niche · 1.5 capability schema

Linting

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Providers using this tag (5)

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Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
RedoclyArtificial IntelligenceAPI CatalogAPI DocumentationArazzo4 APIs82.6StoplightAPI DesignAPI DocumentationAPI GovernanceAsyncAPI2 APIs71.8
Thin 1 Limited public surface area
QltyCode QualityCode CoverageStatic Analysis1 API28.1
Emerging 2 Early or largely undocumented
VacuumAPI DesignDocumentationOpenAPI1 API22.5OpticAPI GovernanceBreaking ChangesContract TestingDiff1 API21.0

APIs with this tag (11)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Exemplar 2 Complete, well-documented, and agent-ready
Redocly CLIRedocly CLI is an open-source command-line tool for working with OpenAPI descriptions, developer portals, a...82.6Stoplight SpectralSpectral is an open-source JSON and YAML linter for creating automated API style guides and governance rule...71.8
Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
Buf CLIThe Buf CLI is a local Protobuf development toolchain providing linting, breaking change detection, code ge...65.3
Developing 1 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
Sideko Linting APILint OpenAPI specifications against Sideko's generation-readiness rules and surface errors before SDK, MCP,...41.9
Thin 3 Limited public surface area
RepolinterRepolinter is an open source linting tool for repositories that validates compliance with open source best ...31.3Repolinter ActionA GitHub Action that runs Repolinter on repositories as part of CI/CD workflows. Validates repositories aga...31.3Qlty CLIThe free Qlty CLI is a polyglot, Rust-based command-line tool for universal linting, auto-formatting, secur...28.1
Emerging 4 Early or largely undocumented
Optic CLIThe Optic CLI provides OpenAPI diffing, linting and breaking-change detection from the command line, compar...21.0ShellCheck APIA static analysis tool for shell scripts that provides API access for linting and validation.15.6Shellharden APIAPI for correcting and hardening shell scripts for better reliability.15.6SpecLynx OpenAPI ToolkitA VS Code extension providing semantic editing, real-time validation, linting, and live preview for OpenAPI...15.2

Companies reaching this through an API (5)

These companies publish an API, specification or operation carrying “Linting” but do not classify their business under it. Listed unranked and kept out of the count above, because one tagged operation is not a statement about what a company does.

Buf Shell Scripting Sideko SpecLynx TODO Group

Score breakdown

Frequency
32.8
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.1
spread across providers
Quality lift
55.6
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
4.2
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

CLI 8 co-occurrences Documentation 5 co-occurrences CI/CD 5 co-occurrences OpenAPI 5 co-occurrences Developer Tools 5 co-occurrences

Where this tag comes from

Api tag11
Provider tag5
Openapi tag1
Openapi op tag1

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