Document Require Description

document-require-description

description 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-description:
  title: Document Require Description
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/mcp/document-require-description/
  description: The `description` property should be present.
  message: description should be present
  severity: info
  given: $
  then:
    field: description
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:mcp
    - spec:servers
    - experience:documentation
    - experience:data-modeling
  prompt: "You are editing a MCP document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance
    rule 'document-require-description' (Document Require Description).
    Requirement: The `description` property should be present. To fix: Ensure
    `description` 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 MCP.
    Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary."

You are editing a MCP document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'document-require-description' (Document Require Description). Requirement: The `description` property should be present. To fix: Ensure `description` 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 MCP. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.