diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7bddc25..3012ef5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,8 +38,17 @@ meteor-boilerplate adds these meteor core packages by default:
 ##Deployment with Docker
 This package includes a basic dockerfile for deploying built versions of your application. More instructions and development on this feature to come.
 
-##Coding Standards
-This boilerplate includes a `gulpfile.js` that includes a `cs` task that runs jscs and jshint on your codebase. All you have to do is run `gulp cs` in the project root, and you'll get a full report on all the coding standards issues in your project.
+## Coding Standards
+This project contains multiple tools for enforcing coding standards and checking for errors within the codebase. The standards are defined in the `.jscsrc` and `.jshintrc` files in the project root.
+
+### Installation
+
+* Change directory to the crowd.work directory, like: `cd /path/to/project`
+* Run `npm install` to retrieve dependencies.
+
+### Checking
+
+To check your local codebase, run `gulp cs` from a console in the project root. An error report, if any, will be generated in the console.
 
 ##Folder Structure
 The <code>/client</code>, <code>/server</code>, and <code>/lib</code> folders provide some basic app structure that I've found to be useful:
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index c880b48..eba3dcf 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -6,19 +6,42 @@
 
 var gulp = require('gulp'),
     jshint = require('gulp-jshint'),
-    jscs = require('gulp-jscs');
+    jscs = require('gulp-jscs'),
+    jsonlint = require("gulp-jsonlint"),
+    runSequence = require('run-sequence');
 
 /**
- * @task lint
+ * @task JavaScript and JSON coding standards.
+ *   Executes lint and style checkers on project JavaScript and JSON.
+ */
+gulp.task('cs', function (callback) {
+  runSequence('lintjson', 'lintjs', callback);
+});
+
+/**
+ * @task JSON lint.
+ *   Checks JSON configuration files for errors.
+ */
+gulp.task('lintjson', function () {
+  return gulp.src([
+    '.jscsrc',
+    '.jshintrc'
+  ])
+  .pipe(jsonlint())
+  .pipe(jsonlint.reporter());
+});
+
+/**
+ * @task JavaScript lint.
  *   Runs JSCS and JSLint on module, theme, and gulp files. Excludes all
  *   minified JavaScript files.
  */
-gulp.task('cs', function () {
+gulp.task('lintjs', function () {
   return gulp.src([
+    'gulpfile.js',
     'src/**/*.js',
-    'gulpfile.js'
     '!src/.meteor/**/*.js',
-    '!src/packages/**/*.js',
+    '!src/packages/**/*.js'
   ])
   .pipe(jshint())
   .pipe(jshint.reporter('default'))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 574f8cd..c4e0c15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "gulp": "~3.8.10",
     "gulp-jscs": "^1.3.1",
-    "gulp-jshint": "^1.6.2"
+    "gulp-jshint": "^1.6.2",
+    "gulp-jsonlint": "^1.0.2",
+    "run-sequence": "^1.0.2"
   }
 }