Cost FinOps Require Monthly
cost-finops-require-monthly
info
experience: governanceexperience: data-modeling
spec: costs
monthly should be present
The monthly property of each cost should be present.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
cost-finops-require-monthly:
title: Cost FinOps Require Monthly
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/finops/cost-finops-require-monthly/
description: The `monthly` property of each cost should be present.
message: monthly should be present
severity: info
given: $.costs[*]
then:
field: monthly
function: truthy
tags:
- format:finops
- spec:costs
- experience:governance
- experience:data-modeling
prompt: "You are editing a FinOps document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'cost-finops-require-monthly' (Cost FinOps Require Monthly).
Requirement: The `monthly` property of each cost should be present. To fix:
Ensure `monthly` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This
rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.costs[*]` — 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 FinOps. 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 a FinOps document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'cost-finops-require-monthly' (Cost FinOps Require Monthly). Requirement: The `monthly` property of each cost should be present. To fix: Ensure `monthly` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.costs[*]` — 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 FinOps. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | FinOps |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.costs[*] |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/finops/cost-finops-require-monthly/ |