Plan Require Description
plan-require-description
info
experience: documentationexperience: usability
spec: plans
description should be present
The description property of each plan 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.
plan-require-description:
title: Plan Require Description
reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/plans/plan-require-description/
description: The `description` property of each plan should be present.
message: description should be present
severity: info
given: $.plans[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
tags:
- format:plans
- spec:plans
- experience:documentation
- experience:usability
prompt: "You are editing a Plans document to satisfy the Spotlight API
governance rule 'plan-require-description' (Plan Require Description).
Requirement: The `description` property of each plan should be present. To
fix: Ensure `description` is present and non-empty at each matching
location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.plans[*]` — 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
Plans. 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 Plans document to satisfy the Spotlight API governance rule 'plan-require-description' (Plan Require Description). Requirement: The `description` property of each plan should be present. To fix: Ensure `description` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.plans[*]` — 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 Plans. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
| Artifact | Plans |
|---|---|
| Applies at (given) | $.plans[*] |
| Severity | info — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce |
| Reference | https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/plans/plan-require-description/ |