Info APIs JSON Specification Version Format

info-apis-json-specification-version-format

info experience: versioningexperience: consistency spec: document

specificationVersion should be major.minor.

specificationVersion should be a major.minor version (e.g. 0.21).

Rule definition

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

info-apis-json-specification-version-format:
  title: Info APIs JSON Specification Version Format
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/apis-json/info-apis-json-specification-version-format/
  description: specificationVersion should be a major.minor version (e.g. 0.21).
  message: specificationVersion should be major.minor.
  given: $.specificationVersion
  severity: info
  then:
    function: pattern
    functionOptions:
      match: ^\d+\.\d+$
  tags:
    - format:apis-json
    - spec:document
    - experience:versioning
    - experience:consistency
  prompt: "You are editing an APIs.json document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'info-apis-json-specification-version-format' (Info APIs
    JSON Specification Version Format). Requirement: specificationVersion should
    be a major.minor version (e.g. 0.21). To fix: Ensure the targeted value
    matches the regular expression `^\\d+\\.\\d+$`; rewrite any value that does
    not. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.specificationVersion` —
    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 APIs.json. 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 APIs.json document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'info-apis-json-specification-version-format' (Info APIs JSON Specification Version Format). Requirement: specificationVersion should be a major.minor version (e.g. 0.21). To fix: Ensure the targeted value matches the regular expression `^\d+\.\d+$`; rewrite any value that does not. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.specificationVersion` — 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 APIs.json. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactAPIs.json
Applies at (given)$.specificationVersion
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/apis-json/info-apis-json-specification-version-format/