# `mix mob.validate_plugin`
[🔗](https://github.com/genericjam/mob_dev/blob/master/lib/mix/tasks/mob.validate_plugin.ex#L1)

Validates the `priv/mob_plugin.exs` manifest of the plugin project in the
current directory — a plugin author's pre-publish check.

    mix mob.validate_plugin

Checks (see `MOB_PLUGINS.md`): required top-level fields, every declared file
path exists, and the installed `:mob` satisfies the manifest's `mob_version`.
Advisory warnings cover single-platform components and declared
permissions/plist keys. Exits non-zero if any error is found — never silent.

A project with no `priv/mob_plugin.exs` is a tier-0 plugin (nothing to
validate) and the task says so.

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*Consult [api-reference.md](api-reference.md) for complete listing*