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+---
+name: Validate Pattern Specs
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  validate-pattern-specs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        run: |
+          # New specification files
+          NEW_SPEC_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=A -- specifications/pattern-specification/*.md ":(exclude)*dev.md" || true)
+          echo "new_spec_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$NEW_SPEC_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # Modified specification files
+          MODIFIED_SPEC_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=M -- specifications/pattern-specification/*.md ":(exclude)*dev.md" || true)
+          echo "modified_spec_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$MODIFIED_SPEC_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # All changed specification files
+          ALL_SPEC_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=AM -- specifications/pattern-specification/*.md ":(exclude)*dev.md" || true)
+          echo "spec_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$ALL_SPEC_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # New schema files
+          NEW_SCHEMA_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=A -- specifications/pattern-schema/*.json ":(exclude)*dev.json" || true)
+          echo "new_schema_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$NEW_SCHEMA_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # Modified schema files
+          MODIFIED_SCHEMA_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=M -- specifications/pattern-schema/*.json ":(exclude)*dev.json" || true)
+          echo "modified_schema_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$MODIFIED_SCHEMA_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # All changed schema files
+          ALL_SCHEMA_FILES=$(git diff origin/main --name-only --diff-filter=AM -- specifications/pattern-schema/*.json ":(exclude)*dev.json" || true)
+          echo "schema_files<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$ALL_SCHEMA_FILES" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Validate pattern specification files
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.spec_files != ''
+        run: |
+          # First, check if any existing specification files were modified (not allowed)
+          if [ -n "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_spec_files }}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Modifying existing versioned specification files is not allowed. Modified files: ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.modified_spec_files }}"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Validate new specification files
+          NEW_SPEC_FILES="${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.new_spec_files }}"
+          while IFS= read -r file; do
+            if [ -n "$file" ]; then
+              # New specification file - validate version consistency
+              # Extract version once
+              FILENAME_VERSION=$(echo "$file" | sed -n 's/.*pattern-specification-\([^/]*\)\.md/\1/p')
+              FILE_VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^version:[[:space:]]*\([^[:space:]]*\).*/\1/p' "$file" | head -1)
+
+              # Validate filename vs content version
+              if [ "$FILENAME_VERSION" != "$FILE_VERSION" ]; then
+                echo "::error::Specification file name does not match the specification version. Expected: $FILENAME_VERSION, Got: $FILE_VERSION"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+            fi
+          done <<< "$NEW_SPEC_FILES"
+
+      - name: Validate pattern schema files
+        if: steps.changed-files.outputs.schema_files != ''
+        run: |
+          SCHEMA_FILES="${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.schema_files }}"
+          while IFS= read -r file; do
+            if [ -n "$file" ]; then
+              # Skip the latest file to ensure proper validation of $id field
+              if [[ "$file" == *"pattern-schema-latest.json" ]]; then
+                continue
+              fi
+
+              # Check if this is a modified existing versioned file (not allowed)
+              if git show origin/main:$file >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                echo "::error::Modifying existing versioned schema files is not allowed. Modified file: $file"
+                exit 1
+              fi
+
+              # Extract version from filename
+              VERSION=$(echo "$file" | sed -n 's/.*pattern-schema-\([^/]*\)\.json/\1/p')
+              if [ -n "$VERSION" ]; then
+                # Construct expected ID for the new versioned file
+                EXPECTED_ID="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/pattern-service/main/specifications/pattern-schema/pattern-schema-${VERSION}.json"
+
+                # Validate versioned schema file's $id field
+                ACTUAL_ID=$(git show HEAD:$file | jq -r '.["$id"] // empty')
+                if [ "$ACTUAL_ID" != "$EXPECTED_ID" ]; then
+                  echo "::error::Schema file $file has incorrect \$id field. Expected: $EXPECTED_ID, Got: $ACTUAL_ID"
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+
+                # Validate latest schema file $id points to new version
+                LATEST_ID=$(git show HEAD:specifications/pattern-schema/pattern-schema-latest.json | jq -r '.["$id"] // empty')
+                if [ "$LATEST_ID" != "$EXPECTED_ID" ]; then
+                  echo "::error::Latest schema file was not updated to point to new version $VERSION. Expected \$id: $EXPECTED_ID, Got: $LATEST_ID"
+                  exit 1
+                fi
+              fi
+            fi
+          done <<< "$SCHEMA_FILES"