config-validate-cli

Validate JSON/YAML config files against JSON Schema.

Installation

npm install -g config-validate-cli

Usage

# Validate with a custom schema
config-validate -c config.json -s schema.json

# Validate common configs (built-in schemas for package.json, tsconfig.json)
config-validate -c package.json

# Strict mode — disallow additional properties
config-validate -c config.yaml -s schema.json --strict

# JSON output for CI pipelines
config-validate -c config.json -s schema.json --json

# Verbose — list all checked fields
config-validate -c package.json --verbose

Options

Flag	Description
-c, --config <path>	Path to the config file (JSON or YAML)
-s, --schema <path>	Path to the JSON Schema file
--strict	Disallow additional properties
--json	Output results as JSON
--verbose	Show all validated fields
-V, --version	Show version
-h, --help	Show help

Built-in Schemas

When no -s flag is provided, the tool uses built-in schemas for:

• package.json — validates name, version, scripts, dependencies
• tsconfig.json — validates compilerOptions, include, exclude

Exit Codes

• 0 — config is valid
• 1 — config is invalid or an error occurred

License

MIT