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# Specification Conformance

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

You can check for API specification conformance using a custom or MuleSoft-provided ruleset such as:

- Anypoint Best Practices

- Agent Network Best Practices

- Authentication Security Best Practices

- OpenAPI Best Practices

- AsyncAPI Best Practices

- Required Examples

See [Finding and Fixing Conformance Issues](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/find-and-fix-conformance-issues) for an overview of ways
to validate conformance and determine why conformance failed.

## Validate API Specifications Against Rulesets

You can validate specifications against rulesets within the context of your API project regardless
of whether your API is centrally governed through Anypoint API Governance. Developers or
implementors typically do this either to proactively identify conformance issues or to review issues
they’re notified about.

For detailed information about validating specifications against rulesets, see:

- Anypoint Code Builder:
  [Validating API Specifications Against Governance Rulesets](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/des-govern-api)

- Design Center:
  [Ruleset Dependencies](https://docs.mulesoft.com/design-center/design-add-api-dependency#ruleset-dependencies)

- Anypoint CLI:
  [governance:api:validate](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-cli/latest/api-governance#governance-api-validate)

## Fix Conformance Issues

After you identify conformance issues in your specification, you can fix the issues using your IDE
and publish the new version of the specification to Exchange.

For detailed information about fixing conformance issues, see:

- Anypoint Code Builder:
  [Fix Conformance Issues](https://docs.mulesoft.com/anypoint-code-builder/des-govern-api#fix-conformance-issues)

- Design Center:
  [Ruleset Dependencies](https://docs.mulesoft.com/design-center/design-add-api-dependency#ruleset-dependencies) in the
  Design Center documentation

## See Also

- [Monitoring API Conformance](https://docs.mulesoft.com/api-governance/monitor-api-conformance)