[guide] npm run check / npm test cannot pass on a clean checkout — missing Makefile, spelling failures, phantom analyses/ path

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Audit context: guide-agent docs/onboarding audit of main @ 00b44df (2026-09-17). CONTRIBUTING.md "Making changes" step 2 tells contributors to "run the relevant validation script", and npm test runs npm run check && npm run test:unit — but check aggregates scripts that fail on a clean clone, before any contributor change:

1. check:links invokes a Makefile that does not exist. _check:links runs make --keep-going check-links, but there is no Makefile/makefile/GNUmakefile in the repo — git log --all -- Makefile shows one never existed. Any contributor running the documented check suite hits make: *** No rule to make target 'check-links'. Stop.
2. check:spelling exits 1 on unmodified main. Verified: npx cspell --no-progress -c .cspell.yml analyses docs *.md reports 14 unknown words in 6 files — cutover (×8: GOVERNANCE.md, LAUNCH.md ×2, MILESTONES.md, README.md, ROADMAP.md ×3), retag (×2: MILESTONES.md), ACMM (LAUNCH.md), linuxfoundation (CONTRIBUTING.md), reprioritizations (ROADMAP.md). None are in the .cspell.yml words list. CI does not run check:spelling (ci.yml only runs test:unit + build:production), so main drifts while local npm test fails.
3. Scripts reference an analyses/ directory that never existed. check:spelling passes analyses as a path arg and _check:links-md runs find analyses -name '*.md'; git log --all -- analyses is empty. Currently harmless (cspell skips it, find's error goes to stderr inside backticks) but confusing dead weight.

Suggested fixes (any subset): add the six words to .cspell.yml (or fix the docs); replace the make check-links indirection with a direct htmltest/markdown-link-check invocation or remove check:links until a Makefile lands; drop analyses from both scripts. Consider whether check:spelling should join ci.yml so main stays clean.

Advisory only — no PR per guide-agent scope.

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Scanner re-verification (2026-09-19, main @ 00b44df)

Confirmed live on a clean clone: npx cspell --no-progress -c .cspell.yml analyses docs *.md fails with 14 unknown words in 6 files (cutover ×9, retag ×2, ACMM, linuxfoundation, reprioritizations).

Root cause has shifted since this issue was filed: .cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, and .markdown-link-check.json all now exist on main — the missing-config premise is outdated. Current failure modes:

1. Missing cspell words (listed above) — PR fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 fixes.
2. Phantom analyses/ path arg in check:spelling and _check:links-md (find analyses exits 1) — PR fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 fixes.
3. Remaining third failure (per fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292, "two of the three") still needs identification after fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 lands.

markdownlint against .markdownlint.yaml passes on README.md.

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Scanner verification @ main 00b44df (2026-09-19):

• PR fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 fixes items 2+3 completely. Applied the diff to a clean checkout and ran npx cspell --no-progress -c .cspell.yml docs *.md → Files checked: 38, Issues found: 0. The phantom analyses/ path is dropped from both check:spelling and _check:links-md.
• Item 1 (check:links → nonexistent Makefile) has NO open PR. Confirmed no Makefile/makefile/GNUmakefile on main and git log --all -- Makefile is empty — one never existed. After fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 merges, npm run check will still fail at make: *** No rule to make target 'check-links'. This is the remaining blocker for a clean-checkout npm test.

Recommend keeping #264 open after #292 merges (or scoping #292's body to items 2+3 only) until the check:links/Makefile gap is fixed.

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Scanner re-verification @ main 00b44df (2026-09-20)

The config-file half of this is FIXED — PR #111 landed .cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, and .markdown-link-check.json. But npm run check still cannot pass on a clean checkout (npm ci @ 00b44df, node 22):

1. check:spelling — FAIL (exit 1), 14 issues in 6 files

Unique unknown words include: cutover, linuxfoundation, reprioritizations, retag. Open PR #292 fixes exactly this half (adds the cspell words + drops the phantom analyses/ path from _check:links-md, which otherwise errors because find analyses targets a directory that does not exist).

2. check:markdownlint — FAIL (exit 1), 164 errors — NOT covered by PR #292

PR #292 only touches .cspell.yml and package.json; the markdownlint failures would remain after it merges. Error classes:

Rule	Count	Files	Notes
MD060/table-column-style	~150	LAUNCH.md	table pipes missing/extra space for "compact" style
MD018/no-missing-space-atx	2	MAINTAINERS.md, MILESTONES.md	hard-wrapped prose lines that start with #47). / #79, and #80) — markdownlint parses them as headings missing a space
MD037/no-space-in-emphasis	several	blog/2026-07-22-welcome-to-endusers-cncf-io.md, blog/2026-08-08-month-in-metrics-august-2026.md	* t … e * emphasis spans
MD004/ul-style	several	docs/architectures/adobe.md etc.	asterisk lists where dash expected

Recommendation

1. Merge PR fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 (fixes spelling + phantom path).
2. A second PR is still needed for the 164 markdownlint errors: rewrap the two prose lines so issue refs don't lead a line, fix the LAUNCH.md tables, blog emphasis spacing, and normalize list style — or run markdownlint --fix for the mechanical subset.

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Status update from scanner agent (main @ 00b44df, 2026-09-20): the failure mode has evolved since this was filed.

• The missing config files (.cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, .markdown-link-check.json) now exist on main — added by merged PR fix: add missing lint config files referenced by npm scripts #111.
• npm run check:spelling still fails, but now with 14 unknown words in 6 files (e.g. cutover, reprioritizations in ROADMAP.md), and the script still references the phantom analyses/ directory (silently ignored by cspell).
• Open PR fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292 (add missing cspell words + drop phantom analyses path) addresses exactly this remainder.

So this issue is partially resolved by #111; merging #292 should close it.

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[scanner] Status update after PR #111 merged (2026-09-16): the missing config files (.cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, .markdown-link-check.json) now exist on main, but npm run check:spelling still fails on a clean main checkout (@ 00b44df) — 14 unknown words in 6 files:

• CONTRIBUTING.md: linuxfoundation
• GOVERNANCE.md / LAUNCH.md / README.md / ROADMAP.md: cutover (x8)
• LAUNCH.md: ACMM
• MILESTONES.md: retag (x2), cutover (x2)
• ROADMAP.md: reprioritizations

Remaining fix: add these words to .cspell.yml (or correct the source spelling). Re-verified live today.

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Status update 2026-09-21 @ 60ddab0 (clean checkout):

• test:unit: FAILS — 2 tests in tests/validate-architectures.test.mjs (fixture lacks https sourceUrl after fix: validate architecture catalog sourceUrl scheme and asset containment (scripts/validate-architectures.mjs) #334; tracked in [scanner] main is RED: merged #334 breaks validate-architectures tests, Deploy to GitHub Pages now fails at 'Run unit tests' — production deploy blocked #389, deploy-blocking).
• check:markdown: FAILS again — fix: make check:markdown pass on a clean checkout #315 fixed it at ~14:07Z, then docs(roadmap): add zero-red content pipelines launch-readiness gate #198/docs(launch): remove self-staling 'Today' phrasing from countdown #293/docs: correct README Deployment section to reflect actual GitHub Pages target #384/adr: resolve duplicate 0001 number and index missing draft #385 re-broke it in the same wave: 12 errors in 4 files (LAUNCH.md ×6 MD060, adr/README.md ×3 MD060, README.md ×2 MD009, stakeholder-outreach ×1 MD040).
• check:spelling: still fails, improved — 1 unknown word (lightboxes, CONTRIBUTING.md:39) after fix: add missing cspell words and drop phantom analyses path #292's cspell merge (was 15).
• Root amplifier: no workflow runs the lint checks in CI (filed separately); ci.yml runs only test:unit + build.

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[scanner] Status update on main @678e427: the missing config files landed via #292 (2/3 fixed), but all three checks still fail on a clean checkout:

• check:spelling: 1 unknown word — lightboxes (CONTRIBUTING.md:39, introduced by docs: add DCO sign-off step to CONTRIBUTING.md #244)
• check:markdown: 12+ errors — MD040 in adr/stakeholder-outreach-draft-for-0001.md, MD060 table-style in adr/README.md + LAUNCH.md, MD009 trailing spaces in README.md
• check:format: 66 files flagged by Prettier

All three remain unenforced in CI (#392).

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Re-verified on a clean checkout of main @ 678e427 (post-#292): the missing-config part is fixed — .cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, .markdown-link-check.json now exist — but npm run check still fails:

• check:spelling: 1 unknown word — CONTRIBUTING.md:39:20 "lightboxes"
• check:markdown: multiple errors — MD009 (README.md:58,64), MD040 (adr/stakeholder-outreach-draft-for-0001.md:26), MD060 (adr/README.md:20-22, LAUNCH.md:70, …)

Remaining work: add "lightboxes" to .cspell.yml words and fix/auto-fix the markdownlint errors (markdownlint --fix handles MD009; MD040/MD060 need manual edits).

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Linking clarification (re #369)

PR #292 (merged) fixed items 2 and 3 of this issue (missing cspell words, phantom analyses/ path) but carries no closing/referencing keyword in its body, so this issue was never auto-linked to it. Since #292 is already merged, editing its body now cannot retroactively create a closing reference — GitHub only processes closing keywords at merge/close time.

For the record: #292 → covers items 2 & 3 here. Item 1 (check:links invoking a nonexistent Makefile) remains open, tracked separately by #291 (still unmerged, and itself linked to #283/#284 rather than this issue).

Recommend a maintainer keep this issue open until #291 lands (or a Makefile/check:links replacement merges), then close manually referencing both #292 and #291.

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Scanner re-verification @ 0fd5f8b (clean checkout): #292 fixed 13 of the 14 unknown words and the config files now exist, but npm run check:spelling still fails on one word — lightboxes at CONTRIBUTING.md:57 (introduced by #202). One-word fix: add lightboxes to .cspell.yml or reword. Note the rest of the check suite is also red on clean main: check:format reports 61 files with Prettier issues (see #305). — scanner

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Scanner re-verification @ main 0fd5f8b (2026-09-22): merged PR #292 substantially fixed this — .cspell.yml and the other lint configs now exist, and check:spelling is down from 14 unknown words in 6 files to 1 word in 1 file: CONTRIBUTING.md:57:20 — Unknown word (lightboxes). The command still exits non-zero, so npm run check / npm test still cannot pass on a clean checkout; either add lightboxes to .cspell.yml words or reword that line to fully close this issue.

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Scanner re-verification @ main 0fd5f8b — partially fixed by #292, one failure remains

#292 (merged) resolved the missing-config half of this issue: .cspell.yml, .markdownlint.yaml, and .markdown-link-check.json all exist on main now, so the lint scripts run.

However npm run check still cannot pass on a clean checkout — check:spelling fails on exactly one remaining unknown word:

CONTRIBUTING.md:57:20 - Unknown word (lightboxes)
CSpell: Files checked: 42, Issues found: 1 in 1 file.

Fix is one line: either reword CONTRIBUTING.md:57 or add lightboxes to .cspell.yml.

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