lintcite

A fast LSP server and CLI linter for the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed).

• Live drafting (LSP): Markdown, LaTeX
• Batch checking (CLI): PDF, Word/docx, Markdown, LaTeX, plain text

Status: M1 slice — case citations · Markdown/plain hosts · CLI · SDK. Architecture and guardrails: CLAUDE.md · plan of record: docs/roadmap/ · rule catalogue (generated): docs/rules.md.

The project was renamed from cite-lint to lintcite on 2026-06-06. The imported plan of record under docs/roadmap/ predates the rename and keeps the original name; crate names map 1:1 (cite-lint-core → lintcite-core).

Quickstart (CLI)

cargo build --workspace
target/debug/lintcite check your-memo.md         # lint (exit 1 on findings)
target/debug/lintcite fix your-memo.md           # corrected text to stdout
target/debug/lintcite explain AGLC4-CASE-001     # the rule behind a code
target/debug/lintcite check --format json -      # JSON from stdin, for CI

$ lintcite check memo.md
memo.md:9:31: error[AGLC4-CASE-001] year bracket should be round brackets for CLR: found square brackets (AGLC4 r 2.2.1)
    fix-it: '(1992)'

Quickstart (SDK)

let diagnostics = lintcite::lint("[^1]: Mabo v Queensland (No 2) [1992] 175 CLR 1.")?;
assert_eq!(diagnostics[0].code.0, "AGLC4-CASE-001");

Every diagnostic names the AGLC4 rule it enforces; ambiguous citations get a low-confidence "could not verify" rather than a confident guess. Fix-its are safe-only: they never change the cited authority.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md. Contributions require 90%+ test coverage and every linting rule must cite the AGLC4 rule it enforces. AI-assisted contributions are welcome and held to a higher bar.

Licence

Apache License 2.0. Attribution per the NOTICE file.