diff --git a/.github/workflows/dest_sqlite.yml b/.github/workflows/dest_sqlite.yml
index 73f0f79512348f..d745d2631a4075 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dest_sqlite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dest_sqlite.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ jobs:
           args: "--config ../../.golangci.yml"
           skip-pkg-cache: true
           skip-build-cache: true
+      - name: gen
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: make gen
+      - name: Fail if generation updated files
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        run: test "$(git status -s | wc -l)" -eq 0 || (git status -s; exit 1)
       - name: Build
         run: go build .
       - name: Test
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/Makefile b/plugins/destination/sqlite/Makefile
index 757f2ae5ef17b2..b0f4926681c08c 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/sqlite/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/Makefile
@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ release-dry-run:
 		-v `pwd`:/go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		-w /go/src/$(PACKAGE_NAME) \
 		ghcr.io/cloudquery/golang-cross:v10.0.0 \
-		--clean --skip-validate --snapshot --skip-publish
\ No newline at end of file
+		--clean --skip-validate --snapshot --skip-publish
+
+.PHONY: gen-spec-schema
+gen-spec-schema:
+	go run client/spec/gen/main.go
+
+# All gen targets
+.PHONY: gen
+gen: gen-spec-schema
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/schema.json b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3a3db21714f73b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
+  "$id": "https://github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec",
+  "$ref": "#/$defs/Spec",
+  "$defs": {
+    "Spec": {
+      "properties": {
+        "connection_string": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "minLength": 1,
+          "description": "Path to a file, such as `./mydb.sql`"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": false,
+      "type": "object",
+      "required": [
+        "connection_string"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec.go b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec.go
index 9323a53f2fe636..ae85a651810d8f 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec.go
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec.go
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 package client
 
+import _ "embed"
+
 type Spec struct {
-	ConnectionString string `json:"connection_string,omitempty"`
+	// Path to a file, such as `./mydb.sql`
+	ConnectionString string `json:"connection_string,omitempty" jsonschema:"required,minLength=1"`
 }
 
+//go:embed schema.json
+var JSONSchema string
+
 func (*Spec) SetDefaults() {
 	// stub for any future defaults
 }
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec/gen/main.go b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec/gen/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..403e4a681c8f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec/gen/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"path"
+	"runtime"
+
+	"github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery/plugins/destination/sqlite/client"
+	cqjsonschema "github.com/cloudquery/codegen/jsonschema"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Generating JSON schema for plugin spec")
+	cqjsonschema.GenerateIntoFile(new(client.Spec), path.Join(currDir(), "../..", "schema.json"),
+		cqjsonschema.WithAddGoComments("github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery/plugins/destination/sqlite/client", path.Join(currDir(), "../..")),
+	)
+}
+
+func currDir() string {
+	_, filename, _, ok := runtime.Caller(0)
+	if !ok {
+		log.Fatal("Failed to get caller information")
+	}
+	return path.Dir(filename)
+}
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec_test.go b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f98cb12ec5743b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/client/spec_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/cloudquery/codegen/jsonschema"
+)
+
+func TestJSONSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonschema.TestJSONSchema(t, JSONSchema, []jsonschema.TestCase{
+		{
+			Name: "empty spec",
+			Spec: `{}`,
+			Err:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "spec with connection_string",
+			Spec: `{"connection_string": "file"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "spec with bool connection_string",
+			Spec: `{"connection_string": true}`,
+			Err:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "spec with null connection_string",
+			Spec: `{"connection_string": null}`,
+			Err:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "spec with int connection_string",
+			Spec: `{"connection_string": 123}`,
+			Err:  true,
+		},
+		{
+			Name: "spec with unknown field",
+			Spec: `{"connection_string": "abc", "unknown": "test"}`,
+			Err:  true,
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.mod b/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.mod
index 6cc72de01ef073..8d95741997b95b 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ go 1.21.4
 
 require (
 	github.com/apache/arrow/go/v15 v15.0.0-20240114144300-7e703aae55c1
+	github.com/cloudquery/codegen v0.3.12
 	github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v4 v4.29.0
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.16
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.31.0
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/apache/arrow/go/v13 v13.0.0-20230731205701-112f94971882 // indirect
 	github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/chenzhuoyu/base64x v0.0.0-20230717121745-296ad89f973d // indirect
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2 v2.16.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/invopop/jsonschema v0.11.0 // indirect
 	github.com/iris-contrib/schema v0.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/josharian/intern v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 // indirect
 	github.com/yosssi/ace v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.0.2 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.20.0 // indirect
@@ -119,3 +124,6 @@ require (
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
+
+// github.com/cloudquery/jsonschema @ cqmain
+replace github.com/invopop/jsonschema => github.com/cloudquery/jsonschema v0.0.0-20231018073309-6c617a23d42f
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.sum b/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.sum
index 949a9ea8f9af16..1e8c2a4d57b1ae 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.sum
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/go.sum
@@ -25,9 +25,13 @@ github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 h1:axGnT1gRIfimI7gJifB699GoE/oq+F2MU7D
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:lvDnEdqiQrp0O42VQGgmlKpxL1AP2+08jFMw88y4klk=
 github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0 h1:Mv+mAeH1Q+n9Fr+oyamOlAkUNPWPlA8PPGR0QAaYuPk=
 github.com/aymerick/douceur v0.2.0/go.mod h1:wlT5vV2O3h55X9m7iVYN0TBM0NH/MmbLnd30/FjWUq4=
+github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0 h1:5sz/EEAK+ls5wF+NeqDpk5+iNdMDXrh3z3nPnH1Wvgk=
+github.com/bahlo/generic-list-go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:2KvAjgMlE5NNynlg/5iLrrCCZ2+5xWbdbCW3pNTGyYg=
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.1/go.mod h1:UD6OnuiIn0yFxxA2le/rnRU1G4RaI4UvFv1sNto9p6w=
 github.com/bradleyjkemp/cupaloy/v2 v2.8.0 h1:any4BmKE+jGIaMpnU8YgH/I2LPiLBufr6oMMlVBbn9M=
 github.com/bradleyjkemp/cupaloy/v2 v2.8.0/go.mod h1:bm7JXdkRd4BHJk9HpwqAI8BoAY1lps46Enkdqw6aRX0=
+github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1 h1:2PnMjfWD7wBILjqQbt530v576A/cAbQvEW9gGIpYMUs=
+github.com/buger/jsonparser v1.1.1/go.mod h1:6RYKKt7H4d4+iWqouImQ9R2FZql3VbhNgx27UK13J/0=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.5.0/go.mod h1:ED5hyg4y6t3/9Ku1R6dU/4KyJ48DZ4jPhfY1O2AihPM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.0-rc/go.mod h1:ElCzW+ufi8qKqNW0FY314xriJhyJhuoJ3gFZdAHF7NM=
 github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.10.2 h1:GQebETVBxYB7JGWJtLBi07OVzWwt+8dWA00gEVW2ZFE=
@@ -43,6 +47,10 @@ github.com/chenzhuoyu/iasm v0.9.1 h1:tUHQJXo3NhBqw6s33wkGn9SP3bvrWLdlVIJ3hQBL7P0
 github.com/chenzhuoyu/iasm v0.9.1/go.mod h1:Xjy2NpN3h7aUqeqM+woSuuvxmIe6+DDsiNLIrkAmYog=
 github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery-api-go v1.7.1 h1:q4pxS7EXKqAPh8DSDBU3bE/vnCQXs4jUM3zcoAlGdL8=
 github.com/cloudquery/cloudquery-api-go v1.7.1/go.mod h1:03fojQg0UpdgqXZ9tzZ5gF5CPad/F0sok66bsX6u4RA=
+github.com/cloudquery/codegen v0.3.12 h1:9BaYdwbMJU1HVT/BHI+ykhOhBGeXt8AjpvBiXN1KhKE=
+github.com/cloudquery/codegen v0.3.12/go.mod h1:utqjurr58U8uqcPJe0rZjh06i0Eq9uAPGOmyIjq/1w8=
+github.com/cloudquery/jsonschema v0.0.0-20231018073309-6c617a23d42f h1:vmYGxIGDVpmhk0QVeDwXXbAt+SwQcOn4xH1G25pmKP8=
+github.com/cloudquery/jsonschema v0.0.0-20231018073309-6c617a23d42f/go.mod h1:0SoZ/U7yJlNOR+fWsBSeTvTbGXB6DK01tzJ7m2Xfg34=
 github.com/cloudquery/plugin-pb-go v1.16.7 h1:wLx5TFvS6gAvD1dcBZdv5YSskcNCnNpF1JNituka5jM=
 github.com/cloudquery/plugin-pb-go v1.16.7/go.mod h1:Sd08P8HIjwi3gmfoE0X21qo6HL1NiVdNl/00JrK+DkM=
 github.com/cloudquery/plugin-sdk/v2 v2.7.0 h1:hRXsdEiaOxJtsn/wZMFQC9/jPfU1MeMK3KF+gPGqm7U=
@@ -251,6 +259,8 @@ github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1 h1:cQriyiUvjTwOHg8QZaPihLWeRAAVoCpE00IU
 github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v5 v5.4.1/go.mod h1:GaZTsDaehaPpQVyxrf5mtQlH+pc21PIudVV/E3rRQok=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0 h1:y09buUbR+b5aycVFQs/g70pqKVZNBmxwAhO7/IwNM9g=
 github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:Wri+At7QHww0WTrCBeu4J6bNtoV6mEfg5OIWRZA9qds=
+github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8 h1:5h/BUHu93oj4gIdvHHHGsScSTMijfx5PeYkE/fJgbpc=
+github.com/wk8/go-ordered-map/v2 v2.1.8/go.mod h1:5nJHM5DyteebpVlHnWMV0rPz6Zp7+xBAnxjb1X5vnTw=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f h1:J9EGpcZtP0E/raorCMxlFGSTBrsSlaDGf3jU/qvAE2c=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonpointer v0.0.0-20180127040702-4e3ac2762d5f/go.mod h1:N2zxlSyiKSe5eX1tZViRH5QA0qijqEDrYZiPEAiq3wU=
 github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonreference v0.0.0-20180127040603-bd5ef7bd5415 h1:EzJWgHovont7NscjpAxXsDA8S8BMYve8Y5+7cuRE7R0=
diff --git a/plugins/destination/sqlite/main.go b/plugins/destination/sqlite/main.go
index 56d8ac39daab57..5618f6ee855259 100644
--- a/plugins/destination/sqlite/main.go
+++ b/plugins/destination/sqlite/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ func main() {
 		}),
 		plugin.WithKind(internalPlugin.Kind),
 		plugin.WithTeam(internalPlugin.Team),
+		plugin.WithJSONSchema(client.JSONSchema),
 	)
 	if err := serve.Plugin(p, serve.WithPluginSentryDSN(sentryDSN), serve.WithDestinationV0V1Server()).Serve(context.Background()); err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)