validate.md

title	rootform validate
description	Validate a saved Form or a Rootform definition.

Choose form to check a saved Form. Other subcommands validate Dialect or Policy definitions and have their own contracts. Validation checks structure and definitions; it does not evaluate Policies or verify deployed cloud resources.

Usage

rootform validate <command> [options]

Options

Global options

Flag	Type	Default	Description
-h, --help	bool	false	show how to use rootform validate
--color	mode	auto	color human output: auto|always|never; default: auto
--no-pager	bool	false	print a long report in full instead of opening it in less

Subcommands

Command	Purpose
rootform validate concept	Validate a Concept definition
rootform validate context	Validate a context dimension
rootform validate dialects	Validate Dialect definitions
rootform validate form	Validate a saved Form
rootform validate policy	Validate a Policy definition
rootform validate relation	Validate a relation predicate
rootform validate rule	Validate a Rule definition

Save a Form with run --no-serve -o analysis.json, as in the quickstart, then validate its structure:

rootform validate form analysis.json

Validation reads the Form alone. To evaluate Policies, use check:

rootform check analysis.json --policy-pack ./policies