---
id: prose-and-terminology-linting-vale
board: code
section: docsite
status: shipped
category: Quality · Content
complexity: S
impact: Low
wow: 2
note: house style
order: 6
owner: loop/vale
pr: 206
title: Prose &amp; terminology linting — <code>vale</code>
---
<code>vale</code> enforces a consistent voice across the README and docs
           with a small boost vocabulary — canonical spelling of <em>skill</em>,
           <em>tap</em>, <em>registry</em>; no <code>Boost</code>/<code>boost</code>
           drift; flagged weasel words. Keeps a docs-heavy project reading like one
           author wrote it.
