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 `$.frontmatter` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid Agent Skill. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactAgent Skill
Applies at (given)$.frontmatter
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/agent-skill/skill-require-allowed-tools/