content.words

Word-count floors and ceilings for a section's prose.

Flight director: "Still alive. Potatoes fine." is not a status report.

Quick reference

Examples

content.words.min

Require at least N words of prose in the section body, so a field can't be filled with a token gesture.

A section with enough to act on passes

contract.mdv.md
<!-- mdv: section required content.words.min=15 -->
## Crew Status
document.md
## Crew Status

All six crew are healthy. Oxygen recycler output is nominal after replacing the filter this morning.

✓ passes

A token gesture is flagged

contract.mdv.md
<!-- mdv: section required content.words.min=15 -->
## Crew Status
document.md
## Crew Status

Still alive. Potatoes fine.

✗ too-few-words warn · line 3

content.words.max

Cap the section body at N words, to keep summaries tight.

A summary that runs long is flagged

contract.mdv.md
<!-- mdv: section required content.words.max=12 -->
## Summary
document.md
## Summary

Replaced the oxygen filter, recalibrated the rover arm, and rewrote the comms schedule so the relay window lines up with the dust forecast.

✗ too-many-words error · line 3

Range

Both bounds at once, inclusive (a.. or ..b for one side):

<!-- mdv: section content.words.range=20..200 -->
## Summary
<!-- mdv: endsection -->

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