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Pluralsight API Rules
Pluralsight API Rules
Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Pluralsight.
24 Rules
error 13
warn 9
info 2
Rule Categories
error
get
info
no
operation
operationid
parameter
paths
query
response
schema
security
servers
tags
Rules
error
info-title-required
API title must be present.
$.info
warn
info-title-format
Title should start with "Pluralsight".
$.info.title
error
info-description-required
API description must be present.
$.info
error
info-version-required
API version must be specified.
$.info
error
servers-defined
At least one server must be defined.
$
error
servers-https-only
Server URLs must use HTTPS.
$.servers[*].url
error
paths-no-trailing-slash
Paths must not have trailing slashes.
$.paths
error
operation-description-required
Every operation must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
error
operation-operationid-required
Every operation must have an operationId.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
info
tags-title-case
Tag names should use Title Case.
$.tags[*].name
error
parameter-description-required
All parameters must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
error
response-success-required
Every operation must define a success response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
error
response-description-required
All responses must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
warn
security-schemes-defined
Security schemes should be defined.
$.components
error
get-no-request-body
GET operations must not have a request body.
$.paths[*].get
error
no-empty-descriptions
Descriptions must not be empty.
$..description
warn
query-params-casing
Query parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
warn
operationid-casing
Operation IDs should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
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
operation-security-required
Every operation should declare its security requirements.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
error-schema-defined
A shared error schema (GraphQLError) should be defined for error payloads.
$.components.schemas
warn
operation-documents-401
Operations should document a 401 response (documented on 97% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
operation-documents-429
Operations should document a 429 response (documented on 100% of this API's operations).
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
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
# pluralsight — 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)
# - query-params-casing: snake @ 100% (n=12)
# - operationid-casing: camel @ 100% (n=36)
# - schema-names-casing: pascal @ 100% (n=51)
# - schema-properties-casing: snake @ 88% (n=136)
# - operation-security-required: 35/36 ops declare per-op security
# - error-schema-defined: GraphQLError
# - operation-documents-401: 97% adherence
# - operation-documents-429: 100% adherence
# - merge: kept 17 existing, added 8 measured, upgraded 0
# - added: query-params-casing, operationid-casing, schema-names-casing, schema-properties-casing, operation-security-required, error-schema-defined, operation-documents-401, operation-documents-429
extends:
- spectral:oas
rules:
info-title-required:
description: API title must be present.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: title
function: truthy
info-title-format:
description: Title should start with "Pluralsight".
severity: warn
given: $.info.title
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: '^Pluralsight '
info-description-required:
description: API description must be present.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: description
function: truthy
info-version-required:
description: API version must be specified.
severity: error
given: $.info
then:
field: version
function: truthy
servers-defined:
description: At least one server must be defined.
severity: error
given: $
then:
field: servers
function: truthy
servers-https-only:
description: Server URLs must use HTTPS.
severity: error
given: $.servers[*].url
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^https://
paths-no-trailing-slash:
description: Paths must not have trailing slashes.
severity: error
given: $.paths
then:
field: '@key'
function: pattern
functionOptions:
notMatch: \/$
operation-description-required:
description: Every operation must have a description.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
operation-operationid-required:
description: Every operation must have an operationId.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: operationId
function: truthy
tags-title-case:
description: Tag names should use Title Case.
severity: info
given: $.tags[*].name
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*(\s[A-Za-z0-9]+)*$
parameter-description-required:
description: All parameters must have a description.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
response-success-required:
description: Every operation must define a success response.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
function: schema
functionOptions:
schema:
anyOf:
- required:
- '200'
- required:
- '201'
- required:
- '204'
response-description-required:
description: All responses must have a description.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses[*]
then:
field: description
function: truthy
security-schemes-defined:
description: Security schemes should be defined.
severity: warn
given: $.components
then:
field: securitySchemes
function: truthy
get-no-request-body:
description: GET operations must not have a request body.
severity: error
given: $.paths[*].get
then:
field: requestBody
function: falsy
no-empty-descriptions:
description: Descriptions must not be empty.
severity: error
given: $..description
then:
function: truthy
query-params-casing:
description: Query parameters should be snake_case (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].parameters[?(@.in=='query')]
then:
field: name
function: casing
functionOptions:
type: snake
operationid-casing:
description: Operation IDs should be camelCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].operationId
then:
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[a-z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
schema-names-casing:
description: Component schema names should be PascalCase (the dominant convention in this API).
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: '@key'
function: pattern
functionOptions:
match: ^[A-Z][A-Za-z0-9]*$
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
operation-security-required:
description: Every operation should declare its security requirements.
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
then:
field: security
function: truthy
error-schema-defined:
description: A shared error schema (GraphQLError) should be defined for error payloads.
severity: warn
given: $.components.schemas
then:
field: GraphQLError
function: truthy
operation-documents-401:
description: Operations should document a 401 response (documented on 97% of this API's operations).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
field: '401'
function: truthy
operation-documents-429:
description: Operations should document a 429 response (documented on 100% of this API's operations).
severity: warn
given: $.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
then:
field: '429'
function: truthy
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