openapi-format
Formats, filters, sorts and applies Overlays to OpenAPI documents — the most complete Overlay implementation in the JavaScript ecosystem.
Specifications it implements
What this tool does to each specification, in the role vocabulary. Follow a standard through to standards.apievangelist.com for what it actually specifies.
| Standard | Role | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAPI Overlay | transforms |
- Interfaces
clilibrary- Install
-
npm
openapi-format - Invoke
npx openapi-format <spec.yaml> -o <out.yaml> --overlayFile <overlay.yaml>- Consumes
- openapi, openapi-overlay
- Emits
- openapi
- Runtime
- Runs offline Deterministic Writes No credentials
Where it applies
Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.
The pattern an agent should prefer whenever it needs to change a contract it does not own: the Overlay is a small reviewable file, and the base description stays upstream and updatable.
- Website
- https://openapi-format.com
- Repository
- https://github.com/thim81/openapi-format
- License
- MIT — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-09-17
- Stars
- 177 · last commit 2026-09-04
/tools.json,
against the tool.schema.json
schema, using the roles.json
vocabulary. Start at /llms.txt.