{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"title": "ast-grep rule for python",
"description": "Used for global rules, rewriters, and pyo3/napi",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"rule": {
"description": "A rule object to find matching AST nodes",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
},
"constraints": {
"description": "Additional meta variables pattern to filter matching",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"utils": {
"description": "Utility rules that can be used in `matches`",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"transform": {
"description": "A dictionary for metavariable manipulation. Dict key is the new variable name.\nDict value is a [transformation] that specifies how meta var is processed.\nSee [transformation doc](https://ast-grep.github.io/reference/yaml/transformation.html).",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Transformation"
}
},
"fix": {
"description": "A pattern string or a FixConfig object to auto fix the issue.\nIt can reference metavariables appeared in rule.\nSee details in fix [object reference](https://ast-grep.github.io/reference/yaml/fix.html#fixconfig).",
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableFixer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"id": {
"description": "Unique, descriptive identifier, e.g., no-unused-variable",
"type": "string"
},
"language": {
"description": "Specify the language to parse and the file extension to include in matching.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Language"
},
"rewriters": {
"description": "Rewrite rules for `rewrite` transformation",
"type": ["array", "null"],
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRewriter"
}
},
"message": {
"description": "Main message highlighting why this rule fired. It should be single line and concise,\nbut specific enough to be understood without additional context.",
"type": "string",
"default": ""
},
"note": {
"description": "Additional notes to elaborate the message and provide potential fix to the issue.\n`notes` can contain markdown syntax, but it cannot reference meta-variables.",
"type": ["string", "null"]
},
"severity": {
"description": "One of: hint, info, warning, or error",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Severity",
"default": "hint"
},
"labels": {
"description": "Custom label dictionary to configure reporting. Key is the meta-variable name and\nvalue is the label message and label style.",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/LabelConfig"
}
},
"files": {
"description": "Glob patterns to specify that the rule only applies to matching files",
"type": ["array", "null"],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"ignores": {
"description": "Glob patterns that exclude rules from applying to files",
"type": ["array", "null"],
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"url": {
"description": "Documentation link to this rule",
"type": ["string", "null"]
},
"metadata": {
"description": "Extra information for the rule",
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/Metadata"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": ["rule", "id", "language"],
"$defs": {
"SerializableRule": {
"description": "A rule object to find matching AST nodes. We have three categories of rules in ast-grep.\n\n* Atomic: the most basic rule to match AST. We have two variants: Pattern and Kind.\n\n* Relational: filter matched target according to their position relative to other nodes.\n\n* Composite: use logic operation all/any/not to compose the above rules to larger rules.\n\nEvery rule has it's unique name so we can combine several rules in one object.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"description": "A pattern string or a pattern object.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/PatternStyle"
},
"kind": {
"description": "The kind name of the node to match. You can look up code's kind names in playground.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"aliased_import",
"argument_list",
"as_pattern",
"as_pattern_target",
"assert_statement",
"assignment",
"attribute",
"augmented_assignment",
"await",
"binary_operator",
"block",
"boolean_operator",
"break_statement",
"call",
"case_clause",
"case_pattern",
"chevron",
"class_definition",
"class_pattern",
"comment",
"comparison_operator",
"complex_pattern",
"concatenated_string",
"conditional_expression",
"constrained_type",
"continue_statement",
"decorated_definition",
"decorator",
"default_parameter",
"delete_statement",
"dict_pattern",
"dictionary",
"dictionary_comprehension",
"dictionary_splat",
"dictionary_splat_pattern",
"dotted_name",
"elif_clause",
"ellipsis",
"else_clause",
"escape_interpolation",
"escape_sequence",
"except_clause",
"except_group_clause",
"exec_statement",
"expression_list",
"expression_statement",
"false",
"finally_clause",
"float",
"for_in_clause",
"for_statement",
"format_expression",
"format_specifier",
"function_definition",
"future_import_statement",
"generator_expression",
"generic_type",
"global_statement",
"identifier",
"if_clause",
"if_statement",
"import_from_statement",
"import_prefix",
"import_statement",
"integer",
"interpolation",
"keyword_argument",
"keyword_pattern",
"keyword_separator",
"lambda",
"lambda_parameters",
"line_continuation",
"list",
"list_comprehension",
"list_pattern",
"list_splat",
"list_splat_pattern",
"match_statement",
"member_type",
"module",
"named_expression",
"none",
"nonlocal_statement",
"not_operator",
"pair",
"parameters",
"parenthesized_expression",
"parenthesized_list_splat",
"pass_statement",
"pattern_list",
"positional_separator",
"print_statement",
"raise_statement",
"relative_import",
"return_statement",
"set",
"set_comprehension",
"slice",
"splat_pattern",
"splat_type",
"string",
"string_content",
"string_end",
"string_start",
"subscript",
"true",
"try_statement",
"tuple",
"tuple_pattern",
"type",
"type_alias_statement",
"type_conversion",
"type_parameter",
"typed_default_parameter",
"typed_parameter",
"unary_operator",
"union_pattern",
"union_type",
"while_statement",
"wildcard_import",
"with_clause",
"with_item",
"with_statement",
"yield"
]
},
"regex": {
"description": "A Rust regular expression to match the node's text. https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax",
"type": "string"
},
"nthChild": {
"description": "`nth_child` accepts number, string or object.\nIt specifies the position in nodes' sibling list.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableNthChild"
},
"range": {
"description": "`range` accepts a range object.\nthe target node must exactly appear in the range.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRange"
},
"inside": {
"description": "`inside` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear inside of another node matching the `inside` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"has": {
"description": "`has` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must has a descendant node matching the `has` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"precedes": {
"description": "`precedes` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear before another node matching the `precedes` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"follows": {
"description": "`follows` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear after another node matching the `follows` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"all": {
"description": "A list of sub rules and matches a node if all of sub rules match.\nThe meta variables of the matched node contain all variables from the sub-rules.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"any": {
"description": "A list of sub rules and matches a node if any of sub rules match.\nThe meta variables of the matched node only contain those of the matched sub-rule.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"not": {
"description": "A single sub-rule and matches a node if the sub rule does not match.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
},
"matches": {
"description": "A utility rule id and matches a node if the utility rule matches.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"PatternStyle": {
"description": "A String pattern will match one single AST node according to pattern syntax.\nOr an object with field `context`, `selector` and optionally `strictness`.",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"context": {
"description": "The surrounding code that helps to resolve any ambiguity in the syntax.",
"type": "string"
},
"selector": {
"description": "The sub-syntax node kind that is the actual matcher of the pattern.",
"type": ["string", "null"]
},
"strictness": {
"description": "Strictness of the pattern. More strict pattern matches fewer nodes.",
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/Strictness"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
}
},
"required": ["context"]
}
]
},
"Strictness": {
"oneOf": [
{
"description": "all nodes are matched",
"type": "string",
"const": "cst"
},
{
"description": "all nodes except source trivial nodes are matched.",
"type": "string",
"const": "smart"
},
{
"description": "only ast nodes are matched",
"type": "string",
"const": "ast"
},
{
"description": "ast-nodes excluding comments are matched",
"type": "string",
"const": "relaxed"
},
{
"description": "ast-nodes excluding comments, without text",
"type": "string",
"const": "signature"
},
{
"description": "similar to smart, but node kinds are ignored, only text is matched.",
"type": "string",
"const": "template"
}
]
},
"SerializableNthChild": {
"description": "`nthChild` accepts either a number, a string or an object.",
"anyOf": [
{
"description": "Simple syntax",
"$ref": "#/$defs/NthChildSimple"
},
{
"description": "Object style syntax",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"position": {
"description": "nth-child syntax",
"$ref": "#/$defs/NthChildSimple"
},
"ofRule": {
"description": "select the nth node that matches the rule, like CSS's of syntax",
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"reverse": {
"description": "matches from the end instead like CSS's nth-last-child",
"type": "boolean",
"default": false
}
},
"required": ["position"]
}
]
},
"NthChildSimple": {
"description": "A string or number describing the indices of matching nodes in a list of siblings.",
"anyOf": [
{
"description": "A number indicating the precise element index",
"type": "integer",
"format": "uint",
"minimum": 0
},
{
"description": "Functional notation like CSS's An + B",
"type": "string"
}
]
},
"SerializableRange": {
"description": "Represents a position in source code using 0-based line and column numbers",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"start": {
"description": "start position in the source code",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializablePosition"
},
"end": {
"description": "end position in the source code",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializablePosition"
}
},
"required": ["start", "end"]
},
"SerializablePosition": {
"description": "Represents a zero-based character-wise position in a document",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"line": {
"description": "0-based line number in the source code",
"type": "integer",
"format": "uint",
"minimum": 0
},
"column": {
"description": "0-based column number in the source code",
"type": "integer",
"format": "uint",
"minimum": 0
}
},
"required": ["line", "column"]
},
"Relation": {
"description": "A relational rule object, which is a Rule object with two additional fields stopBy and field.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"description": "A pattern string or a pattern object.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/PatternStyle"
},
"kind": {
"description": "The kind name of the node to match. You can look up code's kind names in playground.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"aliased_import",
"argument_list",
"as_pattern",
"as_pattern_target",
"assert_statement",
"assignment",
"attribute",
"augmented_assignment",
"await",
"binary_operator",
"block",
"boolean_operator",
"break_statement",
"call",
"case_clause",
"case_pattern",
"chevron",
"class_definition",
"class_pattern",
"comment",
"comparison_operator",
"complex_pattern",
"concatenated_string",
"conditional_expression",
"constrained_type",
"continue_statement",
"decorated_definition",
"decorator",
"default_parameter",
"delete_statement",
"dict_pattern",
"dictionary",
"dictionary_comprehension",
"dictionary_splat",
"dictionary_splat_pattern",
"dotted_name",
"elif_clause",
"ellipsis",
"else_clause",
"escape_interpolation",
"escape_sequence",
"except_clause",
"except_group_clause",
"exec_statement",
"expression_list",
"expression_statement",
"false",
"finally_clause",
"float",
"for_in_clause",
"for_statement",
"format_expression",
"format_specifier",
"function_definition",
"future_import_statement",
"generator_expression",
"generic_type",
"global_statement",
"identifier",
"if_clause",
"if_statement",
"import_from_statement",
"import_prefix",
"import_statement",
"integer",
"interpolation",
"keyword_argument",
"keyword_pattern",
"keyword_separator",
"lambda",
"lambda_parameters",
"line_continuation",
"list",
"list_comprehension",
"list_pattern",
"list_splat",
"list_splat_pattern",
"match_statement",
"member_type",
"module",
"named_expression",
"none",
"nonlocal_statement",
"not_operator",
"pair",
"parameters",
"parenthesized_expression",
"parenthesized_list_splat",
"pass_statement",
"pattern_list",
"positional_separator",
"print_statement",
"raise_statement",
"relative_import",
"return_statement",
"set",
"set_comprehension",
"slice",
"splat_pattern",
"splat_type",
"string",
"string_content",
"string_end",
"string_start",
"subscript",
"true",
"try_statement",
"tuple",
"tuple_pattern",
"type",
"type_alias_statement",
"type_conversion",
"type_parameter",
"typed_default_parameter",
"typed_parameter",
"unary_operator",
"union_pattern",
"union_type",
"while_statement",
"wildcard_import",
"with_clause",
"with_item",
"with_statement",
"yield"
]
},
"regex": {
"description": "A Rust regular expression to match the node's text. https://docs.rs/regex/latest/regex/#syntax",
"type": "string"
},
"nthChild": {
"description": "`nth_child` accepts number, string or object.\nIt specifies the position in nodes' sibling list.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableNthChild"
},
"range": {
"description": "`range` accepts a range object.\nthe target node must exactly appear in the range.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRange"
},
"inside": {
"description": "`inside` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear inside of another node matching the `inside` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"has": {
"description": "`has` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must has a descendant node matching the `has` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"precedes": {
"description": "`precedes` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear before another node matching the `precedes` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"follows": {
"description": "`follows` accepts a relational rule object.\nthe target node must appear after another node matching the `follows` sub-rule.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"all": {
"description": "A list of sub rules and matches a node if all of sub rules match.\nThe meta variables of the matched node contain all variables from the sub-rules.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"any": {
"description": "A list of sub rules and matches a node if any of sub rules match.\nThe meta variables of the matched node only contain those of the matched sub-rule.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"not": {
"description": "A single sub-rule and matches a node if the sub rule does not match.",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
},
"matches": {
"description": "A utility rule id and matches a node if the utility rule matches.",
"type": "string"
},
"stopBy": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableStopBy",
"default": "neighbor"
},
"field": {
"type": ["string", "null"],
"enum": [
"alias",
"alternative",
"argument",
"arguments",
"attribute",
"body",
"cause",
"code",
"condition",
"consequence",
"definition",
"expression",
"format_specifier",
"function",
"guard",
"key",
"left",
"module_name",
"name",
"object",
"operator",
"operators",
"parameters",
"return_type",
"right",
"subject",
"subscript",
"superclasses",
"type",
"type_conversion",
"type_parameters"
]
}
}
},
"SerializableStopBy": {
"description": "Control how the relational rule search should stop",
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "string",
"enum": ["neighbor", "end"]
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
]
},
"Transformation": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/Trans"
}
]
},
"Trans": {
"description": "Represents a transformation that can be applied to a matched AST node.\nAvailable transformations are `substring`, `replace` and `convert`.",
"oneOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"substring": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Substring"
}
},
"required": ["substring"],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"replace": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Replace"
}
},
"required": ["replace"],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"convert": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Convert"
}
},
"required": ["convert"],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"rewrite": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Rewrite"
}
},
"required": ["rewrite"],
"additionalProperties": false
}
]
},
"Substring": {
"description": "Extracts a substring from the meta variable's text content.\n\nBoth `start_char` and `end_char` support negative indexing,\nwhich counts character from the end of an array, moving backwards.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source": {
"description": "source meta variable to be transformed",
"type": "string"
},
"startChar": {
"description": "optional starting character index of the substring, defaults to 0.",
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"format": "int32"
},
"endChar": {
"description": "optional ending character index of the substring, defaults to the end of the string.",
"type": ["integer", "null"],
"format": "int32"
}
},
"required": ["source"]
},
"Replace": {
"description": "Replaces a substring in the meta variable's text content with another string.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source": {
"description": "source meta variable to be transformed",
"type": "string"
},
"replace": {
"description": "a regex to find substring to be replaced",
"type": "string"
},
"by": {
"description": "the replacement string",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": ["source", "replace", "by"]
},
"Convert": {
"description": "Converts the source meta variable's text content to a specified case format.",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source": {
"description": "source meta variable to be transformed",
"type": "string"
},
"toCase": {
"description": "the target case format to convert the text content to",
"$ref": "#/$defs/StringCase"
},
"separatedBy": {
"description": "optional separators to specify how to separate word",
"type": ["array", "null"],
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Separator"
}
}
},
"required": ["source", "toCase"]
},
"StringCase": {
"description": "An enumeration representing different cases for strings.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"lowerCase",
"upperCase",
"capitalize",
"camelCase",
"snakeCase",
"kebabCase",
"pascalCase"
]
},
"Separator": {
"description": "Separator to split string. e.g. `user_accountName` -> `user`, `accountName`\nIt will be rejoin according to `StringCase`.",
"type": "string",
"enum": ["caseChange", "dash", "dot", "slash", "space", "underscore"]
},
"Rewrite": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"source": {
"type": "string"
},
"rewriters": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"joinBy": {
"type": ["string", "null"]
}
},
"required": ["source", "rewriters"]
},
"SerializableFixer": {
"description": "A pattern string or fix object to auto fix the issue.\nIt can reference metavariables appeared in rule.",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "string"
},
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableFixConfig"
},
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableFixConfig"
}
}
]
},
"SerializableFixConfig": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"template": {
"type": "string"
},
"expandEnd": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"expandStart": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Relation"
},
"title": {
"type": ["string", "null"]
}
},
"required": ["template"]
},
"Language": {
"description": "Placeholder for language, used in JSON schema only.",
"type": "string",
"example": "typescript",
"enum": ["py", "python", "Python"]
},
"SerializableRewriter": {
"description": "Used for global rules, rewriters, and pyo3/napi",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"rule": {
"description": "A rule object to find matching AST nodes",
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
},
"constraints": {
"description": "Additional meta variables pattern to filter matching",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"utils": {
"description": "Utility rules that can be used in `matches`",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableRule"
}
},
"transform": {
"description": "A dictionary for metavariable manipulation. Dict key is the new variable name.\nDict value is a [transformation] that specifies how meta var is processed.\nSee [transformation doc](https://ast-grep.github.io/reference/yaml/transformation.html).",
"type": ["object", "null"],
"additionalProperties": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/Transformation"
}
},
"fix": {
"description": "A pattern string or a FixConfig object to auto fix the issue.\nIt can reference metavariables appeared in rule.\nSee details in fix [object reference](https://ast-grep.github.io/reference/yaml/fix.html#fixconfig).",
"anyOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/$defs/SerializableFixer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
]
},
"id": {
"description": "Unique, descriptive identifier, e.g., no-unused-variable",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": ["rule", "id"]
},
"Severity": {
"oneOf": [
{
"description": "A kind reminder for code with potential improvement.",
"type": "string",
"const": "hint"
},
{
"description": "A suggestion that code can be improved or optimized.",
"type": "string",
"const": "info"
},
{
"description": "A warning that code might produce bugs or does not follow best practice.",
"type": "string",
"const": "warning"
},
{
"description": "An error that code produces bugs or has logic errors.",
"type": "string",
"const": "error"
},
{
"description": "Turns off the rule.",
"type": "string",
"const": "off"
}
]
},
"LabelConfig": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"style": {
"$ref": "#/$defs/LabelStyle"
},
"message": {
"type": ["string", "null"]
}
},
"required": ["style"]
},
"LabelStyle": {
"oneOf": [
{
"description": "Labels that describe the primary cause of a diagnostic.",
"type": "string",
"const": "primary"
},
{
"description": "Labels that provide additional context for a diagnostic.",
"type": "string",
"const": "secondary"
}
]
},
"Metadata": {
"description": "Additional metadata for the rule, can be used to store extra information.",
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true
}
}
}