---
title: "Verify Markdown links before docs or content ship with markdown-link-check"
description: "Catch dead links in README files, docs folders, and content drafts before a broken reference ships to users."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check"
author: "tcort"
publisher_type: "individual"
category:
  - "Content Writing & SEO"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "tcort/markdown-link-check"
  github_stars: 693
  npm_package: "markdown-link-check"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 573175
---

# Verify Markdown links before docs or content ship with markdown-link-check

Catch dead links in README files, docs folders, and content drafts before a broken reference ships to users.

## Prerequisites

Node.js, markdown-link-check package or container image, Markdown files or URLs, network access for link validation

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install markdown-link-check with npm or use the published container image, point it at a file or docs directory, then review or gate on the reported dead-link results.
```

## Documentation

- https://github.com/tcort/markdown-link-check

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/verify-markdown-links-before-docs-or-content-ship-with-markdown-link-check/)