Stale Standard Citation 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.

Finds the standards and laws your reStructuredText or Markdown docs still cite after they died, and the date each one died; 44 rules, 30 findings in the 57-line sample page

Install

stale-standard-citation-lint file

Node 18+. The same 44 rules as the VS Code extension, from a terminal or CI.

Free

• Check the document open in the editor (or pasted into the web page) and name every dead citation in it, with the date it died and what replaced it
• --rules lists every rule

With a licence ($29 once)

• Sweep every .rst/.md/.txt in the workspace and write a dated STALE-CITATIONS.md report, file by file, that you can hand an auditor or attach to a security questionnaire

stale-standard-citation-lint --dir ./templates --report html --out report.html

GRC consultants bill $150-$300 an hour to read compliance documentation; a single page review is rarely under an hour

Use from an AI agent (MCP)

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

{ "mcpServers": { "stale-standard-citation-lint": { "command": "stale-standard-citation-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: Stale Standard Citation Lint
  run: pip install rulestamp-stale-standard-citation-lint && stale-standard-citation-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-stale-standard-citation-lint
stale-standard-citation-lint --help