Document Require Required List
document-require-required-list
info
experience: data-modelingexperience: consistency
spec: schemas
required should be present
The required 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-required-list:
title: Document Require Required List
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/json-schema/document-require-required-list/
description: The `required` property should be present.
message: required should be present
severity: info
given: $
then:
field: required
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-required-list' (Document Require Required
List). Requirement: The `required` property should be present. To fix:
Ensure `required` 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-required-list' (Document Require Required List). Requirement: The `required` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `required` 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-required-list/ |