Docker · API Governance Rules

Docker — docs rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Docker.

3 Rules error 3
Published by Docker Served by the provider at https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/63cc3634e3a27ecb0cfdecba216fa74bf1fdceec/hack/api-docs/validation/rules.yaml; the copy below was fetched from there.
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docker-operation-id
Every operation needs a stable operation ID.
$.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,options,head,patch,trace,query]
error
docker-info-description
Every API needs an overview.
$.info
error
docker-info-version
Every API needs a version identity.
$.info

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# harvested from https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/63cc3634e3a27ecb0cfdecba216fa74bf1fdceec/hack/api-docs/validation/rules.yaml on 2026-10-09 — a Spectral ruleset published in the provider's own GitHub repository (docker/docs); found by GitHub code search, fetched verbatim
x-method: harvested
x-stamped: 2026-10-09
x-source-url: https://github.com/docker/docs/blob/63cc3634e3a27ecb0cfdecba216fa74bf1fdceec/hack/api-docs/validation/rules.yaml
# Structural and dialect validation run against locked OAI schemas in the Go command.
# Vacuum supplies independently named Docker policy rules with source locations.
rules:
  docker-operation-id:
    description: Every operation needs a stable operation ID.
    severity: error
    given: $.paths[*][get,put,post,delete,options,head,patch,trace,query]
    then:
      field: operationId
      function: truthy
  docker-info-description:
    description: Every API needs an overview.
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy
  docker-info-version:
    description: Every API needs a version identity.
    severity: error
    given: $.info
    then:
      field: version
      function: truthy

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