diff --git a/.github/workflows/md-links.yml b/.github/workflows/md-links.yml
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+---
+name: md-links
+
+"on":
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+jobs:
+  md-links:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - name: markdown-link-check
+        uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
+        with:
+          use-verbose-mode: "yes"
+          folder-path: "documentation"
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cd77725076ef40d6636c9be5cba2382b7e98fa71
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+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
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+{
+  "recommendations": [
+      "chef-software.chef",
+      "rebornix.ruby",
+      "editorconfig.editorconfig"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.yamllint b/.yamllint
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+++ b/.yamllint
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+---
+extends: default
+rules:
+  line-length:
+    max: 256
+    level: warning
diff --git a/documentation/.gitkeep b/documentation/.gitkeep
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391