Pieces · API Governance Rules

Pieces API Rules

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

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warn

no-empty-descriptions

Descriptions must not be empty strings.

$..description

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# 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
# pieces — AsyncAPI Spectral ruleset (strengthened)
# Plain Spectral. Rules measured from this provider's own AsyncAPI event
# conventions by strengthen_asyncapi.py, then self-validated against the spec.
#
# Provenance:
extends:
  - spectral:asyncapi
rules:
  no-empty-descriptions:
    description: Descriptions must not be empty strings.
    severity: warn
    given: $..description
    then:
      function: truthy

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