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protovalidate

Radar: Initial Apache-2.0

Declares and enforces validation rules inside `.proto` definitions themselves, evaluated at runtime with CEL expressions.

Protocol Buffers

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.

StandardRoleWhat that means
Protocol Buffers validates
Using this from an agent
Interfaces
library
Consumes
proto
Emits
json
Runtime
Runs offline Deterministic Read-only No credentials

Where it applies

Jobs this tool actually does, and the surface each one is exercised on.

Put validation rules in the contract rather than reimplementing them in every service.
coding-agent
Website
https://protovalidate.com
Repository
https://github.com/bufbuild/protovalidate
License
Apache-2.0 — reported by the GitHub API, verified 2026-08-11
Stars
1550 · last commit 2026-07-27
Reading this as an agent? Don't scrape the page — this entry is published as structured data at /tools.json, against the tool.schema.json schema, using the roles.json vocabulary. Start at /llms.txt.
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