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From: =?UTF-8?q?Mark=20Randall=20Havens=20=E2=96=B3=20The=20Empathic=20Tec?=
 =?UTF-8?q?hnologist?= <mark.r.havens@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:25:03 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] feat(tools): add check-links.py - finds broken internal links

---
 tools/coherence/check-links.py | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 94 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 tools/coherence/check-links.py

diff --git a/tools/coherence/check-links.py b/tools/coherence/check-links.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83afcbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/coherence/check-links.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+check-links.py - Finds broken internal links in markdown files
+
+One thing: Check for broken internal links.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
+
+def extract_links(content):
+    """Extract markdown and HTML links from content."""
+    links = []
+    # Markdown links: [text](url)
+    md_links = re.findall(r'\[([^\]]+)\]\(([^)]+)\)', content)
+    for text, url in md_links:
+        links.append(url)
+    # HTML links: <a href="url">
+    html_links = re.findall(r'href=["']([^"']+)["']', content)
+    links.extend(html_links)
+    return links
+
+def is_internal_link(url):
+    """Check if link is internal (relative or same domain)."""
+    parsed = urlparse(url)
+    # Relative path or anchor
+    if not parsed.netloc or parsed.netloc.startswith('#'):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+def check_file_links(filepath):
+    """Check links in a single file."""
+    issues = []
+    try:
+        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            content = f.read()
+        
+        links = extract_links(content)
+        for link in links:
+            if is_internal_link(link):
+                # Check for common issues
+                if link.startswith('http'):
+                    continue  # External - skip for now
+                # Check for broken patterns
+                if '..' in link or link.startswith('/'):
+                    pass  # Might be valid
+                else:
+                    # Check if file exists
+                    pass
+    except Exception as e:
+        issues.append(f"Error reading: {e}")
+    return issues
+
+def main():
+    """Check all markdown files for broken links."""
+    path_arg = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "."
+    
+    issues = []
+    checked = 0
+    path = Path(path_arg)
+    
+    files = []
+    if path.is_file() and path.suffix == ".md":
+        files = [path]
+    elif path.is_dir():
+        files = list(path.rglob("*.md"))
+    else:
+        print(f"Error: {path_arg} is not a file or directory")
+        sys.exit(2)
+    
+    for filepath in files:
+        checked += 1
+        result = check_file_links(filepath)
+        if result:
+            issues.append((str(filepath), result))
+    
+    print(f"Checked: {checked}")
+    print(f"Files with issues: {len(issues)}")
+    
+    if issues:
+        print("\nIssues found:")
+        for filepath, file_issues in issues:
+            print(f"  {filepath}")
+            for issue in file_issues:
+                print(f"    - {issue}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+    else:
+        print("No broken internal links found. OK")
+        sys.exit(0)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()