Outline · API Governance Rules

Outline — openapi rules

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

0 Rules

Published by Outline Served by the provider at https://github.com/outline/openapi/blob/892d56bda52b739985ccd985da45ee8ecd17a7c8/.spectral.yml; the copy below was fetched from there.

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Spectral Ruleset

# harvested from https://github.com/outline/openapi/blob/892d56bda52b739985ccd985da45ee8ecd17a7c8/.spectral.yml on 2026-10-09 — a Spectral ruleset published in the provider's own GitHub repository (outline/openapi); found by GitHub code search, fetched verbatim
x-method: harvested
x-stamped: 2026-10-09
x-source-url: https://github.com/outline/openapi/blob/892d56bda52b739985ccd985da45ee8ecd17a7c8/.spectral.yml
extends:
  - spectral:oas

rules:
  # Operations must have summaries (short description shown in docs)
  oas3-operation-security-defined: error

  # Operations should have descriptions (detailed explanation)
  operation-description: error

  # Parameters should have descriptions
  oas3-parameter-description: error

  # Tags should have descriptions
  openapi-tags: warn

  # Ensure operationId is present and unique
  operation-operationId: error
  operation-operationId-unique: error

  # Valid operation examples
  oas3-valid-media-example: warn
  oas3-valid-schema-example: warn

  # Schema validation
  oas3-schema: error

  # Disable some overly strict rules for this project
  info-contact: off
  info-license: off
  oas3-api-servers: off

  # Unused components should be cleaned up
  oas3-unused-component: error

  # Ensure no $ref siblings (invalid in OpenAPI 3.0)
  no-$ref-siblings: error

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