To avoid strange errors, because of typos and general inability to remember documentation, it would be nice to run YAML structure linters before `snapcraft`. Docs mention that `snapcraft` runs embedded linters https://snapcraft.io/docs/linters but they don't catch some low level errors like absent `base:` key (https://github.com/canonical/snapcraft-rocks/issues/57#issuecomment-2370937598). EDIT: And troubleshooting such silly mistakes can steal a lot of time.