[chore] pin version for npm tooling

.github/workflows/changelog.yml

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Render .chloggen changelog entries
         run: make chlog-preview > changelog_preview.md
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        run: npm install -g markdown-link-check
+        run: npm install
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         run: |
           markdown-link-check \

.github/workflows/check-links.yaml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: check-links
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [main]
   pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Install markdown-link-check
-        run: npm install -g [email protected]
+        run: npm install
 
       - name: Run markdown-link-check
         run: |

.gitignore

@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ benchmarks.txt
 
 # golang
 go.work*
+
+# npm (used for markdown-link-check)
+node_modules/*
+package-lock.json
+

exporter/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ traces, metrics and logs pipelines (sorted alphabetically):
 - [OTLP HTTP](otlphttpexporter/README.md)
 
 The [contrib
-repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib)
+repository](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib) 
 has more exporters available in its builds.
 
 ## Configuring Exporters

package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "markdown-link-check": "^3.11.2"
+  }
+}