diff --git a/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster.go b/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c4fc3a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster.go
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+package validate
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn/convert"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/log"
+)
+
+// Validates that any single node clusters defined in the bundle are correctly configured.
+func SingleNodeCluster() bundle.ReadOnlyMutator {
+	return &singleNodeCluster{}
+}
+
+type singleNodeCluster struct{}
+
+func (m *singleNodeCluster) Name() string {
+	return "validate:SingleNodeCluster"
+}
+
+const singleNodeWarningDetail = `num_workers should be 0 only for single-node clusters. To create a
+valid single node cluster please ensure that the following properties
+are correctly set in the cluster specification:
+
+  spark_conf:
+    spark.databricks.cluster.profile: singleNode
+    spark.master: local[*]
+
+  custom_tags:
+    ResourceClass: SingleNode
+  `
+
+const singleNodeWarningSummary = `Single node cluster is not correctly configured`
+
+func showSingleNodeClusterWarning(ctx context.Context, v dyn.Value) bool {
+	// Check if the user has explicitly set the num_workers to 0. Skip the warning
+	// if that's not the case.
+	numWorkers, ok := v.Get("num_workers").AsInt()
+	if !ok || numWorkers > 0 {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// Convenient type that contains the common fields from compute.ClusterSpec and
+	// pipelines.PipelineCluster that we are interested in.
+	type ClusterConf struct {
+		SparkConf  map[string]string `json:"spark_conf"`
+		CustomTags map[string]string `json:"custom_tags"`
+		PolicyId   string            `json:"policy_id"`
+	}
+
+	conf := &ClusterConf{}
+	err := convert.ToTyped(conf, v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	// If the policy id is set, we don't want to show the warning. This is because
+	// the user might have configured `spark_conf` and `custom_tags` correctly
+	// in their cluster policy.
+	if conf.PolicyId != "" {
+		return false
+	}
+
+	profile, ok := conf.SparkConf["spark.databricks.cluster.profile"]
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "spark_conf spark.databricks.cluster.profile not found in single-node cluster spec")
+		return true
+	}
+	if profile != "singleNode" {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "spark_conf spark.databricks.cluster.profile is not singleNode in single-node cluster spec: %s", profile)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	master, ok := conf.SparkConf["spark.master"]
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "spark_conf spark.master not found in single-node cluster spec")
+		return true
+	}
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(master, "local") {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "spark_conf spark.master does not start with local in single-node cluster spec: %s", master)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	resourceClass, ok := conf.CustomTags["ResourceClass"]
+	if !ok {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "custom_tag ResourceClass not found in single-node cluster spec")
+		return true
+	}
+	if resourceClass != "SingleNode" {
+		log.Warnf(ctx, "custom_tag ResourceClass is not SingleNode in single-node cluster spec: %s", resourceClass)
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m *singleNodeCluster) Apply(ctx context.Context, rb bundle.ReadOnlyBundle) diag.Diagnostics {
+	diags := diag.Diagnostics{}
+
+	patterns := []dyn.Pattern{
+		// Interactive clusters
+		dyn.NewPattern(dyn.Key("resources"), dyn.Key("clusters"), dyn.AnyKey()),
+		// Job clusters
+		dyn.NewPattern(dyn.Key("resources"), dyn.Key("jobs"), dyn.AnyKey(), dyn.Key("job_clusters"), dyn.AnyIndex(), dyn.Key("new_cluster")),
+		// Job task clusters
+		dyn.NewPattern(dyn.Key("resources"), dyn.Key("jobs"), dyn.AnyKey(), dyn.Key("tasks"), dyn.AnyIndex(), dyn.Key("new_cluster")),
+		// Pipeline clusters
+		dyn.NewPattern(dyn.Key("resources"), dyn.Key("pipelines"), dyn.AnyKey(), dyn.Key("clusters"), dyn.AnyIndex()),
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range patterns {
+		_, err := dyn.MapByPattern(rb.Config().Value(), p, func(p dyn.Path, v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+			warning := diag.Diagnostic{
+				Severity:  diag.Warning,
+				Summary:   singleNodeWarningSummary,
+				Detail:    singleNodeWarningDetail,
+				Locations: v.Locations(),
+				Paths:     []dyn.Path{p},
+			}
+
+			if showSingleNodeClusterWarning(ctx, v) {
+				diags = append(diags, warning)
+			}
+			return v, nil
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Debugf(ctx, "Error while applying single node cluster validation: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return diags
+}
diff --git a/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster_test.go b/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f76c968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundle/config/validate/single_node_cluster_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,440 @@
+package validate
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/config/resources"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/bundle/internal/bundletest"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/diag"
+	"github.com/databricks/cli/libs/dyn"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/compute"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/jobs"
+	"github.com/databricks/databricks-sdk-go/service/pipelines"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestValidateSingleNodeClusterFail(t *testing.T) {
+	failCases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		sparkConf  map[string]string
+		customTags map[string]string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no tags or conf",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no tags",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+				"spark.master":                     "local[*]",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "no conf",
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "SingleNode"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid spark cluster profile",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "invalid",
+				"spark.master":                     "local[*]",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "SingleNode"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid spark.master",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+				"spark.master":                     "invalid",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "SingleNode"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid tags",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+				"spark.master":                     "local[*]",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "invalid"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "missing ResourceClass tag",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+				"spark.master":                     "local[*]",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"what": "ever"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "missing spark.master",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "SingleNode"},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "missing spark.databricks.cluster.profile",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.master": "local[*]",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{"ResourceClass": "SingleNode"},
+		},
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Interactive clusters.
+	for _, tc := range failCases {
+		t.Run("interactive_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Clusters: map[string]*resources.Cluster{
+							"foo": {
+								ClusterSpec: &compute.ClusterSpec{
+									SparkConf:  tc.sparkConf,
+									CustomTags: tc.customTags,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			bundletest.SetLocation(b, "resources.clusters.foo", []dyn.Location{{File: "a.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}})
+
+			// We can't set num_workers to 0 explicitly in the typed configuration.
+			// Do it on the dyn.Value directly.
+			bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+				return dyn.Set(v, "resources.clusters.foo.num_workers", dyn.V(0))
+			})
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Equal(t, diag.Diagnostics{
+				{
+					Severity:  diag.Warning,
+					Summary:   singleNodeWarningSummary,
+					Detail:    singleNodeWarningDetail,
+					Locations: []dyn.Location{{File: "a.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}},
+					Paths:     []dyn.Path{dyn.NewPath(dyn.Key("resources"), dyn.Key("clusters"), dyn.Key("foo"))},
+				},
+			}, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Job clusters.
+	for _, tc := range failCases {
+		t.Run("job_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+							"foo": {
+								JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+									JobClusters: []jobs.JobCluster{
+										{
+											NewCluster: compute.ClusterSpec{
+												ClusterName: "my_cluster",
+												SparkConf:   tc.sparkConf,
+												CustomTags:  tc.customTags,
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			bundletest.SetLocation(b, "resources.jobs.foo.job_clusters[0].new_cluster", []dyn.Location{{File: "b.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}})
+
+			// We can't set num_workers to 0 explicitly in the typed configuration.
+			// Do it on the dyn.Value directly.
+			bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+				return dyn.Set(v, "resources.jobs.foo.job_clusters[0].new_cluster.num_workers", dyn.V(0))
+			})
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Equal(t, diag.Diagnostics{
+				{
+					Severity:  diag.Warning,
+					Summary:   singleNodeWarningSummary,
+					Detail:    singleNodeWarningDetail,
+					Locations: []dyn.Location{{File: "b.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}},
+					Paths:     []dyn.Path{dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.jobs.foo.job_clusters[0].new_cluster")},
+				},
+			}, diags)
+
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Job task clusters.
+	for _, tc := range failCases {
+		t.Run("task_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+							"foo": {
+								JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+									Tasks: []jobs.Task{
+										{
+											NewCluster: &compute.ClusterSpec{
+												ClusterName: "my_cluster",
+												SparkConf:   tc.sparkConf,
+												CustomTags:  tc.customTags,
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			bundletest.SetLocation(b, "resources.jobs.foo.tasks[0].new_cluster", []dyn.Location{{File: "c.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}})
+
+			// We can't set num_workers to 0 explicitly in the typed configuration.
+			// Do it on the dyn.Value directly.
+			bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+				return dyn.Set(v, "resources.jobs.foo.tasks[0].new_cluster.num_workers", dyn.V(0))
+			})
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Equal(t, diag.Diagnostics{
+				{
+					Severity:  diag.Warning,
+					Summary:   singleNodeWarningSummary,
+					Detail:    singleNodeWarningDetail,
+					Locations: []dyn.Location{{File: "c.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}},
+					Paths:     []dyn.Path{dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.jobs.foo.tasks[0].new_cluster")},
+				},
+			}, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Pipeline clusters.
+	for _, tc := range failCases {
+		t.Run("pipeline_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Pipelines: map[string]*resources.Pipeline{
+							"foo": {
+								PipelineSpec: &pipelines.PipelineSpec{
+									Clusters: []pipelines.PipelineCluster{
+										{
+											SparkConf:  tc.sparkConf,
+											CustomTags: tc.customTags,
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			bundletest.SetLocation(b, "resources.pipelines.foo.clusters[0]", []dyn.Location{{File: "d.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}})
+
+			// We can't set num_workers to 0 explicitly in the typed configuration.
+			// Do it on the dyn.Value directly.
+			bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+				return dyn.Set(v, "resources.pipelines.foo.clusters[0].num_workers", dyn.V(0))
+			})
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Equal(t, diag.Diagnostics{
+				{
+					Severity:  diag.Warning,
+					Summary:   singleNodeWarningSummary,
+					Detail:    singleNodeWarningDetail,
+					Locations: []dyn.Location{{File: "d.yml", Line: 1, Column: 1}},
+					Paths:     []dyn.Path{dyn.MustPathFromString("resources.pipelines.foo.clusters[0]")},
+				},
+			}, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+}
+
+func TestValidateSingleNodeClusterPass(t *testing.T) {
+	zero := 0
+	one := 1
+
+	passCases := []struct {
+		name       string
+		numWorkers *int
+		sparkConf  map[string]string
+		customTags map[string]string
+		policyId   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "single node cluster",
+			sparkConf: map[string]string{
+				"spark.databricks.cluster.profile": "singleNode",
+				"spark.master":                     "local[*]",
+			},
+			customTags: map[string]string{
+				"ResourceClass": "SingleNode",
+			},
+			numWorkers: &zero,
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "num workers is not zero",
+			numWorkers: &one,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "num workers is not set",
+		},
+		{
+			name:       "policy id is not empty",
+			policyId:   "policy-abc",
+			numWorkers: &zero,
+		},
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	// Interactive clusters.
+	for _, tc := range passCases {
+		t.Run("interactive_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Clusters: map[string]*resources.Cluster{
+							"foo": {
+								ClusterSpec: &compute.ClusterSpec{
+									SparkConf:  tc.sparkConf,
+									CustomTags: tc.customTags,
+									PolicyId:   tc.policyId,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			if tc.numWorkers != nil {
+				bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+					return dyn.Set(v, "resources.clusters.foo.num_workers", dyn.V(*tc.numWorkers))
+				})
+			}
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Empty(t, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Job clusters.
+	for _, tc := range passCases {
+		t.Run("job_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+							"foo": {
+								JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+									JobClusters: []jobs.JobCluster{
+										{
+											NewCluster: compute.ClusterSpec{
+												ClusterName: "my_cluster",
+												SparkConf:   tc.sparkConf,
+												CustomTags:  tc.customTags,
+												PolicyId:    tc.policyId,
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			if tc.numWorkers != nil {
+				bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+					return dyn.Set(v, "resources.jobs.foo.job_clusters[0].new_cluster.num_workers", dyn.V(*tc.numWorkers))
+				})
+			}
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Empty(t, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Job task clusters.
+	for _, tc := range passCases {
+		t.Run("task_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Jobs: map[string]*resources.Job{
+							"foo": {
+								JobSettings: &jobs.JobSettings{
+									Tasks: []jobs.Task{
+										{
+											NewCluster: &compute.ClusterSpec{
+												ClusterName: "my_cluster",
+												SparkConf:   tc.sparkConf,
+												CustomTags:  tc.customTags,
+												PolicyId:    tc.policyId,
+											},
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			if tc.numWorkers != nil {
+				bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+					return dyn.Set(v, "resources.jobs.foo.tasks[0].new_cluster.num_workers", dyn.V(*tc.numWorkers))
+				})
+			}
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Empty(t, diags)
+		})
+	}
+
+	// Pipeline clusters.
+	for _, tc := range passCases {
+		t.Run("pipeline_"+tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			b := &bundle.Bundle{
+				Config: config.Root{
+					Resources: config.Resources{
+						Pipelines: map[string]*resources.Pipeline{
+							"foo": {
+								PipelineSpec: &pipelines.PipelineSpec{
+									Clusters: []pipelines.PipelineCluster{
+										{
+											SparkConf:  tc.sparkConf,
+											CustomTags: tc.customTags,
+											PolicyId:   tc.policyId,
+										},
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			}
+
+			if tc.numWorkers != nil {
+				bundletest.Mutate(t, b, func(v dyn.Value) (dyn.Value, error) {
+					return dyn.Set(v, "resources.pipelines.foo.clusters[0].num_workers", dyn.V(*tc.numWorkers))
+				})
+			}
+
+			diags := bundle.ApplyReadOnly(ctx, bundle.ReadOnly(b), SingleNodeCluster())
+			assert.Empty(t, diags)
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/bundle/config/validate/validate.go b/bundle/config/validate/validate.go
index 440477e6..eb4c3c3c 100644
--- a/bundle/config/validate/validate.go
+++ b/bundle/config/validate/validate.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func (v *validate) Apply(ctx context.Context, b *bundle.Bundle) diag.Diagnostics
 		ValidateSyncPatterns(),
 		JobTaskClusterSpec(),
 		ValidateFolderPermissions(),
+		SingleNodeCluster(),
 	))
 }