Asyncapi Parameter Description
asyncapi-parameter-description · built-in
info
experience: documentation
spec: channelsspec: components
Parameter objects must have "description".
Parameter objects must have “description”.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
asyncapi-parameter-description:
title: Asyncapi Parameter Description
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/asyncapi/asyncapi-parameter-description/
description: Parameter objects must have "description".
message: Parameter objects must have "description".
severity: info
given:
- $.components.parameters.*
- $.channels.*.parameters.*
then:
field: description
function: truthy
tags:
- format:asyncapi
- spec:channels
- spec:components
- experience:documentation
prompt: "You are editing an AsyncAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'asyncapi-parameter-description' (Asyncapi Parameter
Description). Requirement: Parameter objects must have \"description\". To
fix: Ensure `description` is present and non-empty at each matching
location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.components.parameters.*
| $.channels.*.parameters.*` — inspect every location it matches and correct
only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the
rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting
unchanged, and keep the document valid AsyncAPI. Return only the complete
corrected document, with no commentary."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing an AsyncAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'asyncapi-parameter-description' (Asyncapi Parameter Description). Requirement: Parameter objects must have "description". To fix: Ensure `description` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.components.parameters.* | $.channels.*.parameters.*` — 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 AsyncAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | AsyncAPI |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.components.parameters.* | $.channels.*.parameters.* |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/asyncapi/asyncapi-parameter-description/ |