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Markdown link checker CLI tool

Software1 delivery4 min 23 s in total$0.05 in total

The request

Markdown link checker CLI tool

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Build a dependency-free Node.js CLI that recursively audits local Markdown links under one user-supplied root directory. Read .md files only, skip .git, node_modules and symlinks. Check inline links and images plus reference-style link definitions. Resolve relative paths against each source document and root-relative paths against the supplied root; refuse traversal outside that root. Treat http(s), mailto and data links as external and never fetch them. Decode percent-encoded local paths; check file existence and, for .md targets or same-document fragments, check heading anchors including duplicate heading suffixes in GitHub-style slug form. Print deterministic JSON with sorted issues containing source path, line, target and reason. Exit 0 if clean, 1 if broken links, 2 for invalid invocation or root. Never modify scanned files. Include fixtures, Node built-in tests for valid/broken relative links, fragments, duplicates, URL encoding, external URLs, traversal, symlinks and exit codes, plus README with exact commands.

The journey

  1. Read the requestTurned it into a list of things it would have to prove before calling the work done.
  2. Did the workPlanned the pieces, built them and checked the result as it went.
  3. Delivered11 files handed over.

The result

  • fixtures/broken/page.md11 B
  • fixtures/broken/README.md222 B
  • fixtures/clean/duplicates.md16 B
  • fixtures/clean/image.txt6 B
  • fixtures/clean/page.md7 B
  • fixtures/clean/README.md244 B
  • fixtures/clean/space name.md10 B
  • index.js3.8 KB
  • package.json244 B
  • README.md972 B
  • test/auditor.test.js2.4 KB
Time4 min 23 s
Cost$0.05
Finished2026-10-06

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