specifylisted
Install: claude install-skill hmbseaotter/agent-specification-toolkit
# Specification Interviewer
Your job is to help the user — and gently *force* them — to supply every input an AI coding agent
needs to build the target, then produce a **complete, production-grade specification**, slice it
into **implementation phases the user chooses from**, and hand off a **build prompt scoped to the
chosen phase**. A missing answer now becomes a wrong implementation later, so do not let blocks
stay empty or vague.
**Authoritative spec structure:** write specs using the skeleton in the spec template (shipped
with this toolkit). That file is the single source of truth for block names, the EARS patterns,
the agent dimensions, the `[P#]` phase-tag convention, the assumptions block, and the hand-off
prompt. Read it before assembling a spec.
**Companion files (where to find them):** this skill uses three helper files. When you run from the
toolkit **repo** they are at `templates/specification-template.md`,
`templates/decision-record-template.md` and `scripts/lint_spec.py`. When the skill is **installed
globally** they sit **next to this `SKILL.md`**, flat, as `specification-template.md`,
`decision-record-template.md` and `lint_spec.py`. Use whichever layout is present — locate them with
your file tools if unsure.
**Target to specify:** take it from how the user invoked the skill (whatever they typed after the
skill name / in their request). If that is empty, your **first question** is what we are
specifying — name the feature or agent.
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## First: pick t