LaTeX Submission Lint: Desk-Reject Check

Runs the same checker as the npm package @readystack/latex-submission-lint on a Node.js runtime that pip installs for you (nodejs-wheel-binaries) - no system Node.js needed. Your files are checked locally.

Seventeen rules on your .tex file: the statements the editorial office looks for, and the source that breaks the publisher's build.

Install

latex-submission-lint file

Node 18+. The same 17 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Checks the .tex file you have open against all 17 submission rules and writes a line-numbered report of every statement the publisher will look for and cannot find.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Runs the same 17 rules over every .tex file in the project, follows the include chain of a split manuscript, and exports one submission-readiness report for the whole paper.

@readystack/latex-submission-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

Manuscript editing services price per word, from about $0.05, so a 6,000-word paper runs to roughly $300 and a revision cycle takes days.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

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

{ "mcpServers": { "latex-submission-lint": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@readystack/latex-submission-lint", "--mcp"] } } }

Tools: check_text and check_file (free) · check_dir (licence). The agent gets every finding with the line number.

Use in CI

- name: LaTeX Submission Lint: Desk-Reject Check
  run: npx -y @readystack/latex-submission-lint --dir . --ci

(container: docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/work" getreadystack/latex-submission-lint --dir /work --ci)

The folder sweep, reports and CI mode need one licence — one payment, no subscription. Set READYSTACK_LICENSE=<key> or run --license <key> once.

Get a licence

Install (PyPI)

pip install readystack-latex-submission-lint
latex-submission-lint --help