vale

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Errata AI · Style checking, docs linting, and editorial review from the terminal.

$ brew install vale

One-liner to try

$ vale README.md

Agent pack

Copy into an agent

A markdown-ready setup brief with install, verify, safe starting commands, and guardrails for AI agents.

Open .md JSON

Readiness

Great for agents · 85/100

Verify

vale --version

Agent URL

/cli/vale/agent.md

Quick reference

Install

brew install vale

Verify

vale --version

First command

vale docs/

Machine JSON

/cli/vale.json

About

Style checking, docs linting, and editorial review from the terminal. Built by Errata AI. Start with `vale README.md` and go from there. Supports structured output — good for scripts and agents. Runs entirely on your machine.

Example workflow

1. vale README.md

2. vale --output=JSON docs/

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