PS C:\> Get-Standard

Models write PowerShell that runs. Not PowerShell you would ship.

The PowerShell Engineer Standard is one document that fixes that, and a set of tools that carry it into whatever you already use.

# Disables old accounts.
# Pass the number of days.
function Disable-StaleAccounts {
    param($Days)
    $results = @()
    $cutoff = (Get-Date).AddDays(-$Days)
    $users = Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties LastLogonDate
    foreach ($u in $users) {
        if ($u.LastLogonDate -lt $cutoff) {
            Disable-ADAccount -Identity $u
            Write-Host "Disabled: $($u.Name)"
            $results += $u.Name
        }
    }
    return $results
}

function Disable-PSEStaleAccount {
    <# .SYNOPSIS Disables inactive AD accounts.
       .EXAMPLE Get-ADUser -Filter 'Enabled -eq $true' |
         Disable-PSEStaleAccount -InactiveDays 90 -WhatIf #>
    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess, ConfirmImpact='High')]
    [OutputType('PSEngineer.AccountResult')]
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline)]
        [ValidateRange(1,3650)][int]$InactiveDays = 90 )
    process {
        $stale = $_.LastLogonDate -lt $cutoff
        if ($stale -and $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($_.Name)) {
            Disable-ADAccount -Identity $_ -ErrorAction Stop }
        [pscustomobject]@{ PSTypeName='PSEngineer.AccountResult'
            Name=$_.Name; Action=if($stale){'Disabled'}else{'Skipped'} }
    } }

What the Standard covers

• Advanced functions, approved verbs, and [OutputType()] by default
• Objects out, never formatted strings
• SupportsShouldProcess on anything that changes state
• Pipeline support that actually works
• Errors you can catch, with the right terminating behavior
• Help with three examples that run unmodified
• Secrets that never reach a log, a stream, or a process argument
• Comments and READMEs that do not read like they were generated

The tools

Each one is a way to deliver the Standard. The status is honest.

One command, and your repo has a standard

Install-Module PowerShellEngineer -Scope CurrentUser
Add-PSEStandard -Path .

Writes AGENTS.md, Cursor rules, Copilot instructions, an analyzer settings file, and a GitHub Action. Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code read them without any extension installed.