With Markdownlint you can quickly check your own *.md files. You can use that tool for automation in your build environment.

Installation

# install via gem
$ sudo gem install mdl

# install via gem (Mac OS 10.11 - El Capitan)
$ sudo gem install -n /usr/local/bin mdl

# check version
$ mdl --version

Usage

The use of Markdownlint is very easy.

# scan a markdown file
$ mdl path/to/file.md

# scan a folder with different markdown files
$ mdl path/to/folder