proselint Prose Linting and Style Checker CLI

proselint is a Python CLI tool that lints English prose for style and usage issues. It aggregates writing advice from renowned authors and editors including Bryan Garner, David Foster Wallace, and Strunk & White into automated checks that scan text files and flag problems.

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

• pip install proselint

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• To run the linter as part of another Python program, you can use the LintFile
• class in proselint.tools. This requires CheckRegistry to be populated.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• the hearts and minds of great authors and editors. But poring over Strunk &

• White hardly makes one a better writer — it turns you into neither Strunk nor

• White. And nobody has the capacity to apply all the advice from *Garner’s Modern

• Source: https://github.com/amperser/proselint

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amperser/proselint/HEAD/README.md

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange