Limit Require Scope

limit-require-scope

info experience: reliabilityexperience: governance spec: limits

scope should be present

The scope 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-scope:
  title: Limit Require Scope
  reference: https://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/rate-limits/limit-require-scope/
  description: The `scope` property of each limit should be present.
  message: scope should be present
  severity: info
  given: $.limits[*]
  then:
    field: scope
    function: truthy
  tags:
    - format:rate-limits
    - spec:limits
    - experience:reliability
    - experience:governance
  prompt: "You are editing a Rate Limits document to satisfy the Spotlight API
    governance rule 'limit-require-scope' (Limit Require Scope). Requirement:
    The `scope` property of each limit should be present. To fix: Ensure `scope`
    is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated
    at the JSONPath `$.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-scope' (Limit Require Scope). Requirement: The `scope` property of each limit should be present. To fix: Ensure `scope` is present and non-empty at each matching location. This rule is evaluated at the JSONPath `$.limits[*]` — inspect every location it matches and correct only what violates the rule. Make the smallest change that satisfies the rule, leave all unrelated content, key order, comments, and formatting unchanged, and keep the document valid Rate Limits. Return only the complete corrected document, with no commentary.
ArtifactRate Limits
Applies at (given)$.limits[*]
Severityinfo — educational by default; raise to warn/error to enforce
Referencehttps://spotlight-rules.com/spec/rules/rate-limits/limit-require-scope/