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.
| Artifact | MCP |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.capabilities |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/mcp/capability-require-resources/ |