diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 653d0b0d144..25d9db75e7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-.DS_Store
-.jekyll-metadata
 _site/
 .bundle
+.DS_Store
+.jekyll-metadata
 bin
+node_modules
 vendor
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 7bb0deb670d..c4494f8281a 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ baseurl: "/open-source-handbook"
 
 exclude:
   - bin
+  - CONTRIBUTING.md
   - docs
   - Gemfile*
+  - node_modules
+  - package.json
   - Rakefile
   - README.md
   - script
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de9b9f396b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "name": "open-source-handbook",
+  "private": true,
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "script/test"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "async": "^1.5.2",
+    "glob": "^7.0.5",
+    "ignore": "^3.1.3",
+    "js-yaml": "^3.6.1",
+    "remark-lint": "^4.0.1",
+    "remark-parse": "^1.0.0",
+    "remark-retext": "^2.0.0",
+    "remark-stringify": "^1.0.0",
+    "retext": "^3.0.0",
+    "retext-english": "^2.0.0",
+    "retext-equality": "^2.3.2",
+    "retext-readability": "^2.0.0",
+    "retext-simplify": "^2.0.0",
+    "to-vfile": "^1.0.0",
+    "unified": "^4.1.2",
+    "vfile-reporter": "^2.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 599f07e2e7d..ac3de3c6931 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ echo "==> Installing gem dependencies…"
 bundle check --path vendor/gems 2>&1 > /dev/null || {
   time bundle install --binstubs bin --path vendor/gems
 }
+
+echo "==> Installing node dependencies…"
+npm install
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
index ecb1ca01868..d9ce5a31f8f 100755
--- a/script/cibuild
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 
 set -e
 
-export PATH="/usr/share/rbenv/shims:$PATH"
+export PATH="/usr/share/rbenv/shims:/usr/local/share/nodenv/shims:$PATH"
 export RBENV_VERSION="2.1.7-github"
+export NODENV_VERSION="v0.10.21"
 # clean out the ruby environment
 export RUBYLIB=
 export RUBYOPT=
diff --git a/script/test b/script/test
index b79c950fdb8..212a6921362 100755
--- a/script/test
+++ b/script/test
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ set -e
 script/build --config _config.yml,test/_config.yml
 bundle exec rake
 script/html-proofer
+script/test-prose
diff --git a/script/test-prose b/script/test-prose
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..06d268adeae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/test-prose
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+// Retext stuff
+var unified = require('unified');
+
+// Remark stuff
+var parse = require('remark-parse');
+var lint = require('remark-lint');
+var remark2retext = require('remark-retext');
+var stringify = require('remark-stringify');
+
+// Util stuff
+var report = require('vfile-reporter');
+var glob = require('glob');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var async = require('async');
+var yaml = require('js-yaml');
+var jekyllConfig = yaml.safeLoad(fs.readFileSync('_config.yml', 'utf8'));
+var ignore = require('ignore')().add(jekyllConfig["exclude"])
+
+var options = {
+  // https://github.com/wooorm/remark-lint/blob/master/doc/rules.md
+  "lint": {
+    "list-item-indent": "space",    // As the gods intended.
+    "maximum-line-length": false,   // turn off line length linting
+    "no-html": false,               // Sadly, need HTML for video embeds
+    "no-heading-punctuation": false,
+    "list-item-spacing": false,
+  },
+  "readability": {
+    "age": 18
+  },
+  "simplify": {
+    ignore: [
+      "modify",
+      "contribute",
+      "previous"
+    ]
+  }
+};
+
+async.map(ignore.filter(glob.sync("**/*.md")), function(file, callback) {
+  fs.readFile(file, function(err, contents) {
+    unified()
+      .use(parse)
+      .use(lint, options["lint"])
+      // .use(remark2retext, unified()
+      //   .use(require('retext-english'))
+      //   .use(require('retext-simplify'), options["simplify"])
+      //   .use(require('retext-equality'))
+      //   .use(require('retext-readability'), options["readability"])
+      // )
+      .use(stringify)
+      .process(contents.toString(), function (err, result) {
+          result.filename = file;
+          callback(err, result);
+      });
+  });
+}, function (err, results) {
+  console.log(report(results));
+});