ensure-repo-license

Kevin's personal public repos default to MIT with copyright Kevin B. Liu.

When to run

1. New public repo — add LICENSE in the first commit (or before flipping isPrivate: false).
2. Open-sourcing an existing repo — audit, add MIT, confirm GitHub shows MIT in repo sidebar.
3. Weekly automation — oss-license-audit automation (see automations/oss-license-audit.md).
4. Agent-docs doctor — warns when LICENSE is missing on any enrolled repo.

Skip for private company repos (Dedalus org, etc.) unless Kevin explicitly open-sources them.

Commands

From kevin-wiki:

# Audit all public repos under Kevin-Liu-01
npx tsx scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts audit --owner Kevin-Liu-01

# Dry-run bulk apply
npx tsx scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts apply --owner Kevin-Liu-01 --dry-run

# Apply to all missing
npx tsx scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts apply --owner Kevin-Liu-01

# Single repo (GitHub API — no clone needed)
npx tsx scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts apply --repo Kevin-Liu-01/my-project

# Local clone
npx tsx scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts apply --local ~/Documents/GitHub/my-project

After adding locally, commit and push:

git add LICENSE && git commit -m "Add MIT license" && git push

New repo checklist

When Kevin (or an agent) creates a new public repo:

1. Copy MIT text from scripts/lib/mit-license.ts → root LICENSE
2. Add "license": "MIT" to package.json if present
3. Optional README badge: [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
4. On GitHub: Settings → General → set license to MIT (auto-detected once LICENSE is on default branch)

Enforcement layers

Related

• scripts/ensure-mit-license.ts — audit/apply CLI
• scripts/lib/mit-license.ts — canonical MIT template
• automations/oss-license-audit.md — recurring audit
• wiki/meta/required-project-tooling.md — stack checklist