Z506: MALFORMED_FRONTMATTER¶

Severity: Error

Penalty: 0.0 points | Category: general
Remediation & Opt-In

Auto-Fixable: No | Opt-In: No

Rationale¶

This rule is triggered when the opening YAML frontmatter delimiter on line 1 of a file is malformed (such as using -- instead of ---), causing metadata directives to be parsed as raw body text.

How to Fix¶

Inspect the flagged location in the Markdown file and update the content or configuration:

Failing Pattern (Triggers Z506)

docs/example.md

<!-- BAD: Line 1 uses two dashes instead of three -->
--
title: "Invalid Frontmatter"
---

Passing Pattern (Resolves Z506)

docs/example.md

<!-- GOOD: Line 1 uses exactly three dashes -->
---
title: "Valid Frontmatter"
---

Configuration¶

.zenzic.toml

# Evaluated on line 1 of Markdown files

Reference¶

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