lint/CLAUDE.md

CLAUDE.md

Project Overview

core/lint is a standalone pattern catalog and regex-based code checker. It loads YAML rule definitions and matches them against source files. Zero framework dependencies.

Build & Development

core go test
core go qa
core build          # produces ./bin/core-lint

Architecture

• catalog/ — YAML rule files (embedded at compile time)
• pkg/lint/ — Library: Rule, Catalog, Matcher, Scanner, Report types
• cmd/core-lint/ — CLI binary using cli.Main()

Rule Schema

Each YAML file contains an array of rules with: id, title, severity, languages, tags, pattern (regex), exclude_pattern, fix, example_bad, example_good, detection type.

Coding Standards

• UK English
• All functions have typed params/returns
• Tests use testify
• License: EUPL-1.2