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Lintel is an inspect-only API for CI/CD. Authenticate with an API key and call the inspection endpoints to receive structured findings.

Base URL

https://api.lintelapi.com (or your deployment base).

Bearer token. Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Terraform plan — POST /v1/inspect/terraform-plan. Body: raw JSON from terraform show -json <planfile>.
Dockerfile — POST /v1/inspect/dockerfile. Body: JSON {"dockerfile": "…"} (content as string).

Both return JSON with findings and summary. Same input → same output.

Copy-paste CI examples (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) are in the lintel-ci-examples repo.