# check

URL: /bengal/cli/check/
Section: cli
Description: Validate your site

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Command

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`bengal check`

Validate your site

17Options

## Usage

```
bengal check [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

Option
Type
Description

`--changed`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Only validate changed files (requires build cache)

`--file`

`STRING`

Validate specific file(s), comma-separated

`--fix`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Show migration hints for template errors

`--focus`

`STRING`

Show one health finding by code, e.g. H101-001

`--ignore`

`STRING`

Health check codes to ignore (comma-separated, e.g. H101,H202)

`--incremental`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Use incremental validation

`--limit`

`INTEGER`

Maximum findings to show in human output (0 = all)

Default:`10`

`--profile`

`STRING`

Build profile: writer, theme-dev, developer

`--source`

`STRING`

Source directory path

`--style`

`STRING`

Output style: dense, ascii, or ci

Default:`dense`

`--suggestions`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Show quality suggestions

`--templates`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Validate template syntax

`--templates-context`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Validate template context (Kida only)

`--templates-pattern`

`STRING`

Glob pattern for templates

`--traceback`

`STRING`

Traceback verbosity: full | compact | minimal | off

`--verbose`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Show all checks, not just problems

`--watch`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Watch mode: validate on file changes