Metadata-Version: 2.4
Name: rulestamp-stale-standard-citation-lint
Version: 1.0.7
Summary: 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 (bundled Node.js runtime)
Author-email: Rulestamp <support@getreadystack.com>
License: Proprietary - see LICENSE.txt
Project-URL: Homepage, https://getreadystack.com/tools/stale-standard-citation-lint?ref=pypi
Project-URL: Documentation, https://getreadystack.com/tools/stale-standard-citation-lint?ref=pypi
Project-URL: Support, https://getreadystack.com/support
Keywords: restructuredtext,sphinx,compliance,iso-27001,pci-dss,fips-140,documentation,linter,gdpr,audit
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Environment :: Console
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Quality Assurance
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Requires-Python: >=3.9
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
License-File: LICENSE.txt
Requires-Dist: nodejs-wheel-binaries>=20
Dynamic: license-file

# 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.

![Standards Citation Lint - outdated ISO, NIST and RFC references in docs — finds the line](https://getreadystack.com/img/promo/stale-standard-citation-lint_demo.gif)

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:

```json
{ "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

```yaml
- 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](https://getreadystack.com/api/buy/cl/polar_cl_lZ2JdS7O5rPdmN3N6ye2tuNlTTQtVEDtQVU3l1R2Q9f)


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## Install (PyPI)

```
pip install rulestamp-stale-standard-citation-lint
stale-standard-citation-lint --help
```
