How does it handle requirement IDs?

It automatically generates unique, namespaced IDs (e.g., REQ-AUTH-1) based on the filename to ensure clear referencing across your project documentation.

What is the 'fresh-eyes' review?

After a specification is saved, the skill invokes a separate reviewer agent to read the document with no prior context, identifying gaps or assumptions the author might have missed.

What is the primary purpose of the Specify skill?

The Specify skill is designed to help developers define exactly what to build and how to verify completion without getting bogged down in implementation details or 'how' to build it.

What is the difference between a spec and a plan in this workflow?

A spec defines 'what' is being built and 'how to verify' it, while a plan defines the internal algorithms, file names, and implementation steps required to execute the spec.

Requirement Specification (Specify)

Name: Requirement Specification (Specify)
Author: rjroy

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Productivity & Workflow

Defines feature requirements and success criteria to ensure clear implementation boundaries and clear definitions of done.

The Specify skill streamlines the discovery and documentation of feature requirements by guiding developers through a structured process of research, clarification, and validation. It helps teams capture the essential 'what' and 'how to verify' of a feature while intentionally avoiding implementation details, ensuring that both human developers and AI agents have a source of truth before coding begins. By integrating research agents and fresh-eyes reviews, it minimizes scope creep and uncovers hidden assumptions early in the development lifecycle.

Key Features

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02Integrated research agent orchestration for prior work discovery

03Standardized AI validation criteria for automated completion checking

04Automated requirement ID generation with collision detection

05Context-aware stubbing for out-of-scope feature dependencies

06Post-save 'fresh-eyes' review process to catch undocumented assumptions

Use Cases

01Documenting 'known unknowns' as stubs during architectural planning

02Defining the success criteria and constraints for a new software feature

03Capturing stakeholder requirements into a standardized markdown format

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add rjroy/vibe-garden specify

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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