chow is a command line tool to validate BloodHound payloads

chow -output errors.txt test.json

-output will redirect errors to an output file. Otherwise errors will be written to stdout

go install github.com/specterops/chow@latest

Or you can clone the repo and run the following command from the top level:

go install .

Want to add the OpenGraph schema to your JSON document?

{
  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpecterOps/chow/refs/heads/main/pkg/validator/jsonschema/payload-schema.json"
}

Most editors will ask you to trust the schema's source. Be sure to add the following URL to your trusted domains

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SpecterOps/chow/refs/heads/main/pkg/validator/jsonschema/