diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 2b25b2d5..99d592db 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
 export(app)
+export(box_func_import_count_linter)
 export(build_js)
 export(build_sass)
 export(diagnostics)
diff --git a/man/box_func_import_count_linter.Rd b/man/box_func_import_count_linter.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1edf45b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/box_func_import_count_linter.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/linter_box_function_import_count_linter.R
+\name{box_func_import_count_linter}
+\alias{box_func_import_count_linter}
+\title{Box library function import count linter}
+\usage{
+box_func_import_count_linter(max = 5L)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{max}{Maximum function imports allowed between \code{[} and \verb{]}. Defaults to 5.}
+}
+\description{
+Checks that function imports do not exceed the defined \code{max}. Defaults to 5.
+}
+\examples{
+# will produce lints
+lintr::lint(
+  text = "box::use(package[one, two, three, four, five, six, ])",
+  linters = box_func_import_count_linter()
+)
+
+lintr::lint(
+  text = "box::use(package[one, two, three, four, ])",
+  linters = box_func_import_count_linter(3)
+)
+
+# okay
+lintr::lint(
+  text = "box::use(package[one, two, three, four, five, ])",
+  linters = box_func_import_count_linter()
+)
+
+lintr::lint(
+  text = "box::use(package[one, two, three, ])",
+  linters = box_func_import_count_linter(3)
+)
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
index 759c93d4..a69c5e4f 100644
--- a/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
+++ b/pkgdown/_pkgdown.yml
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ reference:
   - diagnostics
   - test_e2e
 
+- title: Linters
+  contents:
+  - box_func_import_count_linter
+
 - title: Data
   contents:
   - rhinos