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 Summary: 4 valid, 0 failed
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+## Document Validation (Semantic)
+
+### Validate Documents Against Schemas
+
+Beyond validating schema structure, MarkiTect can validate actual markdown documents against schemas, checking both structural (AST) and semantic (x-markitect extensions) aspects.
+
+**Validate a document:**
+
+```bash
+# Full validation (structural + semantic)
+markitect validate my-document.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md
+
+# Only structural validation (classic mode)
+markitect validate my-document.md --schema schema.json --no-semantic
+
+# Strict mode (warnings become errors)
+markitect validate my-document.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md --strict
+```
+
+### What is Validated
+
+**Structural Validation** (always enabled):
+- Document AST structure matches JSON Schema properties
+- Heading counts, paragraph counts, code block counts
+- Element types and nesting
+
+**Semantic Validation** (enabled by default with --semantic):
+- **Section Classifications**: Checks that documents have required sections, don't have improper sections
+  - REQUIRED sections must be present (ERROR if missing)
+  - RECOMMENDED sections should be present (WARNING if missing)
+  - IMPROPER sections must not be present (ERROR if found)
+  - DISCOURAGED sections should not be present (WARNING if found)
+  - OPTIONAL sections may or may not be present (no check)
+- **Content Patterns**: Validates content matches regex patterns
+  - `required_patterns`: Content must match (ERROR if missing)
+  - `forbidden_patterns`: Content must not match (ERROR if found)
+  - `discouraged_patterns`: Content should not match (WARNING if found)
+- **Quality Metrics**: Checks word counts, sentence counts
+  - `min_words`, `max_words`: Word count requirements (WARNING)
+  - `min_sentences`: Minimum sentence count (WARNING)
+
+### Validation Output
+
+```
+Validation result: VALID
+File: my-command.1.md
+Schema: schema file: manpage-schema-v1.0.md
+✅ Document structure matches schema requirements
+
+============================================================
+Semantic Validation Results:
+============================================================
+Section Validation:
+  ✅ SYNOPSIS - Present (required)
+  ✅ DESCRIPTION - Present (required)
+  ✅ EXAMPLES - Present (recommended)
+
+Content Validation:
+  ✅ All content requirements met
+
+Summary:
+  Sections checked: 3
+  Sections found: 5
+  Errors: 0
+  Warnings: 0
+  Status: PASSED ✅
+```
+
+### Common Validation Scenarios
+
+**Example 1: Missing Required Section**
+```bash
+$ markitect validate doc.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md
+❌ Document validation failed
+
+Section Validation:
+  ❌ SYNOPSIS - SYNOPSIS section is mandatory
+  ✅ DESCRIPTION - Present (required)
+
+Errors: 1
+Status: FAILED ❌
+```
+
+**Example 2: Forbidden Pattern Found**
+```bash
+$ markitect validate doc.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md
+
+Content Validation:
+  ❌ SYNOPSIS - Forbidden pattern found: 'TODO'
+
+Errors: 1
+Status: FAILED ❌
+```
+
+**Example 3: Content Too Short (Warning)**
+```bash
+$ markitect validate doc.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md
+
+Content Validation:
+  ⚠️  DESCRIPTION - Content too short (25 words, minimum 50)
+
+Warnings: 1
+Status: PASSED ✅
+
+# With --strict flag, this would fail:
+$ markitect validate doc.md --schema manpage-schema-v1.0.md --strict
+Status: FAILED ❌  (warnings treated as errors)
+```
+
 ## Schema Naming Conventions
 
 All schema filenames must follow this pattern: