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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Pokemon",
+  "description": "A schema for pokemon species data.",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "$schema": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "data": {
+      "type": "array",
+      "items": {
+        "required": [
+          "name",
+          "type",
+          "power",
+          "pp",
+          "accuracy",
+          "priority",
+          "target",
+          "category",
+          "flags"
+        ],
+        "properties": {
+          "name": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "The internal name of the move."
+          },
+          "type": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "normal",
+              "fighting",
+              "flying",
+              "poison",
+              "ground",
+              "rock",
+              "bug",
+              "ghost",
+              "steel",
+              "fire",
+              "water",
+              "grass",
+              "electric",
+              "psychic",
+              "ice",
+              "dragon",
+              "dark",
+              "fairy",
+              "divine"
+            ]
+          },
+          "power": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "maximum": 255
+          },
+          "pp": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "maximum": 255
+          },
+          "accuracy": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": 0,
+            "maximum": 255
+          },
+          "priority": {
+            "type": "integer",
+            "minimum": -127,
+            "maximum": 128
+          },
+          "target": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "enum": [
+              "Adjacent",
+              "AdjacentAlly",
+              "AdjacentAllySelf",
+              "AdjacentOpponent",
+              "All",
+              "AllAdjacent",
+              "AllAdjacentOpponent",
+              "AllAlly",
+              "AllOpponent",
+              "Any",
+              "RandomOpponent",
+              "Self"
+            ]
+          },
+          "category": {
+              "type": "string",
+              "enum": [
+                  "physical",
+                  "special",
+                  "status"
+              ]
+          },
+          "flags": {
+              "type": "array",
+              "items": {
+                  "type": "string"
+              }
+          },
+          "effect": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "required": ["name"],
+              "properties": {
+                  "name": {
+                      "type": "string"
+                  },
+                  "chance": {
+                      "type": "number"
+                  },
+                  "parameters": {
+                      "type": "array"
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}