How do I resolve the "Resource specification is invalid" error when I run the cfn generate command using the CloudFormation CLI in AWS CloudFormation?

The cfn generate command generates code based on the project and resource provider schema. You receive the "Resource specification is invalid" error message when the resource provider schema for your resource is invalid. You can also receive a syntax or invalid namespace error message.

If you're having issues with other errors related to using a resource provider, see the following articles for additional troubleshooting steps:

• How do I resolve the "Model validation failed (#: extraneous key [Key] is not permitted)" error in AWS CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "Resource timed out waiting for creation of physical resource" error when I create a resource using my resource provider type in AWS CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "Attribute 'Key' does not exist" error when I use the Fn::GetAtt function on my resource provider resource in AWS CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.package.resource.HandlerWrapper" error in AWS CloudFormation?
  

1. In the root directory of the project where the cfn init command was executed, find the resource provider schema.
   Note: The resource provider schema file is a JSON file in the organization-service-resource.json format.
2. Confirm that your organization-service-resource.json file follows proper JSON formatting.
3. Compare the namespaces of your resource with the namespaces in the resource provider schema, and then resolve any discrepancies that you find.

If the preceding steps don't resolve the issue, then use cfn init to create a new project and update the resource provider schema file organization-service-resource.json incrementally until you have narrowed down the change that causes the "Resource specification is invalid" error.