ScriptAnalyzer ships with sets of built-in preset rules that can be used to analyze scripts. These include: PSGallery, DSC and CodeFormatting. They can be executed as follows:

PowerShell Gallery rules

To execute the PowerShell Gallery rules use the following command:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path /path/to/module/ -Settings PSGallery -Recurse

DSC rules

To execute the DSC rules use the following command:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path /path/to/module/ -Settings DSC -Recurse

Code formatting rules

To execute the code formatting rules use the following command:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path /path/to/module/ -Settings CodeFormatting -Recurse

To run the script analyzer against a single script file execute:

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path myscript.ps1

This will analyze your script against every built-in rule. If your script is sufficiently large that could result in a lot of warnings and/or errors.

To run the script analyzer against a whole directory, specify the folder containing the script, module and DSC files you want analyzed. Specify the Recurse parameter if you also want sub-directories searched for files to analyze.

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path . -Recurse

To see all the built-in rules execute:

Get-ScriptAnalyzerRule