ci: enforce MD040 on markdown with markdownlint-cli2 - #870
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AGENTS.md requires a language specifier on every fenced code block, but nothing enforced it, so violations only surfaced in review — the payment circuit breaker spec reached review with two bare fences. Add a Markdown workflow running markdownlint-cli2, pinned to the version the review tooling reports so a finding reproduces locally with the same command. The ruleset starts from default:false and enables only MD040: markdownlint's full defaults report ~1560 findings across 38 files (768 of them MD013 line-length), which is a reformatting project rather than a lint gate. Rules can be promoted one at a time, each with its fixes. Label the 17 pre-existing bare fences as text so the gate is green from the first run.
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WalkthroughThe pull request adds automated Markdown linting with ChangesMarkdown linting
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to This change adds an MD040 markdown lint gate and labels existing code fences without changing product or runtime behavior; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains beyond normal checks and review. Poem
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In @.github/workflows/markdown.yml:
- Line 19: Update the actions/checkout step to reference the immutable commit
d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803, retaining the v6.1.0 version comment
instead of the mutable v6 tag.
- Around line 15-17: Add read-only workflow permissions for the markdownlint job
by declaring contents: read at workflow or job scope. Keep the existing
markdownlint job behavior unchanged while ensuring its GITHUB_TOKEN cannot
receive broader default permissions.
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.github/workflows/markdown.yml.markdownlint-cli2.jsoncREADME.mddocs/BRANCH_PROTECTION.mddocs/DEV_FEE.mddocs/RPC.mddocs/SOURCE_TAG_PUBKEY.md
Narrow the job's GITHUB_TOKEN to contents: read — linting docs needs nothing more, and four other workflows already declare their scope. Pin actions/checkout to the immutable commit behind v6.1.0, verified against the upstream tag rather than taken on trust.
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Summary
AGENTS.md § Documentation Guidelinesrequires a language specifier on everyfenced code block, but nothing enforced it. Violations only surfaced when a
reviewer happened to run markdownlint — the payment circuit breaker spec
(#863) reached review with two bare fences, and I had no way to check it
locally before pushing.
This adds a
Markdownworkflow runningmarkdownlint-cli2, pinned to0.23.2 — the version the review tooling reports — so a finding raised in
review reproduces locally with the same command and the same result.
Why the ruleset is one rule
The config starts from
default: falseand enables onlyMD040.Turning on markdownlint's full default set today reports ~1560 findings
across 38 files, dominated by style the repository never agreed on:
That is a reformatting project, not a lint gate. Rules can be promoted one at
a time as the tree is cleaned up, each landing together with the fixes that
make it green.
Changes
.github/workflows/markdown.yml— runs on pushes and PRs that touch**/*.md, the config, or the workflow itself..markdownlint-cli2.jsonc—default: false+MD040, withtarget/,node_modules/and.git/ignored. Globs live here rather than in theworkflow so the bare
npx markdownlint-cli2reproduces CI exactly.textacrossREADME.md,docs/DEV_FEE.md(10),docs/SOURCE_TAG_PUBKEY.md(3),docs/RPC.md(2)and
docs/BRANCH_PROTECTION.md. All were plain text, diagrams or logoutput. No prose changed.
Test plan
npx markdownlint-cli2@0.23.2— the exact CI command — passes:Linting: 38 files / Summary: 0 issues in 0 files, exit 0.adding a file with a bare fence makes it report
MD040/fenced-code-languageand exit 1.Follow-up, not in this PR
AGENTS.mdhas a second documentation rule markdownlint cannot express: nohardcoded source line numbers. There are 15 such references left across 6
files (
docs/STARTUP_AND_CONFIG.md5,docs/SEPARATE_EVENT_KINDS_SPEC.md3,docs/ORDERS_AND_ACTIONS.md3,docs/LIGHTNING_OPS.md2,docs/MUTATION_TESTING.md1,docs/DEV_FEE.md1; the one inAGENTS.mditself is the rule's own counter-example and must stay). Enforcing that needs
a small grep step plus fixing those 15 with verified symbol names — worth its
own PR rather than widening this one.
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