diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter_test.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter_test.go
index 0da805d16..63245f7ff 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/linter_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
 	"go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/pipeline/errors"
 	"go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/pipeline/frontend/yaml"
 	"go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter"
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ steps:
     settings:
       repo: foo/bar
       foo: bar
+services:
+  - name: redis
+    image: redis
 `,
 	}, {
 		Title: "merge maps", Data: `
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/.woodpecker/test-array-syntax.yml b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/.woodpecker/test-array-syntax.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a21b77261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/.woodpecker/test-array-syntax.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+version: 1
+
+clone:
+  - name: git
+    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-git
+    settings:
+      partial: true
+  - name: testdata
+    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-git
+    settings:
+      remote: https://gitserver/owner/testdata.git
+      path: testdata
+
+steps:
+  - name: build
+    image: golang
+    commands:
+      - go build
+      - go test
+
+services:
+  - name: database
+    image: mysql
+  - name: cache
+    image: redis
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema.json b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema.json
index 1b8b8cd4e..1adc89c1f 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema.json
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema.json
@@ -70,17 +70,62 @@
   "definitions": {
     "clone": {
       "description": "Configures the clone step. Read more: https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/pipeline-syntax#clone",
-      "type": "object",
-      "additionalProperties": false,
-      "properties": {
-        "git": {
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
           "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": false,
           "properties": {
-            "image": {
-              "type": "string"
+            "git": {
+              "type": "object",
+              "properties": {
+                "image": {
+                  "$ref": "#/definitions/step_image"
+                },
+                "settings": {
+                  "$ref": "#/definitions/clone_settings"
+                }
+              }
             }
           }
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/step"
+          },
+          "minLength": 1
         }
+      ]
+    },
+    "clone_settings": {
+      "description": "Change the settings of your clone plugin. Read more: https://woodpecker-ci.org/plugins/Git%20Clone",
+      "type": "object",
+      "properties": {
+        "depth": {
+          "type": "number",
+          "description": "If specified, uses git's --depth option to create a shallow clone with a limited number of commits, overwritten by partial"
+        },
+        "recursive": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Clones submodules recursively"
+        },
+        "partial": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Only fetch the one commit and it's blob objects to resolve all files, overwrite depth with 1"
+        },
+        "lfs": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": true,
+          "description": "Set this to false to disable retrieval of LFS files"
+        },
+        "tags": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "description": "Fetches tags when set to true, default is false if event is not tag else true"
+        }
+      },
+      "additionalProperties": {
+        "type": ["boolean", "string", "number", "array", "object"]
       }
     },
     "branches": {
@@ -664,11 +709,22 @@
     },
     "services": {
       "description": "Read more: https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/services",
-      "type": "object",
-      "additionalProperties": {
-        "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
-      },
-      "minProperties": 1
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "object",
+          "additionalProperties": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
+          },
+          "minProperties": 1
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/service"
+          },
+          "minLength": 1
+        }
+      ]
     },
     "service": {
       "description": "Read more: https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/services",
@@ -677,6 +733,10 @@
       "minProperties": 1,
       "required": ["image"],
       "properties": {
+        "name": {
+          "description": "The name of the service. Can be used if using the array style services list",
+          "type": "string"
+        },
         "image": {
           "$ref": "#/definitions/step_image"
         },
diff --git a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema_test.go b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema_test.go
index 575b5ae49..63bb0f694 100644
--- a/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/pipeline/frontend/yaml/linter/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ func TestSchema(t *testing.T) {
 			testFile: ".woodpecker/test-broken.yml",
 			fail:     true,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "Array syntax",
+			testFile: ".woodpecker/test-array-syntax.yml",
+			fail:     false,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range testTable {