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brew

high risk

Homebrew package manager for installing command-line tools, libraries, and applications on macOS and Linux.

package-managerenvironment lang: all platform: macosplatform: linux

[USE_WHEN]ALLOW

✓ Install or update developer tools on macOS or Linux hosts managed with Homebrew
✓ Run Brewfile-based machine bootstrap with `brew bundle`

[AVOID_WHEN]BLOCK

✕ The task requires repository-local dependencies handled by the language package manager
✕ The host uses OS packages, Nix, or another standardized environment manager instead

[GUARDRAILS]MANDATORY

⚠ Review taps and Brewfile entries before installing or bundling.
⚠ Ask before install, upgrade, uninstall, tap, untap, bundle, or cleanup commands.
⚠ Prefer project-local package managers for application dependencies.

[DETAILS]RAW_META

Binary: brew
Aliases: homebrew
Effects: install_packages, execute_code, network_access, write_files, environment_mutation
Documentation: https://docs.brew.sh/Manpage

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