ESLint plugin that adds custom linting rules to enforce best practices when using Zod
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ESLint plugin that adds custom linting rules to enforce best practices when using Zod
💼 Configurations enabled in.\
✅ Set in the recommended configuration.\
🔧 Automatically fixable by the --fix CLI option.\
💡 Manually fixable by editor suggestions.\
❌ Deprecated.
| Name | Description | 💼 | 🔧 | 💡 | ❌ |
| :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| array-style | Enforce consistent Zod array style | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| consistent-import | Enforce a consistent import style for Zod | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| consistent-import-source | Enforce consistent source from Zod imports | | | 💡 | |
| consistent-object-schema-type | Enforce consistent usage of Zod schema methods | | | 💡 | |
| no-any-schema | Disallow usage of z.any() in Zod schemas | ✅ | | 💡 | |
| no-empty-custom-schema | Disallow usage of z.custom() without arguments | ✅ | | | |
| no-number-schema-with-int | Disallow usage of z.number().int() as it is considered legacy | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| no-optional-and-default-together | Disallow using both .optional() and .default() on the same Zod schema | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| no-throw-in-refine | Disallow throwing errors directly inside Zod refine callbacks | ✅ | | | |
| no-unknown-schema | Disallow usage of z.unknown() in Zod schemas | | | | |
| prefer-enum-over-literal-union | Prefer z.enum() over z.union() when all members are string literals. | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| prefer-meta | Enforce usage of .meta() over .describe() | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| prefer-meta-last | Enforce .meta() as last method | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| prefer-namespace-import | Enforce importing zod as a namespace import (import * as z from 'zod') | | 🔧 | | ❌ |
| require-brand-type-parameter | Require type parameter on .brand() functions | ✅ | | 💡 | |
| require-error-message | Enforce that custom refinements include an error message | ✅ | 🔧 | | |
| require-schema-suffix | Require schema suffix when declaring a Zod schema | ✅ | | | |
| schema-error-property-style | Enforce consistent style for error messages in Zod schema validation (using ESQuery patterns) | | | | |
Install eslint and eslint-plugin-zod using your preferred package manager:
``shell`
npm i --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-zod
`shell`
yarn add --dev eslint eslint-plugin-zod
`shell`
pnpm add --save-dev eslint eslint-plugin-zod
1. Import the plugin
`ts`
import eslintPluginZod from 'eslint-plugin-zod';
2. Add recommended config to your ESLint setup
`ts`
eslintPluginZod.configs.recommended,
Here’s a minimal example using the flat config format:
`ts
// eslint.config.js
import { defineConfig } from 'eslint/config';
import eslint from '@eslint/js';
import eslintPluginZod from 'eslint-plugin-zod';
export default defineConfig(
eslint.configs.recommended,
eslintPluginZod.configs.recommended,
);
`
eslint-plugin-zod is designed for projects that use zod@^4.package.json`.
While the plugin analyzes Zod schemas in your code,
it doesn’t import or depend on Zod at runtime.
To document this relationship without forcing installation,
Zod is declared as an optional peer dependency in the plugin’s
If your project uses Zod v4, the plugin will automatically lint your schemas.
If you’re not using Zod (for example, in a separate ESLint workspace), you don’t need to install it.