Document Require Type

document-require-type

info experience: data-modelingexperience: consistency spec: schemas

type should be present

The type 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-type:
  title: Document Require Type
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/json-structure/document-require-type/
  description: The `type` property should be present.
  message: type should be present
  severity: info
  given: $
  then:
    field: type
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:json-structure
    - spec:schemas
    - experience:data-modeling
    - experience:consistency
  prompt: "You are editing a JSON Structure document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'document-require-type' (Document Require Type).
    Requirement: The `type` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `type` 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 Structure. 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 Structure document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'document-require-type' (Document Require Type). Requirement: The `type` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `type` 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 Structure. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactJSON Structure
Applies at (given)$
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/json-structure/document-require-type/