Skill Body Present

skill-body-present

A skill must have body content.

Rule definition

The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.

skill-body-present:
  title: Skill Body Present
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/agent-skill/skill-body-present/
  description: A skill must have body content, not just frontmatter — the body is
    the instruction set the agent actually follows.
  message: A skill must have body content.
  severity: info
  given: $.words
  then:
    function: schema
    functionOptions:
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
  tags:
    - format:agent-skill
    - spec:body
    - experience:documentation
    - experience:reliability
  prompt: "You are editing an Agent Skill document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'skill-body-present' (Skill Body Present). Requirement: A
    skill must have body content, not just frontmatter — the body is the
    instruction set the agent actually follows. To fix: Adjust the targeted
    value so it conforms to the schema this rule requires. This rule is
    evaluated at the JSONPath `$.words` — inspect every location it matches and
    correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies
    the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting
    unchanged, and keep the document valid Agent Skill. Return only the complete
    corrected document, with no commentary."

You are editing an Agent Skill document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'skill-body-present' (Skill Body Present). Requirement: A skill must have body content, not just frontmatter — the body is the instruction set the agent actually follows. To fix: Adjust the targeted value so it conforms to the schema this rule requires. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.words` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid Agent Skill. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.