Format Markdown with prettier in script/fmt and script/fmt-check

script/fmt and script/fmt-check now run prettier over all Markdown
after the Go step. The prettier config, package.json, yarn.lock and the
node and yarn steps of script/bootstrap are copied from sneak/prompts
with the same pinned versions.

Model: opus-5-5

.prettierignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+node_modules/
+yarn.lock

.prettierrc

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "tabWidth": 4,
+    "proseWrap": "always"
+}

README.md

@@ -957,7 +957,9 @@ development workflow, and the Makefile targets are thin shims that call
 them. We provide:
 
 * `script/bootstrap` — install all development dependencies (Go, Go
-  module download). A host without Go gets the `go.mod` version through
+  module download, and node, yarn and `prettier` for Markdown). Node
+  comes from the host, or else at a pinned version through `nvm`. A
+  host without Go gets the `go.mod` version through
   `script/install-go`, in `.tool/go`, which `script/bootstrap` itself,
   the `Makefile`, `script/fmt`, `script/fmt-check`, `script/precommit`
   and `script/release` add to their `PATH`. It
@@ -1011,9 +1013,11 @@ them. We provide:
   needs a *local* daemon. It is a developer convenience and never a
   gate: no gate reads its exit status. Run `make lint` afterwards to
   find out whether the tree is clean.
-* `script/fmt` — format all code (writes)
+* `script/fmt` — format all code (writes): Go with `go fmt`, Markdown
+  with `prettier`
 * `script/fmt-check` — check formatting (read-only). It runs `gofmt` on
-  the host, over every Go file outside `.tool`.
+  the host, over every Go file outside `.tool`, and `prettier --check`
+  over every Markdown file.
 * `script/check` — run `script/test`, `script/lint`, and
   `script/fmt-check`.
 * `script/docker` — build the Docker image tagged via

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "prettier": "3.8.1"
+  }
+}

script/bootstrap

@@ -3,11 +3,20 @@
 # this repo. Idempotent: every install is guarded by a check so already
 # installed tools are skipped. Base tooling comes from nix, apt, brew,
 # or apk (detected in that order); assumes NOTHING is present (not git,
-# make, or go).
+# make, or go). Node is used directly if installed; otherwise it is
+# installed at a pinned version via nvm (installing nvm itself first,
+# from a hash-verified release archive, never curl | sh).
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
+# Pinned versions, 2026-07-06
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+NVM_VERSION="0.40.3"
+# sha256 of https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v0.40.3.tar.gz
+NVM_SHA256="5f4d6aaa04a177dc93c985e31dbc411ab6b8c6e1e21d8015dbc1372625fcd1d0"
+YARN_VERSION="1.22.22"
+
 PKGMGR=""
 SUDO=""
 
@@ -48,6 +57,69 @@ missing() {
     ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
+# verify_sha256 <file> <expected-hash>
+verify_sha256() {
+    if command -v sha256sum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        actual="$(sha256sum "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+    else
+        actual="$(shasum -a 256 "$1" | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+    fi
+    if [ "$actual" != "$2" ]; then
+        echo "bootstrap: sha256 mismatch for $1" >&2
+        echo "  expected: $2" >&2
+        echo "  actual:   $actual" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+# nvm is a bash script; run a command in a bash with nvm loaded
+nvm_sh() {
+    bash -c ". \"\$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh\" && $*"
+}
+
+ensure_nvm() {
+    [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ] && return 0
+    # nvm prerequisites; nvm itself requires bash
+    if missing bash; then pkg_install bash bash bash bash; fi
+    if missing curl; then pkg_install curl curl curl curl; fi
+    if missing git; then pkg_install git git git git; fi
+    tmp="$(mktemp -d)"
+    curl -fsSL -o "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" \
+        "https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/archive/refs/tags/v${NVM_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+    verify_sha256 "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" "$NVM_SHA256"
+    mkdir -p "$HOME/.nvm"
+    tar -xzf "$tmp/nvm.tar.gz" -C "$HOME/.nvm" --strip-components=1
+    rm -rf "$tmp"
+}
+
+ensure_node() {
+    if ! missing node; then return 0; fi
+    ensure_nvm
+    nvm_sh "nvm install $NODE_VERSION"
+}
+
+ensure_yarn() {
+    if ! missing yarn; then return 0; fi
+    if ! missing corepack; then
+        corepack enable
+        corepack prepare "yarn@$YARN_VERSION" --activate
+    elif [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+        nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && corepack enable && \
+            corepack prepare yarn@$YARN_VERSION --activate"
+    else
+        npm install -g "yarn@$YARN_VERSION"
+    fi
+}
+
+install_js_deps() {
+    if missing yarn && [ -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+        nvm_sh "nvm use $NODE_VERSION >/dev/null && cd \"$ROOT\" && \
+            yarn install --frozen-lockfile"
+    else
+        yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+    fi
+}
+
 # Docker is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have: script/lint and
 # script/test build the lint and test phases of the Dockerfile, the only
 # place the linter and the tests run, and script/check and
@@ -131,6 +203,11 @@ main() {
 
     go mod download
 
+    # prettier, which script/fmt and script/fmt-check run on Markdown.
+    ensure_node
+    ensure_yarn
+    install_js_deps
+
     # Last, so that everything installable is installed before the one
     # thing this script cannot install decides the outcome.
     require_docker

script/fmt

@@ -4,11 +4,31 @@ set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
+# Must match the pin in script/bootstrap.
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+
+# script/bootstrap installs node and yarn under nvm and leaves neither
+# on the PATH of the shell that called it, so resolve the pinned
+# toolchain here the way bootstrap's own install step does. nvm is a
+# bash script, hence the subshell.
+run_yarn() {
+    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        exec yarn "$@"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+        echo "fmt: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    exec bash -c '. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" && nvm use "$1" >/dev/null &&
+        shift && exec yarn "$@"' bash "$NODE_VERSION" "$@"
+}
+
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
     # Where script/bootstrap installs Go when the host has none.
     PATH="$PATH:$ROOT/.tool/go/bin"
     go fmt ./...
+    run_yarn run prettier --write '**/*.md' --tab-width 4 --prose-wrap always
 }
 
 main "$@"

script/fmt-check

@@ -3,11 +3,30 @@
 # writing. It checks every Go file outside .tool, which is more than
 # script/fmt formats: `go fmt ./...` skips `testdata` directories and
 # files and directories whose names start with `.` or `_`. Fix a file
-# only this reports with `gofmt -w`.
+# only this reports with `gofmt -w`. Markdown is checked with prettier.
 set -eu
 
 ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd -P)"
 
+# Must match the pin in script/bootstrap.
+NODE_VERSION="22.17.0"
+
+# script/bootstrap installs node and yarn under nvm and leaves neither
+# on the PATH of the shell that called it, so resolve the pinned
+# toolchain here the way bootstrap's own install step does. nvm is a
+# bash script, hence the subshell.
+run_yarn() {
+    if command -v yarn >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        exec yarn "$@"
+    fi
+    if [ ! -s "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" ]; then
+        echo "fmt-check: no yarn; run script/bootstrap first" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    exec bash -c '. "$HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh" && nvm use "$1" >/dev/null &&
+        shift && exec yarn "$@"' bash "$NODE_VERSION" "$@"
+}
+
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
     # Where script/bootstrap installs Go when the host has none.
@@ -23,6 +42,7 @@ main() {
         echo "$unformatted" >&2
         exit 1
     fi
+    run_yarn run prettier --check '**/*.md' --tab-width 4 --prose-wrap always
 }
 
 main "$@"

yarn.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+
+
+prettier@3.8.1:
+  version "3.8.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prettier/-/prettier-3.8.1.tgz#edf48977cf991558f4fcbd8a3ba6015ba2a3a173"
+  integrity sha512-UOnG6LftzbdaHZcKoPFtOcCKztrQ57WkHDeRD9t/PTQtmT0NHSeWWepj6pS0z/N7+08BHFDQVUrfmfMRcZwbMg==