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Apify Actor audits GitHub docs for broken links without cloning repo

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An Apify Actor has been developed to audit documentation by checking Markdown files directly within a GitHub repository. This tool, named the GitHub Documentation Link Auditor, utilizes an Apify MCP connector to read specified Markdown paths and verify public HTTP links without needing to clone the repository or access a deployed website. The Actor can create or update a single GitHub issue to report findings, such as broken links, and was successfully tested on August 9, 2026, demonstrating its ability to identify a 404 error and update an existing issue. AI

IMPACT This tool streamlines documentation maintenance by automating broken link checks directly within code repositories.

RANK_REASON The item describes a specific tool and its functionality, not a new release from a frontier lab, significant industry move, or academic research.

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Apify Actor audits GitHub docs for broken links without cloning repo

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Thirdwatch ·

    I let an Apify Actor read my docs and write one GitHub issue. It found a 404 without cloning the repo.

    <p>A broken-link checker usually starts from a deployed website. Mine needed to start one step earlier, in Markdown that lives in GitHub.</p> <p>That distinction mattered. Some of the files were not deployed yet. I wanted exact <code>path:line</code> evidence, not the URL of a re…

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