Ruff Linter Formatter Agent

---
name: "Ruff Linter and Formatter"
slug: "ruff-linter-formatter-agent"
description: "Ultra-fast Python linting and formatting using Ruff CLI with pyproject.toml configuration. Supports auto-fix, import sorting (isort-compatible), and rule selection from 800+ built-in rules."
github_stars: 47173
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff"
author: "Astral"
category: "Code Quality & Review"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "astral-sh/ruff"
  github_stars: 47173
---

# Ruff Linter and Formatter

Ultra-fast Python linting and formatting using Ruff CLI with pyproject.toml configuration. Supports auto-fix, import sorting (isort-compatible), and rule selection from 800+ built-in rules.

## Prerequisites

Python

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- uv tool install ruff@latest # Install Ruff globally.
- uv add --dev ruff # Or add Ruff to your project.
- pip install ruff
- pipx install ruff

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [![image](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/ruff.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ruff)
- [![image](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/ruff.svg)](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ruff)
- An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Rust.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
- For more, see the [documentation](https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/).
- Ruff is available as [ruff](https://pypi.org/project/ruff/) on PyPI.

- Source: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/ruff-linter-formatter-agent/)