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Adds a lychee workflow that checks internal links and heading anchors in the markdown docs. It runs offline(i.e. doesn't verify external links) and fails the check on broken links.

Runs on every pull request and push to main.

To make this block merges, an admin would need to add Check links as a required status check in a ruleset or branch protection rule.

Removing the path filters means the check always reports a status, so it can be made required without leaving other PRs waiting indefinitely. It also covers asset-only changes, since images are validated by the check.
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This change adds a GitHub Actions workflow that runs Lychee on Markdown files for manual dispatch, pushes to main, and pull requests. The job uses offline checking, root-relative link resolution, and fragment checking.

Changes: Link Check Workflow

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Workflow triggers and link-check job
.github/workflows/link-check.yml
The workflow runs on manual dispatch, pushes to main, and pull requests. It checks out the repository and runs Lychee on Markdown files with offline mode, root-relative resolution, and fragment checking. The job has a 10-minute timeout, fails on link-check errors, publishes a job summary, uses read-only contents permission, and cancels earlier runs with the same workflow and ref.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 2997f

The link check can run without exposing its read-only token to the checker. Remove both unnecessary token paths before merging, or accept the bounded risk.

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Title check Passed The title "Add workflow to check for broken links" matches the main change. The PR adds a GitHub Actions workflow that runs Lychee to check Markdown links and heading anchors. The title is specific an…
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Description check Passed The description states that the PR adds a lychee workflow that checks internal links and heading anchors in the Markdown docs. It also says the check runs offline, does not verify external links, fail…
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The title "Add workflow to check for broken links" matches the main change. The PR adds a GitHub Actions workflow that runs Lychee to check Markdown links and heading anchors. The title is specific and concise, and it does not describe anything absent from the changeset.

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The description states that the PR adds a lychee workflow that checks internal links and heading anchors in the Markdown docs. It also says the check runs offline, does not verify external links, fails on broken links, runs on every pull request and push to main, and needs an admin to mark Check links as a required status check. This matches the raw summary of .github/workflows/link-check.yml.

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Review comments at @.github/workflows/link-check.yml:
- Line 23: Update the checkout step and Lychee action in the link-check workflow
to avoid exposing credentials: set checkout’s persist-credentials option to
false and explicitly pass an empty token to the Lychee step. Both changes are
required; preserve the existing workflow behavior otherwise.

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The offline check makes no API calls, so it does not need checkout credentials or a GitHub token.
@jjw24 jjw24 added the enhancement New feature or request label Nov 9, 2026

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Check links added as a required status check.

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