From 4dc1a757818f547ecbd163e23622ca75536dfa57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chi Wai Chan <chiwai.chan@canonical.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:10:56 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: support vale flags

---
 .github/workflows/docs.yaml | 8 +++++++-
 docs/changelog.md           | 4 ++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 42d296eea..e60dc1244 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ on:
         description: Where Vale will look for files to lint
         default: '["README.md","CONTRIBUTING.md","docs/"]'
         required: false
+      vale-flags:
+        type: string
+        description: Space-delimited list of flags for the Vale CLI.
+        default: ""
+        required: false
       vale-fail-on-error:
         description: Exit with 1 when at least one error was reported.
         type: boolean
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: errata-ai/vale-action@v2.1.1
         with:
           files: ${{ inputs.vale-files }}
+          vale_flags: ${{ inputs.vale-flags }}
           fail_on_error: ${{ inputs.vale-fail-on-error }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -87,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
             --exclude terraform.io
             --exclude hashicorp.com
             ${{ inputs.linkcheck-files }}
-      
+
       - name: Save lychee cache
         uses: actions/cache/save@v5.0.3
         if: always()
diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index fca34c300..6ba2b8b04 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/).
 
 Each revision is versioned by the date of the revision.
 
+## 2026-02-12
+
+- Support "vale-flags" input parameter for the `docs` workflow to allow passing additional flags to the Vale CLI.
+
 ## 2026-02-11
 
 - Add "terraform-lint" step in the "test" workflow.

From 9ae5f8f1c91b8238cfac5446104b91965ae5170c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chi Wai Chan <chiwai.chan@canonical.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:22:54 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat: default to glob *.md

---
 .github/workflows/docs.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index e60dc1244..e76beae2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ on:
       vale-flags:
         type: string
         description: Space-delimited list of flags for the Vale CLI.
-        default: ""
+        default: "--glob=*.md"
         required: false
       vale-fail-on-error:
         description: Exit with 1 when at least one error was reported.