# cff-validator GitHub Action

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/cff-validator/  
**Provider:** Citation File Format — https://apis.io/providers/citation-cff/  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/dieghernan/cff-validator

cff-validator GitHub Action is one of 6 APIs that [Citation File Format](https://apis.io/providers/citation-cff/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include CI, GitHub Action, and Validation.

The cff-validator GitHub Action runs schema validation on a repository's CITATION.cff during continuous integration so that malformed or non-compliant citation metadata is caught before release.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Source Code** — https://github.com/dieghernan/cff-validator
- **Marketplace** — https://github.com/marketplace/actions/cff-validator

## Other Citation File Format APIs (5)

- [Citation File Format Schema](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/cff-schema/)
- [cffinit Authoring Tool](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/cffinit/)
- [cffconvert](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/cffconvert/)
- [GitHub Native Citation Support](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/github-citation-integration/)
- [Zenodo Software Publishing](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/zenodo-integration/)

## Tags

CI, GitHub Action, Validation

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/citation-cff/cff-validator/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/citation-cff/.