external_url_exclusions.json

{
  "tool": "External URL Validation",
  "exclusions": [
    {
      "file": [
        "*.md",
        "*.rst",
        "docs/*",
        "*/doc/*",
        "*/docs/*"
      ],
      "_justification": "Documentation content may intentionally reference external URLs and is excluded from this source-code-focused validation."
    },
    {
      "file": [
        "scripts/*"
      ],
      "_justification": "CI and tooling scripts are maintained separately from extension source content and are excluded to avoid self-flagging the validator configuration."
    },
    {
      "file": [
        "*/tests/recordings/*",
        "*/tests/*.py",
        "*/tests/*.json",
        "*/tests/*.yaml",
        "*/tests/*.yml",
        "*/tests/*/recordings/*",
        "*/tests/*/test_*.py",
        "*/tests/*/*.json",
        "*/tests/*/*.yaml",
        "*/tests/*/*.yml"
      ],
      "_justification": "Test sources, recordings, and test data can contain external sample URLs that are not shipped as runtime source dependencies."
    }

  ]
}