Skill Require Allowed Tools
skill-require-allowed-tools
info
experience: governanceexperience: discoverability
spec: document
Missing `allowed-tools`.
agent-skill document should declare a allowed-tools property.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
skill-require-allowed-tools:
title: Skill Require Allowed Tools
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/agent-skill/skill-require-allowed-tools/
description: agent-skill document should declare a `allowed-tools` property.
message: Missing `allowed-tools`.
given: $.frontmatter
severity: info
then:
field: allowed-tools
function: truthy
tags:
- format:agent-skill
- spec:document
- experience:governance
- experience:discoverability
prompt: "You are editing an Agent Skill document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'skill-require-allowed-tools' (Require Allowed Tools).
Requirement: agent-skill document should declare a `allowed-tools` property.
To fix: Ensure `allowed-tools` is present and non-empty at each matching
location. Guidance: Missing `allowed-tools`. This rule is evaluated at the
JSONPath `$.frontmatter` — 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."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing an Agent Skill document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'skill-require-allowed-tools' (Require Allowed Tools). Requirement: agent-skill document should declare a `allowed-tools` property. To fix: Ensure `allowed-tools` is present and non-empty at each matching location. Guidance: Missing `allowed-tools`. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.frontmatter` — 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.
| Artifact | Agent Skill |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.frontmatter |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/agent-skill/skill-require-allowed-tools/ |