region_unqualified
A rules row's regions entry isn't an ISO 3166 code: a bare state such as NY is no country, and CA is Canada.
| Fix | Fails in | Suggests | Exit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Write the subdivision as US-NY, or a country such as US for every state. | rules.ts:7 · rules.services['translation'].sign.regions | rules.services['translation'].sign.regions: ['CA','US-NY'] | 1 |
Owned by Where an act happens: the page that explains what this gate holds.
✗ An agent couldn't order, wait for and accept a job. Run npx services.dev dev and read its job. It stopped at: sign is ratified in CA, NY under rules 2026-10, and this order's region is US-CA.
https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/agent_cannot_buy
✗ A rules row's regions entry isn't an ISO 3166 code: a bare state such as NY is no country, and CA is Canada. Write the subdivision as US-NY, or a country such as US for every state. The sign row ratifies NY, which isn't an ISO 3166 code: a country (US) ratifies its subdivisions, and a subdivision is US-NY.
at rules.ts:7 · rules.services['translation'].sign.regions
✗ 2 to fixThe same file failed agent_cannot_buy in the same run. Each has its own page.
import { Rules } from 'services.dev'
export default Rules({
version: '2026-10',
services: {
translation: {
sign: { reserved: 'sworn translator', where: 'client', regions: ['CA', 'NY'], position: 'A sworn translator signs a translation filed with a registry.' },
},
},
})diff --git a/rules.ts b/rules.ts
index 4d13b17..c3717ff 100644
--- a/rules.ts
+++ b/rules.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default Rules({
version: '2026-10',
services: {
translation: {
- sign: { reserved: 'sworn translator', where: 'client', regions: ['CA', 'NY'], position: 'A sworn translator signs a translation filed with a registry.' },
+ sign: { reserved: 'sworn translator', where: 'client', regions: ['US-CA', 'US-NY'], position: 'A sworn translator signs a translation filed with a registry.' },
},
},
})✓ ready to sell · 1 Service · it keeps at least 80% of every jobimport { Service } from 'services.dev'
import rules from '../rules.ts'
export default Service({
name: 'Translation',
input: { document: 'file', to: 'language: a BCP 47 tag, such as fr-CA', client_region: 'jurisdiction: such as US-CA' },
output: { document: 'file' },
rules,
roles: { translator: { credential: 'sworn translator' } },
deliver: {
translate: 'ai',
harden: { review: 'adversarial', lenses: ['meaning', 'terms'] },
sign: { by: 'translator', stamp: true },
},
price: 89,
})How the legal example passes this gate, in lines read from its files.
'contract-review': {
advise: { reserved: 'bar admission', where: 'client', regions: ['US-CA', 'US-NY', 'US-TX'], kind: 'advice', rail: 'member', position: 'Advice on a contract is legal advice in the client\'s state.' },Read them in context: The rules table.
{
"code": "region_unqualified",
"reason": "A rules row's regions entry isn't an ISO 3166 code: a bare state such as NY is no country, and CA is Canada.",
"next": "Write the subdivision as US-NY, or a country such as US for every state. The sign row ratifies NY, which isn't an ISO 3166 code: a country (US) ratifies its subdivisions, and a subdivision is US-NY.",
"doc_url": "https://services.dev/docs/reference/check/region_unqualified",
"file": "rules.ts",
"line": 7,
"path": "rules.services['translation'].sign.regions",
"suggest": {
"path": "rules.services['translation'].sign.regions",
"value": "['CA','US-NY']"
}
}The whole document check --json prints
{
"ai": {
"cents_per_call": 42,
"simulated": true
},
"mcp": {
"tools": 13,
"tokens": 4525,
"sandbox": 9,
"budget": 8000
},
"files": [
{
"path": "rules.ts",
"lines": 6,
"kind": "rules",
"says": "rules 2026-10 · 1 Service · 1 row"
}
],
"services": [