This rule is triggered when you skip heading levels in a Markdown document, for example: ```markdown # Heading 1 ### Heading 3 We skipped out a 2nd level heading in this document ``` When using multiple heading levels, nested headings should increase by only one level at a time: ```markdown # Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading 3 #### Heading 4 ## Another Heading 2 ### Another Heading 3 ``` If [YAML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YAML) front matter is present and contains a `title` property (commonly used with blog posts), this rule treats that as a top level heading and will report a violation if the actual first heading is not a level 2 heading. To use a different property name in the front matter, specify the text of a regular expression via the `front_matter_title` parameter. To disable the use of front matter by this rule, specify `""` for `front_matter_title`. When front matter is not present, the first heading can be any level. Rationale: Headings represent the structure of a document and can be confusing when skipped - especially for accessibility scenarios. More information: .