diff --git a/.scripts/cargo-check.ps1 b/.scripts/cargo-check.ps1
index 47b71f546..c6b7d1d1a 100644
--- a/.scripts/cargo-check.ps1
+++ b/.scripts/cargo-check.ps1
@@ -1,14 +1,59 @@
-Write-Output "Checking tauri crates"
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# note: you can pass in the cargo sub-commands used to check manually.
+# allowed commands: check, clippy, fmt, test
+# default: clippy, fmt, test
 
+# set the script arguments if none are found
+if(-Not $args) {
+  $args=@("clippy","fmt","test")
+}
 
-$commands=@("clippy","test")
-$features=@("no-server","embedded-server")
-foreach ($command in $commands) {
-  foreach ($feature in $features) {
-    Write-Output "[$command][$feature] checking tauri"
-    cargo $command --manifest-path tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets --features "$feature,cli,all-api"
+# exit the script early if the last command returned an error
+function check_error {
+  if($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0 ) {
+    Exit $LASTEXITCODE
+  }
+}
+
+# run n+1 times, where n is the amount of mutually exclusive features.
+# the extra run is for all the crates without mutually exclusive features.
+# as many features as possible are enabled at for each command
+function mutex {
+  $command, $_args = $args
+
+  foreach ($feature in @("no-server","embedded-server")) {
+    Write-Output "[$command][$feature] tauri"
+    cargo $command --manifest-path tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets --features "$feature,cli,all-api" $_args
+    check_error
   }
 
-  Write-Output "[$command] checking other crates"
-  cargo $command --workspace --exclude tauri --all-targets --all-features
+  Write-Output "[$command] other crates"
+  cargo $command --workspace --exclude tauri --all-targets --all-features $_args
+  check_error
+}
+
+foreach ($command in $args) {
+  Switch ($command) {
+    "check" {
+      mutex check
+      break
+    }
+    "test" {
+      mutex test
+      break
+    }
+    "clippy" {
+      mutex clippy "--" -D warnings
+      break
+    }
+    "fmt" {
+      Write-Output "[$command] checking formatting"
+      cargo fmt "--" --check
+      check_error
+    }
+    default {
+      Write-Output "[cargo-check.ps1] Unknown cargo sub-command: $command"
+      Exit 1
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/.scripts/cargo-check.sh b/.scripts/cargo-check.sh
index 95e4c2c10..963912508 100644
--- a/.scripts/cargo-check.sh
+++ b/.scripts/cargo-check.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,47 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
+# note: you can pass in the cargo sub-commands used to check manually.
+# allowed commands: check, clippy, fmt, test
+# default: clippy, fmt, test
+
+# exit the script early if any of the commands return an error
 set -e
 
-echo "Checking tauri crates"
+# set the script arguments if none are found
+if [ -z "$*" ]; then
+  set -- "clippy" "fmt" "test"
+fi
 
-for command in "clippy" "test"
-do
-  for feature in "no-server" "embedded-server"
-  do
-    echo "[$command][$feature] checking tauri"
-    cargo "$command" --manifest-path tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets --features "$feature,cli,all-api"
+# run n+1 times, where n is the amount of mutually exclusive features.
+# the extra run is for all the crates without mutually exclusive features.
+# as many features as possible are enabled at for each command
+mutex() {
+  command=$1
+  shift 1
+
+  for feature in "no-server" "embedded-server"; do
+    echo "[$command][$feature] tauri"
+    cargo "$command" --manifest-path tauri/Cargo.toml --all-targets --features "$feature,cli,all-api" "$@"
   done
 
-  echo "[$command] checking other crates"
-  cargo "$command" --workspace --exclude tauri --all-targets --all-features
+  echo "[$command] other crates"
+  cargo "$command" --workspace --exclude tauri --all-targets --all-features "$@"
+}
+
+for command in "$@"; do
+  case "$command" in
+  check | test)
+    mutex "$command"
+    ;;
+  clippy)
+    mutex clippy -- -D warnings
+    ;;
+  fmt)
+    echo "[$command] checking formatting"
+    cargo fmt -- --check
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo "[cargo-check.sh] Unknown cargo sub-command: $command"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+  esac
 done