---
title: "Spectral OpenAPI and 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."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/stoplightio/spectral"
category:
  - "Code Quality & Review"
framework:
  - "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "stoplightio/spectral"
  github_stars: 3057
---

# 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

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.

## Source

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