Info Require Title
info-require-title
info
experience: documentationexperience: discoverability
spec: info
Info MUST Have Title
Having a intuitive and helpful title for your API using the OpenAPI info title is the first impression you will make on the consumers of your API.
Rule definition
The full Spotlight rule — drop it into a ruleset (.spotlight.yaml / .spectral.yaml) and run it with any Spotlight tool.
info-require-title:
title: Info Require Title
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/info-require-title/
description: Having a intuitive and helpful title for your API using the OpenAPI
info title is the first impression you will make on the consumers of your
API.
message: Info MUST Have Title
severity: info
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: truthy
tags:
- format:openapi
- spec:info
- experience:documentation
- experience:discoverability
prompt: "You are editing an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'info-require-title' (Info Require Title). Requirement:
Having a intuitive and helpful title for your API using the OpenAPI info
title is the first impression you will make on the consumers of your API. To
fix: Ensure `title` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This
rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.info` — 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 OpenAPI. 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 an OpenAPI document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'info-require-title' (Info Require Title). Requirement: Having a intuitive and helpful title for your API using the OpenAPI info title is the first impression you will make on the consumers of your API. To fix: Ensure `title` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.info` — 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 OpenAPI. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | OpenAPI |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.info |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/openapi/info-require-title/ |