# Policies

The business reasons behind why we govern API operations — aligning the engineering side of operations with the business side of things.

Feed URL:

```
https://policies.apievangelist.com/policies.json
```

- Browse: [https://policies.apievangelist.com/](https://policies.apievangelist.com/)
- OpenAPI: [https://github.com/api-evangelist/policies/blob/main/openapi.yml](https://github.com/api-evangelist/policies/blob/main/openapi.yml)
- Source repository: [https://github.com/api-evangelist/policies](https://github.com/api-evangelist/policies)

## Fields

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Policy name |
| `slug` | string | Unique slug |
| `description` | string | Policy description |
| `scope` | string | Scope (e.g. API Contract, Business Contract) |
| `property` | string | Property the policy governs |
| `tags` | array | Tags |
| `stages` | array | API lifecycle stages |
| `rules` | array | Associated Spectral rule IDs |

Tags: `Policies`, `Governance`