vale-style-authoring

To create a custom Vale style, define a new style directory structure, then add specific rules for formatting, spelling, and terminology to enforce quality standards across your documents.

Vale scopes and filters target specific text sections within your documents, allowing you to apply rules only to relevant content blocks and filter linting results for precise style enforcement.

You can customize Vale output by using templates and views to format linting alerts and view filtered content, ensuring rule violations integrate cleanly into your existing technical writing workflow.

Yes, Vale styles can enforce coding standards and document quality in markdown files by defining custom rules that check for proper formatting, heading punctuation, and terminology consistency.

The Vale style directory structure organizes your custom rules and configurations into a logical hierarchy, enabling effective management and reuse of style definitions across multiple document types.

Vale style authoring is not ideal for non-textual code analysis or complex grammatical parsing, as it focuses on terminology, formatting checks, and consistent document quality rather than deep language processing.