Output Styles Validator

The Output Styles validator checks Claude Code output style definitions for name validation and content requirements.

What It Checks

• OUTPUT_STYLE.md frontmatter schema
• Name and directory consistency
• Guidelines content requirements

Rules

This validator includes 6 rules. See the Output Styles rules category for the complete list.

output-style-name-directory-mismatch

Output style name does not match its directory

Error

output-style-missing-guidelines

Output style is missing guidelines content

Warning

output-style-body-too-short

Output style body content is too short

Warning

CLI Usage

# Validate all output styles
claudelint validate-output-styles

# Verbose output
claudelint validate-output-styles --verbose

See Also

• Claude Code Output Styles - Official output styles documentation
• Configuration - Customize rule severity