Check register / Discovery-Negotiation

NEG-014

A requirement the spck.dev suite checks on UCP servers. The quoted text is the normative requirement; the citation links to the exact line of the pinned spec source it was taken from.

Businesses MUST validate the platform's version and determine compatibility
Keyword
MUST
Area
Discovery-Negotiation
Versions
2026-01-11 2026-01-23
Testability
testable
Spec source
ucp:docs/specification/overview.md#L1068 2026-01-11
ucp:docs/specification/overview.md#L1151 2026-01-23

How this is graded

A deviation on a MUST fails the run and shows the requirement next to the actual response. Checks the suite cannot validate soundly are reported inconclusive or not-tested — never a silent pass. The full verdict semantics are on the grading rubric.

Run it against your store

The hosted check covers the read-only surface; the CLI and GitHub Action run the full suite, including this check when your store declares the capability it belongs to.