Scenario 1

Programmatic check() API toggles for tool integration (ignore_inline_noqa, custom property decorators, code selections)

Scenario 2

Convention selection or select/ignore/add filters for rule codes

Scenario 3

Inline # noqa suppression for all or specific docstring codes

Scenario 4

Decorator/property handling options including ignore-decorators, property-decorators, and ignore-self-only-init

Scenario 5

Comprehensive whitespace/formatting/quote/punctuation rules for docstrings (D2xx–D4xx)

Scenario 6

Output controls for explanations, source snippets, verbosity, and violation counts

Scenario 7

NumPy/Google/Sphinx section parsing with argument documentation coverage checks (D417)

Scenario 8

Regex-based file selection plus public/__all__-aware missing-docstring detection

Scenario 9

Config discovery and inheritance across setup.cfg/tox.ini/.pydocstyle/pyproject.toml with CLI override

Scenario 10

CLI and script entry to lint docstrings and emit exit codes or Error objects