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