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Covers Vale install and .vale.ini setup — StylesPath, built-in/ third-party/custom styles, BasedOnStyles activation. Setup half of Vale support; vale-run (running/interpreting) is a separate skill. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FxG5T8EJDgkABXxuneuFfn
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topic, source_keys
| topic | source_keys | |
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| cli-reference |
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Core Invocation
$ vale README.md
Lints the given file(s)/glob against the styles configured in .vale.ini.
Key Flags and Subcommands
| Command/Flag | Purpose |
|---|---|
vale sync |
Downloads and installs packages/styles declared in .vale.ini. Run after install and whenever Packages changes. |
vale ls-config |
Prints the currently active, fully-resolved configuration as JSON. Useful for debugging what settings actually apply to a file. |
--output=<style> |
Sets the output format/template: line, JSON, CLI (default), or a custom template. |
--no-exit |
Suppresses the non-zero exit code Vale normally returns when alerts are found — useful in CI pipelines that shouldn't hard-fail on lint output. |
--ignore-syntax |
Treats input as plain, unformatted text, skipping syntax-aware parsing (Markdown/HTML/etc). |
--minAlertLevel=<level> |
Overrides MinAlertLevel from the config for this run (suggestion, warning, error). |
--version |
Prints the Vale binary version. |
Exit Codes
By default, vale exits non-zero when it finds any alert at or above MinAlertLevel — this is what makes it usable as a CI gate. Pass --no-exit to always exit 0 regardless of findings.