Linguist Skill

June 8, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Builder Studio: https://builderstudio.dev

A BuilderStudio-compatible skill for auto-configuring websites and frontend apps with comprehensive multilingual support.

Linguist helps agents add locale routing, translation dictionaries, key conventions, fallback behavior, formatting utilities, SEO hreflang metadata, accessible language switchers, extraction checks, and documentation.

Install

Using npm/npx:

npx --yes skills add https://github.com/wundercorp/linguist-skill --skill linguist

Using Yarn:

yarn dlx skills add https://github.com/wundercorp/linguist-skill --skill linguist

Best for

  • Adding multilingual support to a site
  • Creating locale route conventions
  • Replacing hardcoded user-facing strings
  • Adding accessible language switchers
  • Handling pluralization and locale formatting
  • Adding localized SEO metadata
  • Documenting translation workflows

Included helper scripts

  • scripts/linguist-i18n.mjs creates starter locale config, dictionaries, utility helpers, and i18n documentation.
  • scripts/check-linguist.mjs checks locale docs, translation dictionaries, HTML language handling hints, and hardcoded string risk.
  • scripts/install-linguist-hooks.sh installs a Git hook that runs the Linguist check.
  • scripts/linguist-i18n.ps1 is a PowerShell wrapper for Windows users.

Common commands

node scripts/linguist-i18n.mjs --write
node scripts/linguist-i18n.mjs --root ./web --write --force
node scripts/check-linguist.mjs
bash scripts/install-linguist-hooks.sh --mode pre-push
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/linguist-i18n.ps1 -Write