| name | doc-structure |
| description | Docs-health structure scan — broken internal links/anchors (GitHub-slug resolution, Thai/CJK safe), dead relative file links, heading hierarchy (skipped levels, multiple H1), GFM table shape (silently-dropped cells), orphan/undefined reference definitions, bare URLs in prose. Triggers on: "/doc-structure", "doc-structure", "broken links", "check docs structure", "doc health". Mechanical + deterministic: detection runs through the shipped CommonMark+GFM AST engine (never regex over raw markdown), so things that render fine are not flagged. Reports; fixes on request via choice-gated menu. Severity is judged by context, never mechanical. |
Doc-Structure
Answer in the USER'S language; keep technical terms, commands, paths, and check ids verbatim.
Scan markdown docs for structural breakage. Report CONFIRMED findings. Fix on request.
Parameters
- SCOPE: named files (default when given) | touched doc files this session | whole repo
**/*.md (confirm first if > 50 files).
Method (the code detects, you judge)
- Run the engine — it ships with this skill at the CoalLedger plugin root (two directories up from this SKILL.md):
node "<plugin root>/scripts/lib/md-checks.mjs" --json <file.md> [more.md ...]
Never re-derive these checks by reading markdown yourself — the AST engine exists so detection matches CommonMark+GFM rendering (regex cry-wolfs on things that render fine). Honest ceiling: CommonMark+GFM fidelity, NOT 100% GitHub-pixel fidelity.
- Contextualize severity — detection is deterministic; severity is NEVER mechanical. Judge each finding by context, then honor
.coalledger.json severityFloor:
- CRITICAL: the breakage misleads harmfully (a dead link in a security/install step a user must follow).
- HIGH: a real breakage on a doc readers actively use (broken anchor in a live README, dropped table cells with content).
- MEDIUM: structural debt (skipped heading level, multiple H1, undefined ref in secondary docs).
- LOW: style/hygiene (bare URL, orphan definition, anything in an archived/internal doc).
- Report — CONFIRMED table only; anything the engine could not verify (e.g. site-root-relative
/links, a known engine limit) goes to a separate SUSPECTED list, never the main table.
Checks (engine ids)
| id | catches |
|---|
| heading-skip | level jumps (h1 -> h3) |
| heading-multiple-h1 | more than one top-level title |
| anchor-missing | #fragment resolves to no heading slug / HTML id (same-file + cross-file, case-mismatch hinted) |
| file-missing | dead relative link/image/definition target |
| table-ragged | row with MORE cells than the header (GitHub silently drops them) |
| ref-undefined | [text][label] with no definition (renders as literal brackets) |
| def-orphan | definition never referenced |
| bare-url | raw URL in prose (MD034 class) |
| doc-unreadable | binary/corrupted input (NUL byte sniffed) — refused before parsing, never a false "0 findings" clean bill |
Output
| # | path:line | check | severity | finding | fix |
Then: SUSPECTED list · counts + top 3 to fix.
Fix mode (choice-gated)
After any report in an interactive session you MUST present this menu via your question tool (skip only when findings are zero or no user is present). NEVER auto-fix a live doc.
- Apply safe fixes: mechanical, fully reversible edits only (correct an anchor slug to the real heading, fix a relative path to the file's actual location, remove an orphan definition). Each fix: checkpoint (git stash/commit in a git repo; else copy the file aside — never assume git exists) -> apply -> re-run the engine on the file -> revert if new findings appeared.
- Let me pick: list findings; the user selects.
- Report only: exit unchanged.
NEVER auto-fix: anything needing a content decision (which heading an anchor SHOULD point to when several are close, whether a dead link's target should be created or the link removed, table cell content) — offer options instead.
Problem report
If this canary misbehaves, OFFER to file it at https://github.com/TheColliery/CoalLedger/issues with a user-reviewed summary — never auto-submit.