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+name: "Validate JSON by JSON Schema"
+description: "Validates JSON files using their $schema reference"
+author: "Timo Behrendt <t.behrendt@t00n.de>"
+
+inputs:
+  json-file:
+    description: "The JSON file to validate"
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Extract schema
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        // use jq to extract the $schema property from the json-file
+        schema=$(jq -r '.["$schema"]' < ${{ inputs.json-file }})
+        // if it's there, we fetch the schema from the URL
+        if [ -n "$schema" ]; then
+          curl -s $schema > schema.json
+        else
+          exit 0
+        fi
+    - name: Update the schema to the latest version
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        npx ajv migrate -i schema.json -o schema.json
+    - name: Validate JSON
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        npx ajv validate -s schema.json -d ${{ inputs.json-file }}