mise's own release-backend docs mark it \"Legacy release installer (deprecated)\".</li>\n<li><strong>Xcode Cloud has no mise preinstalled</strong> — its build environment ships only Homebrew, so a <code>ci_post_clone.sh</code> that starts with a bare <code>mise</code> command fails with \"command not found\". Xcode Cloud also runs <code>ci_post_clone.sh</code> with <code>ci_scripts/</code> as the working directory, so the script must <code>cd \"$CI_PRIMARY_REPOSITORY_PATH\"</code> first or <code>./bin/mise</code> won't resolve. Commit a bootstrapped <code>bin/mise</code> (<code>mise generate install-script --localize --write bin/mise</code> — requires mise ≥ 2026.8.11; on older mise run <code>mise self-update</code>, or use the old <code>mise generate bootstrap --localize --write bin/mise</code>, which newer mise keeps as a deprecated alias scheduled for removal in mise 2027.9.0) and call it explicitly: after <code>cd \"$CI_PRIMARY_REPOSITORY_PATH\"</code>, run <code>./bin/mise trust &amp;&amp; ./bin/mise install</code>; subsequent tool invocations always go through <code>./bin/mise exec -- &lt;tool&gt; &lt;args&gt;</code> (see <code>xcode-cloud-single-track-ci</code> for the full hook). On a dev machine or any CI runner that already has mise on <code>PATH</code>, drop the <code>./bin/</code> prefix: <code>mise exec -- &lt;tool&gt; &lt;args&gt;</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>A freshly cloned repo or a freshly created git worktree starts with <code>.mise.toml</code> untrusted.</strong> On mise &lt; 2026.8.9, or in paranoid / safe mode, <code>mise install</code> / <code>mise exec</code> hard-error with <code>Config files in &lt;dir&gt; are not trusted. Trust them with 'mise trust'</code> until <code>mise trust</code> has run once in that directory; from mise 2026.8.9, normal mode implicitly trusts the active config for <code>mise install</code> / <code>mise exec</code> / <code>mise run</code>. A committed <code>bin/mise</code> pins its own mise version, so keep running <code>mise trust</code> before the first <code>mise install</code>/<code>mise exec</code> in every new agent worktree and CI checkout — harmless on new mise, required on old.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Rationale</h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A single file (<code>.mise.toml</code>) is the single source of truth; version drift is eliminated at the root.</li>\n<li>mise manages multiple languages / tools at once, no need for a separate version manager per tool.</li>\n<li>Stronger than Homebrew: pin to minor / patch versions, not \"latest is the version\".</li>\n<li>Faster than asdf: written in Rust, with small shell-hook overhead.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Example <code>.mise.toml</code></h2>\n<pre><code>[tools]\nswiftlint = \"0.65\" # pinned 2026-09\nxcbeautify = \"3\" # pinned 2026-09\n\"aqua:gitleaks/gitleaks\" = \"8\"\n\"aqua:evilmartians/lefthook\" = \"2\" # pinned 2026-09\n# Xcode's own swift toolchain is already on PATH — don't pin it via a\n# `swift = \"system\"` entry: mise deprecated @system tool versions\n# (\"use MISE_DISABLE_TOOLS instead\"; set that env var if you need to\n# suppress a swift entry inherited from a parent .mise.toml).\n# Xcode is NOT pinned here; the toolchain SSOT is README / foundations.md +\n# the Xcode Cloud workflow setting. `aqua:XcodesOrg/xcodes` can install\n# Xcode itself, but it's an installer, not a version pin — the actual\n# version lock still lives in the Xcode Cloud workflow Environment.\n</code></pre>\n<h2>Deviation considerations</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><p><strong>Team already uses asdf heavily</strong>: keep it for now, but new repos go to mise; mise can read <code>.tool-versions</code> as a transition.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Tool not in the mise registry / <code>aqua:</code> / <code>github:</code>/<code>gitlab:</code></strong>: prefer a non-Homebrew path first.</p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Tool available via</th>\n<th>Install with</th>\n<th>Note</th>\n</tr>\n</thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>mise registry / <code>aqua:</code> / <code>github:</code>/<code>gitlab:</code></td>\n<td>a normal <code>.mise.toml</code> row</td>\n<td>Default</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Go module only</td>\n<td><code>go install &lt;module&gt;@latest</code></td>\n<td>The Go toolchain can itself come from mise</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>GitHub Releases binary, no mise backend</td>\n<td>Download the plain tarball directly for your platform</td>\n<td>Same install pattern as <code>idb</code> in <code>interactive-simulator-ux-audit</code></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Homebrew only</td>\n<td>Last resort</td>\n<td>If a project policy bans Homebrew, record the exception in <em>that project's</em> README</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>CI runner already has the target version preinstalled</strong>: still run <code>mise install</code> to enforce parity; the extra overhead is small.</p>\n</li>\n<li><p><strong>Tools without a build for every CI platform on a mixed-OS fleet</strong>: guard them\nwith an <code>os</code> field. A Linux CI job (L10n / lint / markdown gates run fine on\nUbuntu) runs <code>mise install</code> which installs <strong>every</strong> tool; an unguarded tool with\nno build for the runner fails at setup (<code>unsupported env: linux/&lt;arch&gt;</code>) <strong>before\nany gate runs</strong>, blocking <em>all</em> PRs. Real example (aqua registry, checked\n2026-09): current <code>xcbeautify</code> releases ship only <code>darwin</code> and <code>linux/amd64</code>, so a\n<code>linux/arm64</code> runner fails with <code>unsupported env: linux/arm64</code> — guard it as\n<code>xcbeautify = { version = \"3\", os = [\"macos\"] }</code> when the Linux jobs don't need it.\nThis can appear suddenly with no change of yours — an upstream registry can narrow\na tool's supported platforms mid-day, so earlier PRs pass and later identical ones\nfail at \"install pinned tools\". When CI dies at the mise-install step, read for\n<code>unsupported env: linux/&lt;arch&gt;</code> and add the <code>os</code> guard.</p>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Verification checklist</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.mise.toml</code> lives at the repo root, committed to git.</li>\n<li>After local <code>mise install</code>, <code>mise exec -- &lt;tool&gt; --version</code> matches CI log.</li>\n<li>CI scripts go through <code>mise exec</code>, never calling <code>/usr/local/bin/&lt;tool&gt;</code> or other preinstalled paths.</li>\n<li>The repo's contributor setup guide starts with 'install mise → <code>mise trust</code> → <code>mise install</code>'.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Related skills</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>xcode-cloud-single-track-ci</code>: <code>ci_scripts/</code> activates tools through mise.</li>\n<li><code>apple-public-repo-security</code>: gitleaks + lefthook installed through mise.</li>\n<li>Official sources: when verifying or updating a factual or version-sensitive claim, read <code>references/official-docs.md</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n","files":[{"path":"references/official-docs.md","sizeBytes":1951,"isText":true},{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":7062,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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