Coding-Dev-Tools · Oct 3, 2026 · Aug 9, 2026 · Aug 10, 2026 · Aug 10, 2026 · Aug 15, 2026
@@ -11,39 +11,44 @@ jobs:
     name: test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Basic sanity check
-        run: echo "Repository structure OK"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.12'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip install pytest
+      - name: Run test suite
+        run: python -m pytest tests/ -q
 
   linkcheck:
     name: Link Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-python@a26af69be951a213d495a4c3e4e4022e16d87065 # v5.6.0
         with:
           python-version: '3.12'
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: pip install -e . || true
+        run: pip install -e . || pip install requests
       - name: Run link checker
-        run: python .hermes/linkcheck.py --exit-code || true
+        run: python .hermes/linkcheck.py --exit-code --verbose .
 
   html-validate:
     name: HTML Validation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Validate HTML
-        uses: Cyb3r-Jak3/html5validator-action@v7.2.0
+        uses: Cyb3r-Jak3/html5validator-action@6f62a310ddc3c79a97ec2ba0f85253a5ea356688 # v7.2.0
         with:
           root: .
-          ignore: "ja,verbose"
-        continue-on-error: true
+          blacklist: "ja"
 
   deploy:
     name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-    needs: [test, linkcheck, html-validate]
+    needs: [test, linkcheck]
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -53,13 +58,13 @@ jobs:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
       - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@1f0c5cde4bc74cd7e1254d0cb4de8d49e9068c7d # v4.0.0
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@56afc609e74202658d3ffba0e8f6dda462b719fa # v3.0.1
         with:
           path: .
       - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
         id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+        uses: actions/deploy-pages@d6db90164ac5ed86f2b6aed7e0febac5b3c0c03e # v4.0.5
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <meta name="description" content="The page you're looking for doesn't exist. Browse our CLI tools, blog, or documentation.">
   <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
   <link rel="canonical" href="https://coding-dev-tools.github.io/devforge/404.html">
-  <link rel="icon" href="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 100 100'><text y='.9em' font-size='90'>?</text></svg>">
+  <link rel="icon" href="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20100%20100%27%3E%3Ctext%20y%3D%27.9em%27%20font-size%3D%2790%27%3E%3F%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E">
   <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700;800&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
   <style>
     *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fix systematic HTML validation errors in devforge blog posts."""
+import os
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BLOG_DIR = Path("blog")
+fixed_files = []
+
+def fix_file(path: Path) -> bool:
+    content = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    original = content
+
+    # Fix 1: Reversed closing tags </pre></code> -> </code></pre>
+    content = content.replace("</pre></code>", "</code></pre>")
+
+    # Fix 2: Unescaped < inside <code> blocks (but not HTML tags)
+    # Match < followed by space or common shell operators inside code contexts
+    # Only escape < that are NOT part of HTML tags (no / or letter immediately after)
+    def escape_lt_in_code(match):
+        inner = match.group(1)
+        # Escape bare < that aren't already &lt; and aren't HTML tags
+        inner = re.sub(r'<(?!\s*/?\s*[a-zA-Z]|&lt;|\s)', '&lt;', inner)
+        return f"<code>{inner}</code>"
+
+    content = re.sub(r'<code>(.*?)</code>', escape_lt_in_code, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Fix 3: Stray </ol> that should be </ul> (when preceded by <ul>)
+    # Look for <ul>...<li>...</li>...</ol> pattern
+    content = re.sub(
+        r'(<ul[^>]*>.*?</li>\s*)</ol>',
+        r'\1</ul>',
+        content,
+        flags=re.DOTALL
+    )
+
+    # Fix 4: Missing </div> before </main> - add closing div if unclosed
+    # This is tricky; we'll handle specific known files
+
+    if content != original:
+        path.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+# Process all HTML files in blog/
+count = 0
+for html_file in sorted(BLOG_DIR.glob("*.html")):
+    if fix_file(html_file):
+        fixed_files.append(html_file.name)
+        count += 1
+
+print(f"Fixed {count} files:")
+for f in fixed_files:
+    print(f"  - {f}")
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fix remaining unescaped < in code/pre blocks and structural issues."""
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BLOG_DIR = Path("blog")
+fixed_files = []
+
+def fix_file(path: Path) -> bool:
+    content = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    original = content
+    name = path.name
+
+    # Fix: Inside <pre><code>...</code></pre>, escape < that are followed by
+    # space (shell redirects like < seed.sql, < legacy_keys.env)
+    # but preserve < that start HTML tags (<span, </code, etc.)
+    def escape_shell_redirects_in_pre(match):
+        inner = match.group(1)
+        # Escape < followed by space (shell redirect pattern)
+        inner = re.sub(r'< ', '&lt; ', inner)
+        # Escape < followed by digit (less-than comparison like < 10)
+        inner = re.sub(r'<(\d)', r'&lt;\1', inner)
+        # Escape << (heredoc) that isn't already escaped
+        inner = inner.replace('<<', '&lt;&lt;')
+        # Fix double-escaping from above
+        inner = inner.replace('&lt;&lt;&lt;', '&lt;&lt;')
+        return f'<pre><code>{inner}</code></pre>'
+
+    content = re.sub(r'<pre><code>(.*?)</code></pre>', escape_shell_redirects_in_pre, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Fix: Inside <div class="cmd-block">, escape < followed by space
+    def escape_in_cmd_block(match):
+        inner = match.group(1)
+        inner = re.sub(r'< ', '&lt; ', inner)
+        return f'<div class="cmd-block">{inner}</div>'
+    content = re.sub(r'<div class="cmd-block">(.*?)</div>', escape_in_cmd_block, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Fix: deadcode-fail-ci-on-dead-code.html line 353 - GitHub Actions expression
+    # < steps.threshold.outputs.threshold should be &lt; in HTML context
+    if name == "deadcode-fail-ci-on-dead-code.html":
+        content = content.replace(
+            'if: steps.scan.outputs.count < steps.threshold.outputs.threshold - 10',
+            'if: steps.scan.outputs.count &lt; steps.threshold.outputs.threshold - 10'
+        )
+
+    # Fix: click-to-mcp-three-distribution-channels.html - stray </div>
+    if name == "click-to-mcp-three-distribution-channels.html":
+        # Check around line 245 for the stray </div>
+        lines = content.split('\n')
+        # The issue is likely an extra </div> that doesn't match any opening
+        # Let's look at the structure more carefully - skip for now, it may be
+        # a false positive from the validator after our other fixes
+
+    if content != original:
+        path.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+count = 0
+for html_file in sorted(BLOG_DIR.glob("*.html")):
+    if fix_file(html_file):
+        fixed_files.append(html_file.name)
+        count += 1
+
+print(f"Fixed {count} files:")
+for f in fixed_files:
+    print(f"  - {f}")
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Fix remaining structural HTML validation errors in devforge blog posts."""
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+BLOG_DIR = Path("blog")
+fixed_files = []
+
+def fix_file(path: Path) -> bool:
+    content = path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    original = content
+    name = path.name
+
+    # Fix 1: Unescaped < followed by space inside <pre><code> blocks
+    # Pattern: <code>...< ...</code> where < is not part of an HTML tag or entity
+    def escape_lt_in_pre_code(match):
+        inner = match.group(1)
+        # Escape < that are followed by space (shell redirection like `< seed.sql`)
+        # but NOT < that start HTML tags or entities
+        inner = re.sub(r'<(?!\s*/?\s*[a-zA-Z/]|&lt;|&gt;|&amp;|#)', '&lt;', inner)
+        return f'<pre><code>{inner}</code></pre>'
+    content = re.sub(r'<pre><code>(.*?)</code></pre>', escape_lt_in_pre_code, content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
+    # Fix 2: api-key-management-from-terminal.html - unclosed div.cmd-block with stray </code></pre>
+    if name == "api-key-management-from-terminal.html":
+        # The cmd-block div has raw text without <pre><code> wrapper but ends with </code></pre>
+        old = '  <div class="cmd-block"># Export as dotenv file\n$ apiauth export --format dotenv --output .env.prod\n\n# Export as JSON for deployment tools\n$ apiauth export --format json\n\n# Export as shell exports for Docker\n$ apiauth export --format shell</code></pre>'
+        new = '  <div class="cmd-block"><pre><code># Export as dotenv file\n$ apiauth export --format dotenv --output .env.prod\n\n# Export as JSON for deployment tools\n$ apiauth export --format json\n\n# Export as shell exports for Docker\n$ apiauth export --format shell</code></pre></div>'
+        content = content.replace(old, new)
+
+    # Fix 3: before-you-deploy-config-drift-and-cost.html - duplicate </main> and unclosed div
+    if name == "before-you-deploy-config-drift-and-cost.html":
+        # Remove the stray second </main> and fix the duplicate article-waitlist div
+        old = '</main>\n\n  <div class="article-waitlist"><div class="article-waitlist">'
+        new = '  <div class="article-waitlist">'
+        content = content.replace(old, new)
+        # Remove the extra </main> after the waitlist div
+        old2 = '  </div>\n\n</main>\n\n<footer>'
+        new2 = '  </div>\n\n<footer>'
+        content = content.replace(old2, new2)
+
+    # Fix 4: click-to-mcp-three-distribution-channels.html - stray </div>
+    if name == "click-to-mcp-three-distribution-channels.html":
+        # Line 245 has stray </div> - check context
+        pass  # Will verify after other fixes
+
+    # Fix 5: new-cli-features-may-18-2026.html - <style> in body
+    if name == "new-cli-features-may-18-2026.html":
+        # Move <style> block into <head> or wrap in proper location
+        # For now, move it before </head> if possible, otherwise leave as-is
+        # since this is a cosmetic issue and the page renders fine
+        style_match = re.search(r'(<style>.*?</style>)', content, re.DOTALL)
+        head_close = content.find('</head>')
+        if style_match and head_close > 0:
+            style_block = style_match.group(1)
+            # Only move if style is currently after </head>
+            if style_match.start() > head_close:
+                content = content.replace(style_block, '', 1)
+                content = content.replace('</head>', style_block + '\n</head>', 1)
+
+    # Fix 6: clean-up-react-dead-code.html - code nesting with spans
+    if name == "clean-up-react-dead-code.html":
+        # The issue is </code> closing a span-nested code improperly
+        # Line 217: <span class="cmd">cat ... | xargs rm</code></pre>
+        # Should be: <span class="cmd">cat ... | xargs rm</span></code></pre>
+        old = '<span class="cmd">cat deadcode-results.json | jq -r \'[] | select(.severity=="high") | .file\' | xargs rm</code></pre>'
+        new = '<span class="cmd">cat deadcode-results.json | jq -r \'[] | select(.severity=="high") | .file\' | xargs rm</span></code></pre>'
+        content = content.replace(old, new)
+        # Also try without escaped quotes
+        old2 = "<span class=\"cmd\">cat deadcode-results.json | jq -r '.[] | select(.severity==\"high\") | .file' | xargs rm</code></pre>"
+        new2 = "<span class=\"cmd\">cat deadcode-results.json | jq -r '.[] | select(.severity==\"high\") | .file' | xargs rm</span></code></pre>"
+        content = content.replace(old2, new2)
+
+    # Fix 7: deploydiff-rollback-commands - <<EOF heredoc escaping
+    if name == "deploydiff-rollback-commands-terraform-cloudformation.html":
+        # Already fixed < to &lt; but need to check <<EOF pattern
+        # The line should be: echo "ROLLBACK_COMMANDS&lt;&lt;EOF" 
+        content = content.replace('&lt;<EOF', '&lt;&lt;EOF')
+        # Also fix any remaining </code> nesting issues around line 308
+        # Check for reversed tags
+        content = content.replace('</pre></code>', '</code></pre>')
+
+    # Fix 8: datamorph-validate-data-schema-ci-pipeline.html - already fixed by script
+    # Verify the </code></pre> order is correct
+    if name == "datamorph-validate-data-schema-ci-pipeline.html":
+        content = content.replace('</pre></code>', '</code></pre>')
+
+    if content != original:
+        path.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+        return True
+    return False
+
+count = 0
+for html_file in sorted(BLOG_DIR.glob("*.html")):
+    if fix_file(html_file):
+        fixed_files.append(html_file.name)
+        count += 1
+
+print(f"Fixed {count} files:")
+for f in fixed_files:
+    print(f"  - {f}")
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     "sameAs": ["https://github.com/Coding-Dev-Tools"]
   }
   </script>
-  <link rel="icon" href="data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 100 100'><text y='.9em' font-size='90'>⚒</text></svg>">
+  <link rel="icon" href="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20100%20100%27%3E%3Ctext%20y%3D%27.9em%27%20font-size%3D%2790%27%3E%E2%9A%92%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E">
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@@ -133,15 +133,6 @@
       <a href="https://github.com/Coding-Dev-Tools">
     </div>
 
-  <a href="index.html" class="logo">Revenue<span>Holdings</span></a>
-  <div class="links">
-    <a href="quickstart.html">Get Started</a>
-    <a href="docs.html">Docs</a>
-    <a href="pricing.html">Pricing</a>
-    <a href="alternatives.html">Alternatives</a>
-    <a href="releases.html">Changelog</a>
-    <a href="blog.html">Blog</a>
-    <a href="about.html" class="active">About</a>
   </div>
 </nav>
 

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