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Vibes Platform API Rules

Spectral linting rules defining API design standards and conventions for Vibes Platform.

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Rules

warn
vibes-company-key-path-required
All Vibes Platform API paths must include the company_key path parameter.
$.paths[*]
warn
vibes-operationid-camel-case
Operation IDs must use camelCase naming.
$.paths[*][*].operationId
warn
vibes-operation-summary-title-case
Operation summaries must use Title Case.
$.paths[*][*].summary
error
vibes-response-200-or-201-required
Every operation must have a 200 or 201 success response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch]
warn
vibes-401-response-required
All operations must include a 401 Unauthorized response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
warn
vibes-429-response-required
All operations must include a 429 Too Many Requests response.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses
error
vibes-basic-auth-security
Vibes Platform APIs use HTTP Basic authentication.
$.components.securitySchemes
warn
vibes-request-body-json
POST and PUT request bodies must use application/json content type.
$.paths[*][post,put].requestBody.content
warn
vibes-response-json-content
Success responses must return application/json content.
$.paths[*][*].responses[200,201].content
warn
vibes-no-trailing-slash
API paths must not have trailing slashes.
$.paths[*]~
warn
vibes-path-kebab-case
Path segments must use lowercase kebab-case.
$.paths[*]~
warn
vibes-operation-description-required
All operations must have a description.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]
warn
vibes-tag-required
All operations must have at least one tag.
$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].tags

Spectral Ruleset

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extends: spectral:oas
rules:
  # Vibes Platform API conventions
  vibes-company-key-path-required:
    description: All Vibes Platform API paths must include the company_key path parameter.
    message: "Path '{{path}}' should include {company_key} as the first path segment pattern."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*]"
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^/companies/\\{company_key\\}"

  vibes-operationid-camel-case:
    description: Operation IDs must use camelCase naming.
    message: "Operation ID '{{value}}' must be in camelCase format."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][*].operationId"
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"

  vibes-operation-summary-title-case:
    description: Operation summaries must use Title Case.
    message: "Operation summary '{{value}}' should use Title Case."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][*].summary"
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*(\\s[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)*$"

  vibes-response-200-or-201-required:
    description: Every operation must have a 200 or 201 success response.
    message: "Operation at '{{path}}' must define a 200 or 201 response."
    severity: error
    given: "$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch]"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          properties:
            responses:
              type: object
              anyOf:
                - required: ['200']
                - required: ['201']

  vibes-401-response-required:
    description: All operations must include a 401 Unauthorized response.
    message: "Operation at '{{path}}' must define a 401 response for authentication failures."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: ['401']

  vibes-429-response-required:
    description: All operations must include a 429 Too Many Requests response.
    message: "Operation at '{{path}}' must define a 429 response for rate limiting."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].responses"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: ['429']

  vibes-basic-auth-security:
    description: Vibes Platform APIs use HTTP Basic authentication.
    message: "API must define basicAuth as a security scheme."
    severity: error
    given: "$.components.securitySchemes"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: ['basicAuth']

  vibes-request-body-json:
    description: POST and PUT request bodies must use application/json content type.
    message: "Request body for '{{path}}' must use application/json."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][post,put].requestBody.content"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: ['application/json']

  vibes-response-json-content:
    description: Success responses must return application/json content.
    message: "Response must use application/json content type."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][*].responses[200,201].content"
    then:
      function: schema
      functionOptions:
        schema:
          type: object
          required: ['application/json']

  vibes-no-trailing-slash:
    description: API paths must not have trailing slashes.
    message: "Path '{{path}}' must not end with a trailing slash."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*]~"
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        notMatch: ".*/$"

  vibes-path-kebab-case:
    description: Path segments must use lowercase kebab-case.
    message: "Path '{{value}}' should use lowercase kebab-case segments."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*]~"
    then:
      function: pattern
      functionOptions:
        match: "^(/[a-z0-9{}-]+)+$"

  vibes-operation-description-required:
    description: All operations must have a description.
    message: "Operation at '{{path}}' is missing a description."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete]"
    then:
      field: description
      function: truthy

  vibes-tag-required:
    description: All operations must have at least one tag.
    message: "Operation at '{{path}}' must have at least one tag."
    severity: warn
    given: "$.paths[*][get,post,put,patch,delete].tags"
    then:
      function: length
      functionOptions:
        min: 1

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