ob-project-utils 0.2.35rc1

Utilities for building, validating, deploying, and scoring Outerbounds projects

ob-project-utils

Utilities for building, validating, deploying, and scoring Outerbounds projects.

Install

pip install ob-project-utils              # core (deploy, lint)
pip install ob-project-utils[ci]          # + CI module generation (jinja2)
pip install ob-project-utils[lint]        # + deployment config validation (pyyaml)
pip install ob-project-utils[test]        # + test dependencies (pytest, pyyaml, jinja2)

Commands

obproject-deploy — Deploy projects to Outerbounds

The existing deployment script. Discovers flows, deployments, and assets in a project and deploys them to the Outerbounds platform via CI or manually.

obproject-lint — Validate project structure

Four validators in one pass:

obproject-lint                          # lint current directory
obproject-lint --project-dir ../my-proj  # lint specific project
obproject-lint --format json            # machine-readable output

Check	What it validates
toml	obproject.toml parses, required fields (platform, project, title), naming conventions, known sections
flow	python flow.py check (Metaflow's 21-rule DAG linter) + anti-pattern detection (e.g., Parameter(default=None))
deployment	config.yml/config.yaml parses, required fields (requires pyyaml)
ci	Config exists, uses --from-obproject-toml, no yq, OIDC permissions

obproject-ci — Generate CI workflows from config

Declare CI modules in obproject.toml, generate the workflow file:

[ci]
platform = "github-actions"
modules = ["auth", "lint", "deploy", "teardown"]

obproject-ci generate              # writes .github/workflows/deploy.yml
obproject-ci generate --dry-run    # preview without writing

Available modules:

Module	What it does	Separate job?
auth	service-principal-configure --from-obproject-toml	No (step in deploy)
lint	obproject-lint validation	No (step in deploy)
deploy	obproject-deploy with git context	No (step in deploy)
teardown	teardown-branch on PR merge/branch delete	Yes
promote	promote_assets on PR merge, then teardown	Yes (replaces teardown)

obproject-score — Project health scoring

Score a project across 5 categories:

obproject-score --project-dir .                           # single project
obproject-score --registry registry.toml --format dashboard  # fleet dashboard

Category	What it checks
structure	toml valid, has flows, flows parse, has deployments, has src/, has assets
documentation	README, CLAUDE.md with schema sections (Architecture, Verification, etc.)
ci	Has config, uses --from-obproject-toml, has teardown
testing	Test directory, test files, Verification section in CLAUDE.md
agent_context	Has agent instructions (CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md/.cursor), runtime config

Agent skills

Platform knowledge for coding agents, in .claude/skills/:

.claude/skills/
  metaflow/           8 files — flows, decorators, data, client-api, scaling, cards, environments
  outerbounds/       12 files — platform, projects, assets, CI, testing, inference, compute, security, workstations, cost

Skills are lazy-loaded by Claude Code — only descriptions consume context at startup, full content loads on demand. They're navigation guides with doc links, not standalone references.

How the tools chain together

Agent sets up a new project

read CLAUDE.md → activates outerbounds skill
  → write obproject.toml (guided by project-structure skill)
  → scaffold flows (guided by metaflow-flows skill)
  → obproject-lint → fix issues
  → add [ci] to toml → obproject-ci generate
  → obproject-score → read suggestions → improve → re-score

Agent migrates an existing project

obproject-score → see 36%, read suggestions
  → "Missing CLAUDE.md" → write it
  → "CI uses yq" → migrate to --from-obproject-toml
  → obproject-lint → fix remaining issues
  → re-score → 70%

Nightly fleet health scan

obproject-score --registry registry.toml --format dashboard
  → score all registered projects
  → flag regressions from previous run
  → generate issues for projects below threshold

The improvement loop

Agent hits edge case → fixes it
  → pattern is cross-project?
    → add to skill gotchas + lint rule if regex-expressible
    → re-score → score improves
    → nightly scan catches same issue in other projects

Package structure

obproject/
  __init__.py          — public API: ProjectFlow, project_trigger, project_schedule, etc.
  projectbase.py       — ProjectFlow base class (wraps Metaflow FlowSpec)
  assets.py            — Asset API client (register, consume, promote)
  project_events.py    — Branch-scoped event publishing
  project_schedule.py  — Branch-aware scheduling (@project_schedule wraps @schedule)
  lint.py              — obproject-lint
  ci.py                — obproject-ci
  score.py             — obproject-score
  ci_modules/          — Jinja2 templates for CI generation
  evals_logger.py      — Evaluation metric logging

deploy/
  deploy_obproject.py  — obproject-deploy

.claude/skills/        — Agent platform knowledge (20 files)
highlight_card/        — @highlight decorator
metaflow_extensions/   — Metaflow plugin: highlight card backend
src-html/              — Svelte source for highlight and table cards