Manuscript Disclosure Lint

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

16 rules that catch the statements a journal desk-rejects you for — in your .tex or .md, before you submit

Install

manuscript-disclosure-lint file

Node 18+. The same 16 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Check the manuscript open in your editor against all 16 rules. On the sample paper in _fixtures/dirty.tex it returns 14 findings, 9 of them errors, each pinned to a line with the wording to paste. Nothing is uploaded and nothing is limited.
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Sweep every .tex and .md in the workspace with the same 16 rules and keep a dated submission-readiness report file — one file to a whole thesis, a lab back catalogue or a CI seat. $29 once. Scope and ownership are the only difference; the free file check is never capped.

manuscript-disclosure-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

Commercial manuscript formatting and submission-compliance services are priced at $150-$400 per paper; this is the same checklist as a file you run yourself.

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

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

{ "mcpServers": { "manuscript-disclosure-lint": { "command": "manuscript-disclosure-lint", "args": ["--mcp"] } } }

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

Use in CI

- name: Manuscript Disclosure Lint
  run: pip install rulestamp-manuscript-disclosure-lint && manuscript-disclosure-lint --dir . --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 rulestamp-manuscript-disclosure-lint
manuscript-disclosure-lint --help