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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions .devcontainer/devcontainer.json
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{
"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
"features": {gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency}
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⚠️ Potential issue | 🔴 Critical

Critical: Invalid JSON syntax in features property.

Line 3 contains malformed JSON that will prevent the devcontainer from loading. The syntax {gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency} is not valid—it appears to mix shell command syntax with JSON structure.

Based on the static analysis hints, the issues are:

  • gh must be quoted as a key
  • Missing : separator
  • The value is not properly formatted

If you want to clone the repository after creating the container, use postCreateCommand instead:

🔎 Proposed fix 
 {
   "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
-  "features": {gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency}
+  "features": {},
+  "postCreateCommand": "gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency || true"
 }

Note: The repository is typically already available when you open a folder in a devcontainer. If you're opening this repository itself in the devcontainer, you don't need to clone it again. The postCreateCommand approach shown above would only be needed if you want to clone an additional repository.

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"features": {gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency}
{
"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
"features": {},
"postCreateCommand": "gh repo clone Madib036/solid-dependency || true"
}
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[error] 3-3: Property key must be double quoted

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[error] 3-3: expected : but instead found repo

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[error] 3-3: expected , but instead found clone

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[error] 3-3: expected : but instead found Madib036

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[error] 3-3: unexpected character /

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[error] 3-3: Minus must be followed by a digit

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🤖 Prompt for AI Agents 
.devcontainer/devcontainer.json around line 3: the "features" property contains
invalid JSON using shell syntax `gh repo clone ...`; replace this with a valid
JSON object (e.g. an object with quoted keys or an empty object) or remove the
incorrect entry, and if you need to clone an extra repo run the clone in
"postCreateCommand" instead; ensure the "features" value is a proper JSON object
like "features": {} or a correctly structured feature entry with quoted keys and
colons.

}