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+namespace :steep do
+  desc "Runs the Steep type checker on the codebase"
+  task :check do |_task, args|
+    if Gem::Version.new(RUBY_VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("2.7.0")
+      warn "Sorry, cannot run Steep type checker on older rubies :("
+    else
+      args_sh = args.to_a.map { |a| "'#{a}'" }.join(" ")
+
+      begin
+        sh "steep check #{args_sh}".strip
+      rescue
+        warn <<-EOS
+          +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+          |  **Hello there, fellow contributor who just triggered a Steep type error**   |
+          |                                                                              |
+          | We're still experimenting with Steep on this codebase. If possible, take a   |
+          | stab at getting it to work; you'll find a guide for how to use it here:      |
+          |                                                                              |
+          |   less docs/StaticTypingGuide.md                                             |
+          |                                                                              |
+          | Feel free to unblock yourself by adding a line per file that triggered       |
+          | errors to the `Steepfile`:                                                   |
+          |                                                                              |
+          |   ignore 'lib/path/to/failing/file.rb'                                       |
+          |                                                                              |
+          | Also, if this is too annoying for you -- let us know! We definitely are      |
+          | still improving how we use the tool.                                         |
+          +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+        EOS
+        exit 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  task :stats do |_task, args|
+    format = args.to_a.first || "table"
+
+    if format == "md"
+      data = `steep stats --format=csv`
+
+      require "csv"
+
+      csv = CSV.new(data, headers: true)
+      headers = true
+      csv.each do |row|
+        hrow = row.to_h
+
+        if headers
+          $stdout.write("|")
+          $stdout.write(hrow.keys.join("|"))
+          $stdout.write("|")
+          $stdout.write("\n")
+
+          $stdout.write("|")
+          $stdout.write(hrow.values.map { |v| /^\d+$/.match?(v) ? "--:" : ":--" }.join("|"))
+          $stdout.write("|")
+          $stdout.write("\n")
+        end
+
+        headers = false
+
+        $stdout.write("|")
+        $stdout.write(hrow.values.join("|"))
+        $stdout.write("|")
+        $stdout.write("\n")
+      end
+    else
+      sh "steep stats --format=#{format}"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+task typecheck: :"steep:check"