Capability Require Resources

capability-require-resources

info experience: data-modelingexperience: discoverability spec: capabilities

resources should be present

The resources property of each capability 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.

capability-require-resources:
  title: Capability Require Resources
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/mcp/capability-require-resources/
  description: The `resources` property of each capability should be present.
  message: resources should be present
  severity: info
  given: $.capabilities
  then:
    field: resources
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:mcp
    - spec:capabilities
    - experience:data-modeling
    - experience:discoverability
  prompt: "You are editing a MCP document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance
    rule 'capability-require-resources' (Capability Require Resources).
    Requirement: The `resources` property of each capability should be present.
    To fix: Ensure `resources` is present and non-empty at each matching
    location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.capabilities` — 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 MCP.
    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 MCP document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'capability-require-resources' (Capability Require Resources). Requirement: The `resources` property of each capability should be present. To fix: Ensure `resources` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.capabilities` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid MCP. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactMCP
Applies at (given)$.capabilities
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/mcp/capability-require-resources/