LintLangMegaLinter #
Add LintLang to an existing MegaLinter installation as the opt-in AI_LINTLANG external plugin. It checks conventionally named agent-instruction, prompt, tool, skill, and system files alongside your other linters.
Setup #
Add these entries to .mega-linter.yml, preserving any existing plugins and enabled linters:
PLUGINS:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hermes-labs-ai/lintlang/main/mega-linter-plugin-lintlang/lintlang.megalinter-descriptor.yml
ENABLE_LINTERS:
- AI_LINTLANG
The released descriptor installs lintlang==0.8.0 in MegaLinter's image and invokes lintlang scan --fail-on fail on selected files. The main descriptor URL can change; review descriptor updates separately from scanner package upgrades.
Verify #
Run your configured MegaLinter workflow and inspect its log for descriptor loading, AI_LINTLANG initialization, selected filenames, and scanner version. Confirm that the intended files were selected before interpreting a clean result.
The plugin's default selection includes AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, Copilot *.instructions.md, and names containing agent, prompt, tool, skill, system, or instruction. It does not select every Markdown, YAML, JSON, or Python file.
FAIL blocks the linter; REVIEW stays advisory. Input errors also fail. Loading the descriptor and installing the scanner may need network access; scanning makes no model calls.
Adjust selection #
To deliberately broaden the files checked, add a per-linter extension override:
AI_LINTLANG_FILE_EXTENSIONS:
- .yaml
- .yml
- .json
Use MegaLinter's FILTER_REGEX_EXCLUDE or AI_LINTLANG_FILE_NAMES_REGEX controls for narrower selection. The released guide includes scratch-container and repository test procedures.
Recorded verification #
The recorded real-container trial used MegaLinter 8.8.0 and LintLang 0.5.3. It verified loader behavior, selection, and clean/failing outcomes for that pair. The current descriptor's 0.8.0 package pin is separate from that historical container evidence.
To remove this integration, remove only the LintLang descriptor and AI_LINTLANG configuration entries.