diff --git a/eslint/chipper_eslintrc.js b/eslint/chipper_eslintrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddde4c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eslint/chipper_eslintrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// Copyright 2018, University of Colorado Boulder
+// @author Michael Kauzmann
+
+
+/**
+ * The node-specific eslint config applied only to "server-side" files that aren't run in sims.
+ */
+module.exports = {
+  extends: './node_eslintrc.js',
+  env: {
+
+    // specify appropriate environment vars for node code
+    browser: false,
+    node: true
+  },
+  rules: {
+    'bad-chipper-text': 'error'
+  }
+};
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diff --git a/eslint/rules/bad-chipper-text.js b/eslint/rules/bad-chipper-text.js
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+++ b/eslint/rules/bad-chipper-text.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2019, University of Colorado Boulder
+/* eslint-disable bad-sim-text */
+
+/**
+ * Lint detector for invalid text in chipper
+ * Lint is disabled for this file so the bad texts aren't themselves flagged.
+ *
+ * @author Sam Reid (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ * @author Michael Kauzmann (PhET Interactive Simulations)
+ */
+
+module.exports = function( context ) {
+
+  const getBadTextTester = require( './getBadTextTester' );
+
+  // see getBadTextTester for schema.
+  const forbiddenTextObjects = [
+
+    // chipper should use annual instead of perennial, so that it can check out specific versions
+    '../perennial/js/'
+  ];
+
+  return {
+    Program: getBadTextTester( forbiddenTextObjects, context )
+  };
+};
+
+module.exports.schema = [
+  // JSON Schema for rule options goes here
+];
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diff --git a/eslint/rules/todo-should-have-issue.js b/eslint/rules/todo-should-have-issue.js
index 2e76f06c..4a1042e3 100644
--- a/eslint/rules/todo-should-have-issue.js
+++ b/eslint/rules/todo-should-have-issue.js
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ catch( e ) {
 let directoriesToRequireIssues = [];
 if ( buildJSON && buildJSON.common && buildJSON.common.phetLibs ) {
 
-  directoriesToRequireIssues = buildJSON.common.phetLibs.filter( x => x !== 'scenery' && x !== 'dot' && x !== 'kite' );
+  // Don't require issues in these repos:
+  directoriesToRequireIssues = buildJSON.common.phetLibs.filter( x => x !== 'scenery' && x !== 'dot' && x !== 'kite' && x !== 'annual' );
 
   if ( buildJSON && buildJSON[ 'phet-io' ] && buildJSON[ 'phet-io' ].phetLibs ) {
     directoriesToRequireIssues = directoriesToRequireIssues.concat( buildJSON[ 'phet-io' ].phetLibs );