Closes
[DOCS-1289](https://linear.app/supabase/issue/DOCS-1289/get-the-linter-to-fix-what-it-flags-or-retirereplace-the-linter)
Stacked on #50600, which points contributors at the authoring skills.
Merge that one first.
## Problem
Contributors experienced friction with the linter. They felt nickle and
dimed for tiny nits and felt detracted from the work itself. PRs would
become noisy with tiny one-word suggestions.
Additionally, our homegrown linter is not very intelligent, causing
frequent overrides.
## Solution
This removes the linter entirely in favor of directing contributors to
use SKILLS instead.
The removal entails...
- **CI.** Delete the three `docs_lint` workflows: the PR check, the
external-PR comment companion, and the nightly `--fix` bot. Drop the
stale `zizmor.yml` ignore entry for the deleted workflow.
- **Tooling.** Delete `supa-mdx-lint.config.toml` and the 14 rule files.
Drop the `lint:mdx` script and the `@supabase/supa-mdx-lint` dependency
from docs, learn, and ui-library, and regenerate the lockfile.
- **Content.** Remove the 181 directives. A separate commit carries
Prettier's reformatting of the tables and blank lines those comments had
suppressed, so the deletion commit stays readable. No prose changes.
- **Style guide.** The word list states each rule directly instead of
describing what the linter flagged. Every term survives, including the
phrase groups that mirrored `Rule004ExcludeWords`.
- **Skills.** `write-the-docs`, `edit-the-docs`, and `review-the-docs`
drop `pnpm lint:mdx` from their self-review commands and check the word
list directly. `ask-the-docs`'s CI reference drops both workflows.
## Manual testing
1. Run `git grep -i supa-mdx-lint -- . ':!pnpm-lock.yaml'`. No matches.
2. Run `pnpm install --frozen-lockfile --lockfile-only`. It passes, so
the lockfile matches the three trimmed manifests.
3. Run `git diff master...HEAD --name-only --diff-filter=ACMR | grep -E
'\.(md|mdx)$' | xargs npx prettier --config prettier.config.mjs
--check`. All changed markdown passes.
4. Open the [reformatted filter
table](https://docs-git-docs-retire-mdx-linter-supabase.vercel.app/docs/guides/observability/logs#filter-events)
on the preview and compare it with
[production](https://supabase.com/docs/guides/observability/logs#filter-events).
The table renders the same.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Documentation guidance now uses manual prose and terminology review
with the shared word list.
* Clarified storage configuration and common Realtime channel mistakes.
* Improved table formatting, text wrapping, and selected reference
links.
* Updated documentation authoring and review guidance.
* **Chores**
* Retired automated MDX linting from workflows and local validation
commands.
* Removed lint-suppression markers throughout documentation without
changing instructions.
* Added targeted documentation review guidance for pull requests.
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## What kind of change does this PR introduce?
Docs update. Aligns documentation and style guides with the **Sign in /
Sign out / Sign up** platform standard.
Closes DOCS-1328. Related to
[#49874](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/pull/49874).
## What is the current behavior?
Docs style guides prefer _login_ / _log in_. Guide prose uses mixed
login and sign in wording.
## What is the new behavior?
- [WORD_LIST.md](apps/docs/WORD_LIST.md) and
[copywriting.mdx](apps/design-system/content/docs/copywriting.mdx)
document the sign in standard
- Design-system auth examples updated
- Guide prose and API reference spec descriptions updated
### Terminology
**Standard:** Use _sign in_, _sign out_, and _sign up_ as verbs. Use
_sign-in_, _sign-out_, and _sign-up_ as nouns and adjectives. Match
Studio UI labels (**Sign in**, **Sign out**, **Sign up**).
**Preserved intentionally:**
| Category | Keep as-is | Example |
| -------- | ---------- | ------- |
| Feature name | social login | `/social-login`, `features.mdx` heading,
OAuth provider section |
| URL slugs | `login` in paths | `/phone-login`, `/login-flows`,
`choosing-login-flow` |
| CLI | `supabase login` / `supabase logout` | Reference ids
`supabase-login` / `supabase-logout`; executable commands unchanged |
| SDK methods | `logout()` | Kotlin/Swift method names in API reference
titles and examples |
| Third-party UI | Provider product labels | Facebook Login, Kakao
Login, portal **Login** buttons |
| Postgres | Database terminology | login privileges, login credentials,
login via role |
| Audit/logging | Log prose | "Generates the following **log** in the
Postgres Logs" |
| Code and routes | Paths and filenames | `app/login/`, `Login.tsx`,
`demos/android-login` |
| External URLs | Third-party login pages | `dash.cloudflare.com/login`,
`console.neon.tech/login`, `vercel.com/login` |
| API identifiers | Event and field names | Audit actions
`login`/`logout`, `should_logout_user` |
## To test
- Run `pnpm lint:mdx` in `apps/docs`
- Spot-check `features.mdx`, `social-login.mdx`, and a provider guide
(e.g. Facebook, Kakao)
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Standardized authentication terminology across guides, reference
material, CLI documentation, and copywriting guidance using “sign in,”
“sign out,” and “sign up.”
* Updated authentication instructions, headings, link text, examples,
and SSO guidance for clearer, more consistent wording.
* Corrected related grammar, spelling, hyphenation, and documentation
links while preserving established product names and implementation
commands.
* **Style**
* Refined code examples with consistent import ordering and spacing.
* **Examples**
* Updated authentication button and menu labels to “Sign in” and “Sign
out.”
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Closes DOCS-1057
Contributes to DOCS-1052
## I have read the
[CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/supabase/supabase/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
file.
YES
## Problem
We have hundreds of MDX lint warnings in our docs going against style
best practices.
## Solution
Remove and replace in context the following:
- PostgreSQL. There was only one. There was concern about exceptions,
but I found none.
- Just
- Quickly
- Actually
### What changed
Edits follow the [Google developer documentation style
guide](https://developers.google.com/style): concise, direct, active
voice. The flagged words were removed when the sentence still read well,
or replaced when meaning needed to be preserved.
### Common patterns
| Flagged word | Approach | Example |
|---|---|---|
| **just** (filler) | Removed | "you just installed" → "you installed" |
| **just** (limiting) | **only** | "just one row" → "only one row" |
| **just like** | **like** / **the same as** | "function just like
regular users" → "function like regular users" |
| **not just** | **not only** | "not just errors" → "not only errors" |
| **quickly** (performance) | **efficiently** or removed | "find rows
quickly" → "find rows efficiently" |
| **quickly** (time) | **soon** / **rapidly** / removed | "expires too
quickly" → "expires too soon" |
| **actually** (filler) | Removed | "actually execute" → "execute"; "is
actually the most common" → "is the most common" |
## Tophatting
1. See the diff.
2. See that content continues to make sense in context.
3. Locally, `cd apps/docs` and run `pnpm run lint:mdx`.
4. Search for "just," "actually," "quickly", and "PostgreSQL" and see
there are 0 warnings.
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## Summary by CodeRabbit
* **Documentation**
* Updated wording across quickstarts, guides, and troubleshooting
articles for grammar, clarity, and consistent step-by-step phrasing.
* Clarified key concepts including Row Level Security policy evaluation
across Supabase products, deferred foreign key constraint behavior, and
when `EXPLAIN ANALYZE` executes queries (and related side effects).
* Refined several troubleshooting instructions and added guidance to cap
log payload size to reduce billed Logs Ingest volume.
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Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Nik Richers <nrichers@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Chris Chinchilla <chris.ward@supabase.io>
Fix mistake in users.mdx
Generally I dont like fixing spelling mistakes in repos, but this one specifically is bothering me as I am already slightly confused by Row Level Security, in particular when to use the Postgres roles, and when to use application roles (like making a `profile` table where each profile has a `role` column). This is a mistake, or not?
Miranda Limonczenko