# proselint Prose Linting and Style Checker CLI

> proselint is a Python CLI tool that lints English prose for style and usage issues. It aggregates writing advice from renowned authors and editors including Bryan Garner, David Foster Wallace, and Strunk & White into automated checks that scan text files and flag problems.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/proselint-prose-linting-and-style-checker-cli` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/proselint-prose-linting-and-style-checker-cli`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/proselint-prose-linting-and-style-checker-cli/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/proselint-prose-linting-and-style-checker-cli

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# proselint Prose Linting and Style Checker CLI

proselint is a Python CLI tool that lints English prose for style and usage issues. It aggregates writing advice from renowned authors and editors including Bryan Garner, David Foster Wallace, and Strunk & White into automated checks that scan text files and flag problems.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pip install proselint

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [pip]: https://packaging.python.org/installing/#use-pip-for-installing
- To run the linter as part of another Python program, you can use the LintFile
- class in proselint.tools. This requires CheckRegistry to be populated.

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- the hearts and minds of great authors and editors. But poring over Strunk &
- White hardly makes one a better writer — it turns you into neither Strunk nor
- White. And nobody has the capacity to apply all the advice from *Garner’s Modern

- Source: https://github.com/amperser/proselint
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/amperser/proselint/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/proselint-prose-linting-style-checker-cli/)