---
title: "Resolve and validate OpenAPI specs with remote refs before client generation or review with Prance"
description: "Validate an OpenAPI document, resolve external references, and emit a clean compiled spec before codegen or contract review."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance"
author: "Ronny Pfannschmidt"
publisher_type: "individual"
category:
  - "Library & API Reference"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "RonnyPfannschmidt/prance"
  github_stars: 261
---

# Resolve and validate OpenAPI specs with remote refs before client generation or review with Prance

Validate an OpenAPI document, resolve external references, and emit a clean compiled spec before codegen or contract review.

## Prerequisites

Python, pip, OpenAPI or Swagger spec file or URL

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install from PyPI with `pip install prance[osv,icu,cli]` for the CLI workflow, then use `prance validate` and `prance compile` on local files or remote spec URLs.
```

## Documentation

- https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/prance

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/resolve-and-validate-openapi-specs-with-remote-refs-before-client-generation-or-review-with-prance/)