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CLI-09: Apply one contract inline with --contract

What it demonstrates

Section titled “What it demonstrates”

–contract validates a tree against a single YAML contract directly, no config file needed.

Builds on: CLI-08: Lean on auto-discovered config

How it’s done

Section titled “How it’s done”

A terminal session: the command as you’d run it, followed by the output it prints; trailing comments note the exit status.

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# apply one YAML contract to every *.md under a path — no config file needed
markdown-contract validate ./decisions --contract contracts/decisions.contract.yaml
Scanned 1 file; 1 matched, 0 unmatched


No findings.
# --contract builds a single catch-all rule (**/*.md) and cannot combine with --config; exit status: 0

Surfaces exercised

Section titled “Surfaces exercised”
  • --contract <yaml> (config-less parameterization)
  • buildInlineConfig single-contract catch-all rule **/*.md
  • cannot combine with --config