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api-docs.has-docs

Checks that all API spec files include human-readable documentation (descriptions, examples) by verifying .api.spec_files[].has_docs is true for every entry. A bare definition without descriptions doesn't count. Skips if no spec files were detected.

openapi swagger grpc graphql api documentation

Compatible Integrations

This guardrail works with the following integrations. Click to see how to use Has Docs with each collector.

Enable This Guardrail

Add the parent policy to your lunar-config.yml to enable this guardrail.

📄 lunar-config.yml
policies:
  - uses: github://earthly/lunar-lib/policies/api-docs@v1.0.0
    include: [has-docs]
    # with: ...

How This Guardrail Works

This guardrail is part of the API Docs Guardrails policy. It evaluates data collected by integrations and produces a pass/fail check with actionable feedback.

When enabled, this check runs automatically on every PR and in AI coding workflows, providing real-time enforcement of your engineering standards.

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Integrations Gather Data
Collectors extract metadata from code, CI pipelines, tool outputs, and scans
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{ } Centralized as JSON
All data merged into each component's unified metadata document
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This Guardrail Checks Current
Has Docs runs and provides pass/fail feedback

Configuration Options

These inputs can be configured in your lunar-config.yml to customize how the parent policy (and this guardrail) behaves.

Input Required Default Description
API Docs Guardrails

API Docs Guardrails

This guardrail is part of the API Docs Guardrails policy, which includes 3 guardrails for repository and ownership.

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