getreadystack/stale-standard-citation-lint repository overview

⁠Stale Standard Citation Lint

Finds the standards and laws your reStructuredText or Markdown docs still cite after they died, and the date each one died; 44 rules, 30 findings in the 57-line sample page

⁠Run

docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/work getreadystack/stale-standard-citation-lint /work/file

The same 44 rules as the VS Code extension, in a container. Mount a folder on /work.

⁠Free

• Check the document open in the editor (or pasted into the web page) and name every dead citation in it, with the date it died and what replaced it
• --rules lists every rule

⁠With a licence ($29 once)

• Sweep every .rst/.md/.txt in the workspace and write a dated STALE-CITATIONS.md report, file by file, that you can hand an auditor or attach to a security questionnaire

docker run --rm -e READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> -v "$PWD":/work getreadystack/stale-standard-citation-lint --dir /work --ci

GRC consultants bill $150-$300 an hour to read compliance documentation; a single page review is rarely under an hour

⁠Use from an AI agent (MCP)

Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · any MCP client - add to your MCP config:

{ "mcpServers": { "stale-standard-citation-lint": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@readystack/stale-standard-citation-lint", "--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence; the full sweep is free for 7 days). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

⁠Use in CI

- name: Stale Standard Citation Lint
  run: npx -y @readystack/stale-standard-citation-lint --dir . --ci

(container: docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/work" getreadystack/stale-standard-citation-lint --dir /work --ci)

Try the full run free for 7 days — no key needed. Then one licence, 7-day refund, no questions. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

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