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verify-api-schema

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Verify if an MMv1 YAML property matches the live GCP REST API JSON payload using the Discovery Documents.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/magic-modules/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/utils/verify-api-schema/SKILL.md

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verify-api-schema

Note to AI Agents: You MUST read the YAML frontmatter above first. Only read the rest of this file if the description matches your current roadblock or required task.

Prerequisites

  • You must be in the magic-modules root directory.
  • You must have curl and jq installed.

Execution Steps

1. Verification

Provide the exact bash commands the agent should run to verify the prerequisites.

Verify jq installation

jq --version

2. The Core Commands

Query the live GCP Discovery Documents directly. This is the ultimate source of truth for exact JSON payload names (including weird edge cases like double-plurals or typos in the API).

Query exact schema in v1 or beta

# For v1 Compute API schema
curl -s https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/compute/v1/rest | jq '.schemas.SecurityPolicyRule'

# For beta Compute API schema
curl -s https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/compute/beta/rest | jq '.schemas.SecurityPolicyRule'

Replace SecurityPolicyRule with the specific schema name you are tracking (e.g., UrlMap, BackendService).

3. Verification & Handoff

Instructions on how the agent should verify the command succeeded, and what workflow or rule it should return to next.

  • Compare the JSON payload attributes (types, names, pluralization) with the Magic Modules YAML properties.
  • If you find a discrepancy (e.g., exclusions in JSON vs exclusion in YAML), verify if api_name is being used to bridge the gap.