docs-crosslink-validator

This Skill validates cross-links by extracting URIs from markdown files and resolving them against published documentation data to report broken links with detailed file paths and line numbers.

Yes, you can verify internal documentation links before publishing by running this Skill against your markdown directory to automatically verify that all cross-references point to valid pages and anchors.

Link resolution for Elastic documentation cross-references works by fetching published documentation data via an MCP tool or web fetch to verify if the target of each extracted cross-link actually exists. It handles various link formats and reports suspicious links with detailed error information.

The best way to find broken markdown cross-links is to use an automated validation skill that extracts repository URIs and checks them against published data, generating a clear report of valid and broken links with file paths and line numbers.

When documentation cross-link validation fails, it reports broken or suspicious links with detailed error information including the specific file paths and line numbers where the invalid cross-references were found.

No external dependencies are required to validate documentation cross-links, as this Skill operates independently using scripts and references to extract URIs and fetch published documentation data for resolution.