content.dates

Dates in the text must be recent enough.

Science officer: Fascinating claim. Source?

Quick reference

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content.dates.age.max=…stale errorsection

Examples

content.dates.age.max

Fail when the most recent ISO date in the section's text is older than a maximum age, checked against a supplied clock (--now, or the real clock by default).

A recent date passes

contract.mdv.md
<!-- mdv: section required content.dates.age.max=90d -->
## Runbook status
document.md
## Runbook status

Verified: 2026-06-01

✓ passes

A date older than the limit is flagged

contract.mdv.md
<!-- mdv: section required content.dates.age.max=90d -->
## Runbook status
document.md
## Runbook status

Verified: 2026-06-01

✗ stale error · line 3

content.refs

Every citation marker must resolve to a defined reference.

content.scan

Scan the whole document for a mask and check every hit.

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