Spectral Openapi Asyncapi Linter

---
name: "Spectral OpenAPI and AsyncAPI Linter"
slug: "spectral-openapi-asyncapi-linter"
description: "Spectral is an open-source JSON/YAML linter by Stoplight with built-in support for OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger 2.0, AsyncAPI 2.x, and Arazzo 1.0. It enforces API style guides through custom and pre-built rulesets, ensuring consistency across all your API descriptions."
github_stars: 3057
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral"
author: "Stoplight"
category: "Code Quality & Review"
framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "stoplightio/spectral"
  github_stars: 3057
  npm_package: "@stoplight/spectral-cli"
  npm_weekly_downloads: 1201267
---

# Spectral OpenAPI and AsyncAPI Linter

Spectral is an open-source JSON/YAML linter by Stoplight with built-in support for OpenAPI 3.x, Swagger 2.0, AsyncAPI 2.x, and Arazzo 1.0. It enforces API style guides through custom and pre-built rulesets, ensuring consistency across all your API descriptions.

## Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- npm install -g @stoplight/spectral-cli
- yarn global add @stoplight/spectral-cli

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [💻 Usage](#-usage)
- ## 💻 Usage
- To get started, run this command in your terminal to create a .spectral.yaml file that uses the Spectral predefined rulesets based on OpenAPI, Arazzo or AsyncAPI:

- Source: https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stoplightio/spectral/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://docs.stoplight.io/docs/spectral/674b27b261c3c-overview

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/spectral-openapi-asyncapi-linter/)