diff --git a/lib/cli/index.js b/lib/cli/index.js
index cb7747a..5ede809 100644
--- a/lib/cli/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/index.js
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ async function initialise() {
                 config.rules[r] = true;
             }
         } else {
-            config.rules[r] = true;
+            if (rule.meta && rule.meta.hasOwnProperty('default')) {
+                config.rules[r] = rule.meta.default;
+            } else {
+                config.rules[r] = true;
+            }
         }
     }
     console.log("module.exports = "+JSON.stringify(config,null,4))
diff --git a/lib/rules/index.js b/lib/rules/index.js
index bc4af7e..4c6b3bf 100644
--- a/lib/rules/index.js
+++ b/lib/rules/index.js
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ module.exports = {
     "no-overlapping-nodes": require("./no-overlapping-nodes"),
     "no-unconnected-http-nodes": require("./no-unconnected-http-nodes"),
     "no-unnamed-functions": require("./no-unnamed-functions"),
-    "no-unnamed-links": require("./no-unnamed-links")
+    "no-unnamed-links": require("./no-unnamed-links"),
+    "no-cross-links": require("./no-cross-links")
 }
diff --git a/lib/rules/no-cross-links.js b/lib/rules/no-cross-links.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c126ca2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/rules/no-cross-links.js
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+function findCrossTabLinks(flowSet) {
+    const linkIns = new Map();
+    const linkOuts = [];
+    const tabLabel = new Map();
+
+    flowSet.flows.forEach((tab) => {
+        tabLabel.set(tab.id, (tab.config && tab.config.label) || "");
+    });
+
+    flowSet.nodes.forEach((n) => {
+        if (n.type === "link in") linkIns.set(n.id, n);
+        if (n.type === "link out") linkOuts.push(n);
+    });
+
+    const results = [];
+
+    for (const out of linkOuts) {
+        const targets = (out.outboundWires || []).flat();
+
+        for (const wire of targets) {
+            const destNode = wire.destinationNode;
+            if (!destNode) continue;
+            const inn = linkIns.get(destNode.id);
+            if (inn) {
+                if (out.z !== inn.z) {
+                    results.push({
+                        from: out.id,
+                        fromName: out.config.name || "",
+                        fromTab: out.z,
+                        fromTabLabel: tabLabel.get(out.z) || "",
+                        to: inn.id,
+                        toName: inn.config.name || "",
+                        toTab: inn.z,
+                        toTabLabel: tabLabel.get(inn.z) || "",
+                    });
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return results;
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+    meta: {
+        type: "problem",
+        severity: "warn",
+        docs: { description: "Detect link nodes that cross tabs" },
+        default: false,
+    },
+
+    create(context) {
+        return {
+            start(flowSet) {
+                const crossTab = findCrossTabLinks(flowSet);
+                crossTab.forEach((link) => {
+                    context.report({
+                        location: [link.to, link.from],
+                        message: `Cross tab link node found, between flow "${link.toTabLabel}" and flow "${link.fromTabLabel}"`,
+                    });
+                });
+            },
+        };
+    },
+};