Document Require ID
document-require-id
info
experience: data-modelingexperience: consistency
spec: schemas
$id should be present
The $id property should be present.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
document-require-id:
title: Document Require ID
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/json-schema/document-require-id/
description: The `$id` property should be present.
message: $id should be present
severity: info
given: $
then:
field: $id
function: truthy
tags:
- format:jsonschema
- spec:schemas
- experience:data-modeling
- experience:consistency
prompt: "You are editing a JSON Schema document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'document-require-id' (Document Require ID). Requirement:
The `$id` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `$id` is present and
non-empty at each matching location. Make the smallest change that satisfies
the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting
unchanged, and keep the document valid JSON Schema. Return only the complete
corrected document, with no commentary."
AI fix prompt — send this to Claude, Gemini, or ChatGPT with your artifact to auto-fix this rule
You are editing a JSON Schema document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'document-require-id' (Document Require ID). Requirement: The `$id` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `$id` is present and non-empty at each matching location. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid JSON Schema. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | JSON Schema |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $ |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/json-schema/document-require-id/ |