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ADT API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for ADT.
37 Rules
error 16
warn 15
info 6
Rule Categories
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Rules
warn
info-title-adt-prefix
API title must start with "ADT"
$.info.title
error
info-description-required
API must have a description
$.info
error
info-version-required
API must declare a version
$.info
warn
info-contact-required
API should include contact information
$.info
error
openapi-version-3
Must use OpenAPI 3.x
$
error
servers-defined
API must define servers
$
error
servers-https
Server URLs must use HTTPS
$.servers[*].url
warn
servers-description
Servers should have descriptions
$.servers[*]
warn
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not have trailing slashes
$.paths[*]~
info
paths-lowercase-kebab
Path segments should use lowercase and hyphens
$.paths[*]~
error
operation-summary-required
Operations must have summaries
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-summary-adt-prefix
Summaries should start with "ADT"
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
error
operation-description-required
Operations must have descriptions
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-id-required
Operations must have operationIds
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
operation-id-camelcase
operationId should use camelCase
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
error
operation-tags-required
Operations must have tags
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
parameter-description-required
Parameters must have descriptions
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
error
parameter-schema-required
Parameters must have schemas
$.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
warn
request-body-description
Request bodies should have descriptions
$.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody
error
response-success-required
Operations must define 2xx responses
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
response-401-defined
Operations should define 401 Unauthorized response
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
error
response-description-required
Responses must have descriptions
$.paths[*][*].responses[*]
warn
schema-description
Component schemas should have descriptions
$.components.schemas[*]
warn
schema-type-defined
Schemas should define a type
$.components.schemas[*]
info
schema-properties-camelcase
Schema property names should use camelCase
$.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
error
security-schemes-defined
API must define security schemes
$.components
warn
security-global-defined
API should define global security
$
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not have request bodies
$.paths[*].get
info
delete-returns-204
DELETE operations should return 204 No Content
$.paths[*].delete.responses
error
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty
$..description
info
examples-encouraged
Responses should include examples
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*].content[*]
warn
servers-expected-domain
Server URLs should be on the adt.com domain.
$.servers[*].url
warn
path-params-casing
Path parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
info
query-params-casing
Query parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
warn
schema-names-casing
Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas
info
schema-properties-casing
Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.components.schemas[*].properties
warn
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (ErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
Spectral Ruleset
# authorship: generated by API Evangelist tooling. Stamped 2026-08-18
# on the file's own generator header (roadmap#64). An unmarked file is
# NOT assumed to be ours -- absence of evidence was never stamped.
x-method: generated
# adt — Spectral ruleset (strengthened)
# Plain Spectral. Existing hand-authored rules preserved; measured rules added
# from this provider's own OpenAPI conventions by strengthen_ruleset.py,
# then self-validated against the spec.
#
# Provenance:
# - servers-https-only: 100% of servers already https (error)
# - servers-expected-domain: 2/2 servers on adt.com
# - path-params-casing: camel @ 100% (n=19)
# - query-params-casing: camel @ 55% (n=11)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=18)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=26)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 72% (n=83)
# - security: global (root) — NOT emitting operation-security-required
# - error-schema-defined: ErrorResponse
# - pagination params observed: ['limit', 'offset']
# - merge: kept 31 existing, added 6 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: servers-expected-domain, path-params-casing, query-params-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, error-schema-defined
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-adt-prefix:
description: API title must start with "ADT"
severity: warn
given: $.info.title
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^ADT
info-description-required:
description: API must have a description
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: truthy
info-version-required:
description: API must declare a version
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
info-contact-required:
description: API should include contact information
severity: warn
given: $.info
then:
field: contact
function: truthy
openapi-version-3:
description: Must use OpenAPI 3.x
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: openapi
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^3\.
servers-defined:
description: API must define servers
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: servers
function: truthy
servers-https:
description: Server URLs must use HTTPS
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
servers-description:
description: Servers should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.servers[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not have trailing slashes
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: /$
paths-lowercase-kebab:
description: Path segments should use lowercase and hyphens
severity: info
given: $.paths[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^/[a-z0-9{}/_-]+$
operation-summary-required:
description: Operations must have summaries
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: summary
function: truthy
operation-summary-adt-prefix:
description: Summaries should start with "ADT"
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].summary
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^ADT
operation-description-required:
description: Operations must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
operation-id-required:
description: Operations must have operationIds
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
operation-id-camelcase:
description: operationId should use camelCase
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
operation-tags-required:
description: Operations must have tags
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: tags
function: truthy
parameter-description-required:
description: Parameters must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
parameter-schema-required:
description: Parameters must have schemas
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].parameters[*]
then:
field: schema
function: truthy
request-body-description:
description: Request bodies should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][post,put,patch].requestBody
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-success-required:
description: Operations must define 2xx responses
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: responses
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
anyOf:
- required:
- '200'
- required:
- '201'
- required:
- '204'
response-401-defined:
description: Operations should define 401 Unauthorized response
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
anyOf:
- required:
- '401'
- required:
- '400'
response-description-required:
description: Responses must have descriptions
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][*].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-description:
description: Component schemas should have descriptions
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
schema-type-defined:
description: Schemas should define a type
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas[*]
then:
field: type
function: truthy
schema-properties-camelcase:
description: Schema property names should use camelCase
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties[*]~
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]+$
security-schemes-defined:
description: API must define security schemes
severity: error
given: $.components
then:
field: securitySchemes
function: truthy
security-global-defined:
description: API should define global security
severity: warn
given: $
then:
field: security
function: truthy
get-no-request-body:
description: GET operations must not have request bodies
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
delete-returns-204:
description: DELETE operations should return 204 No Content
severity: info
given: $.paths[*].delete.responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
required:
- '204'
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty
severity: error
given: $..description
then:
function: truthy
examples-encouraged:
description: Responses should include examples
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*].content[*]
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
anyOf:
- required:
- example
- required:
- examples
servers-expected-domain:
description: Server URLs should be on the adt.com domain.
severity: warn
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: adt\.com
path-params-casing:
description: Path parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*].parameters[?(@.in=='path')].name
then:
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: camel
query-params-casing:
description: Query parameters should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: info
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
then:
field: name
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: camel
schema-names-casing:
description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: '@key'
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: pascal
schema-properties-casing:
description: Schema properties should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: info
given: $.components.schemas[*].properties
then:
field: '@key'
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: snake
error-schema-defined:
description: A shared error schema (ErrorResponse) should be defined for error payloads.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: ErrorResponse
function: truthy
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