docs(openspec): fpagent-tools-ui change — proposal, specs, design, tasks
Synced main specs (tools-app, fingerprint-wizard); change archived at 2026-09-30-fpagent-tools-ui. Includes openspec project config and the agent skills installed with it.
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name: openspec-apply-change
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description: Implement tasks from an OpenSpec change. Use when the user wants to start implementing, continue implementation, or work through tasks. Also use when the user says "openspec apply", "opsx apply", or "openspec implement".
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allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
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license: MIT
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compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
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metadata:
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author: openspec
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version: "1.0"
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generatedBy: "1.13.1"
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---
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Implement tasks from an OpenSpec change.
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**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
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**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
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One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
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Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
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- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
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- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
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In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
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**Input**: Optionally specify a change name (e.g., `/opsx-apply add-auth`). If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
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**Steps**
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1. **Select the change**
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If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
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- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
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- Auto-select if only one active change exists
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- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes and ask the user to select one
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Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-apply <other>`).
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2. **Check status to understand the schema**
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```bash
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openspec status --change "<name>" --json
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```
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Parse the JSON to understand:
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- `schemaName`: The workflow being used (e.g., "spec-driven")
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- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, and `actionContext`: planning scope and edit constraints
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- Which artifact contains the tasks (typically "tasks" for spec-driven, check status for others)
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3. **Get apply instructions**
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```bash
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openspec instructions apply --change "<name>" --json
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```
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This returns:
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- `contextFiles`: artifact ID -> array of concrete file paths (varies by schema - could be proposal/specs/design/tasks or spec/tests/implementation/docs)
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- Progress (total, complete, remaining)
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- Task list with status
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- Dynamic instruction based on current state
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- Optional `context`: current required project instruction input from the selected root
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- Optional `operationGuidance`: current advisory guidance for apply
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- `missingArtifacts` (when present): required artifact ids with no output
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**Handle states:**
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- If `state: "blocked"`: show the message and pause implementation.
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- If `missingArtifacts` is non-empty: suggest using `/opsx-continue` to create them.
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- Otherwise, follow the CLI instruction to create or repair the schema-configured tracking file from existing planning artifacts. Do not assume another artifact is ready or start implementation while blocked.
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- If `state: "all_done"`: congratulate, suggest archive
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- Otherwise: proceed to implementation
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Treat `context` as a required prompt-level input. Read and consider it, and
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apply relevant project facts, conventions, and constraints while implementing.
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Treat `operationGuidance` as optional additive advice. Read and consider every
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entry, and follow entries that are applicable and compatible with the built-in
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workflow.
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Keep both fields separate from CLI-returned state, missing artifacts, tasks,
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progress, `contextFiles`, and the built-in `instruction`. They are not
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evidence of task completion, do not replace the built-in instruction, and do
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not permit bypassing a blocked state. If context conflicts with the built-in
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instruction, an explicit user choice, or a CLI-controlled value, report the
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conflict and preserve the controlling value. If guidance is inapplicable or
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conflicts with those controlling inputs, do not follow it and explain why.
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These are prompt-level behavior contracts, not enforceable checks.
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4. **Read context files**
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Read every file path listed under `contextFiles` from the apply instructions output.
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The files depend on the schema being used:
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- **spec-driven**: proposal, specs, design, tasks
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- Other schemas: follow the contextFiles from CLI output
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Do not copy `context` or `operationGuidance` verbatim into implementation
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files or planning artifacts unless the user separately asks for that content.
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5. **Show current progress**
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Display:
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- Schema being used
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- Progress: "N/M tasks complete"
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- Remaining tasks overview
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- Dynamic instruction from CLI
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6. **Implement tasks (loop until done or blocked)**
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For each pending task:
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- Show which task is being worked on
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- Make the code changes required
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- Keep changes minimal and focused
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- Mark task complete in the tasks file: `- [ ]` → `- [x]`
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- Continue to next task
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**Pause if:**
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- Task is unclear → ask for clarification
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- Implementation reveals a design issue → suggest updating artifacts
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- A task needs work beyond what the spec and tasks describe, or you are tempted to drop, narrow, defer, or accept exceptions to specified behavior to make it fit → surface the added scope and ask; do not absorb it silently
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- Error or blocker encountered → report and wait for guidance
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- User interrupts
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7. **On completion or pause, show status**
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Display:
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- Tasks completed this session
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- Overall progress: "N/M tasks complete"
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- If all done: suggest archive
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- If paused: explain why and wait for guidance
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**Output During Implementation**
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```
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## Implementing: <change-name> (schema: <schema-name>)
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Working on task 3/7: <task description>
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[...implementation happening...]
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✓ Task complete
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Working on task 4/7: <task description>
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[...implementation happening...]
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✓ Task complete
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```
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**Output On Completion**
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```
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## Implementation Complete
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**Change:** <change-name>
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**Schema:** <schema-name>
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**Progress:** 7/7 tasks complete ✓
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### Completed This Session
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- [x] Task 1
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- [x] Task 2
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...
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All tasks complete! You can archive this change with `/opsx-archive`.
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```
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**Output On Pause (Issue Encountered)**
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```
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## Implementation Paused
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**Change:** <change-name>
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**Schema:** <schema-name>
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**Progress:** 4/7 tasks complete
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### Issue Encountered
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<description of the issue>
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**Options:**
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1. <option 1>
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2. <option 2>
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3. Other approach
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What would you like to do?
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```
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**Guardrails**
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- Keep going through tasks until done or blocked
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- Always read context files before starting (from the apply instructions output)
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- If task is ambiguous, pause and ask before implementing
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- If implementation reveals issues, pause and suggest artifact updates
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- Keep code changes minimal and scoped to each task
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- Update task checkbox immediately after completing each task
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- Pause on errors, blockers, or unclear requirements - don't guess
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- When a task needs work beyond what the spec describes, surface the added scope and pause - never silently narrow, defer, or simplify away specified behavior
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- Only mark a task `- [x]` when its specified behavior is fully implemented, not when it is partially done or deferred
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- Use contextFiles from CLI output, don't assume specific file names
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- Do not use context or operation guidance as proof that a task is complete
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- Apply relevant project context; report conflicts with controlling workflow inputs
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- Consider every guidance entry; explain any inapplicable or conflicting advice
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- Do not copy runtime context or operation guidance into implementation files or planning artifacts
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- Preserve CLI-controlled blocked/ready/all-done behavior and completion criteria
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**Fluid Workflow Integration**
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This skill supports the "actions on a change" model:
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- **Can be invoked anytime**: Before all artifacts are done (if tasks exist), after partial implementation, interleaved with other actions
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- **Allows artifact updates**: If implementation reveals design issues, suggest updating artifacts - not phase-locked, work fluidly
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name: openspec-archive-change
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description: Archive a completed OpenSpec change in the experimental workflow. Use when the user wants to finalize and archive a change after implementation is complete. Also use when the user says "openspec archive" or "opsx archive".
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allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
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license: MIT
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compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
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metadata:
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author: openspec
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version: "1.0"
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generatedBy: "1.13.1"
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---
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Archive a completed change in the experimental workflow.
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**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
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**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
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One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
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Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
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- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
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- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
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In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
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`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example, `user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Preserve the full path from each delta spec when resolving its main spec.
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**Input**: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
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**Steps**
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1. **Select the change**
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If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
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- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
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- Auto-select if only one active change exists
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- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes and ask the user to select one
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When prompting, show only active changes (not already archived).
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Include the schema used for each change if available.
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Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-archive <other>`).
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**Load current archive inputs before the existing archive checks:**
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After resolving the selected change and planning root, run:
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```bash
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openspec instructions archive --change "<name>" --json
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```
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Keep the same selected-root flags on this command. This lookup is advisory and
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optional: it only supplies extra prompt inputs, so it must never block archiving.
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If it exits non-zero or returns invalid JSON — for example on an older CLI that
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does not support this command yet — continue the archive workflow with no
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context and no operation guidance. Do not report an error and do not stop.
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A successful response may omit both optional fields. Treat `context` as a
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required prompt-level input: read and consider it, and apply relevant project
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facts, conventions, and constraints. Treat `operationGuidance` as optional
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additive advice: read and consider every entry, and follow entries that are
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applicable and compatible with the built-in archive workflow.
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Keep both fields separate from built-in steps, explicit user choices, resolved
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paths, CLI checks, and command contracts. If context conflicts with one of those
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controlling inputs, report the conflict and preserve the controlling value. If
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guidance is inapplicable or conflicts with a controlling input, do not follow it
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and explain why. Do not infer replacement paths, skipped prompts, or flags from
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either field, and do not copy their text verbatim into specs, change artifacts,
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or archive summaries unless the user separately asks for it. These are
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prompt-level behavior contracts, not enforceable checks.
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2. **Check artifact completion status**
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Run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json` to check artifact completion.
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Parse the JSON to understand:
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- `schemaName`: The workflow being used
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- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context
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- `artifacts`: List of artifacts with their status (`done`, `skipped`, or other)
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**If any artifacts are neither `done` nor `skipped`** (skipped artifacts satisfy the requirement - the change declares skip_specs):
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- Display warning listing incomplete artifacts
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- Ask the user to confirm they want to proceed
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- Proceed if user confirms
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3. **Check task completion status**
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Read the tasks file (typically `tasks.md`) to check for incomplete tasks.
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A checkbox is complete when its only content is `x` or `X`; spacing inside
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the brackets does not matter, so `- [ x]` counts as complete too. Every
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other marker is incomplete - `- [ ]`, an empty `- []`, and markers OpenSpec
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assigns no meaning to such as `- [~]` or `- [-]`. Never read an unfamiliar
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marker as complete.
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**If incomplete tasks found:**
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- Display warning showing count of incomplete tasks
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- Ask the user to confirm they want to proceed
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- Proceed if user confirms
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**If no tasks file exists:** Proceed without task-related warning.
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4. **Assess delta spec sync state**
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Use `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths` from status JSON as the only
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delta-spec source. If the `specs` entry is missing or
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`existingOutputPaths` is empty, proceed without a sync prompt and do not infer
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delta specs from other artifacts.
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**If delta specs exist:**
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- Compare each delta spec with its corresponding main spec at `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` (use the store-aware `planningHome.root` from step 2, not a hardcoded repo path)
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- A missing main spec is **not automatically** "already synced". For a new capability, the main spec is an *output* of the sync, not an input:
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- If the delta has MODIFIED or RENAMED requirements, report that only ADDED requirements can create a new main spec and mark that capability as sync-blocked. Never invent a requirement that has no current version.
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- Otherwise, if the delta has only REMOVED requirements and the change's `.openspec.yaml` declares `retire_capabilities: true`, the capability is already retired: count it as already synced, warn that there is nothing left to remove, and do not recreate the main spec. Apply this rule both now and when verifying a completed sync.
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- Otherwise, if the delta has no ADDED requirements, report that no sync is possible and mark that capability as sync-blocked. For a REMOVED-only delta, warn that there is no main spec to remove from and leave the main-spec tree unchanged. `openspec archive` refuses the unmarked REMOVED-only case with `Spec must have at least one requirement`.
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- Otherwise, count the capability as needing sync and name it in the summary (`<capability-path>: new main spec will be created`). If the delta also has REMOVED requirements, warn that they will be ignored because there is no main spec to remove from. The sync creates the main spec from only the delta's ADDED requirements, exactly as `openspec archive` does.
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- Determine what changes would be applied (adds, modifications, removals, renames)
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- Continue assessing the remaining capabilities even when one is sync-blocked. Show a combined summary before prompting.
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**Prompt options:**
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- If any capability is sync-blocked: explain why and offer only "Archive without syncing", "Cancel"
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- Otherwise, if changes needed: "Sync now (recommended)", "Archive without syncing"
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- Otherwise, if already synced: "Archive now", "Sync anyway", "Cancel"
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Route on the answer:
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- "Cancel" — stop, do not archive
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- "Archive without syncing" or "Archive now" — proceed to archive
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- "Sync now" or "Sync anyway" — sync, then verify (below). Do not start any sync while a capability is sync-blocked; explain the blocker and repeat the available choices.
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- Anything else — ask again rather than archiving
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Before a selected sync writes any main spec, run
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`openspec instructions specs --change "<name>" --json` once with the same
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selected-root flags. Require a zero exit status and valid artifact-instruction
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JSON. If the lookup fails or returns invalid JSON, report the error and stop
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before writing any main spec or moving the change. A valid response with omitted
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`rules` is the no-rules case. Apply returned `rules` only to the content and
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form of main specs produced by this merge; do not use them as archive guidance,
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change CLI behavior, or copy the rule text into any output file.
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Then run the `openspec-sync-specs` workflow inline (agent-driven intelligent merge) for change '<name>', passing the delta spec analysis and the fetched specs-rule snapshot from above, and wait for it to finish. The inline sync must reuse that snapshot without fetching `specs` instructions again. Do not delegate it to a background task — step 5 would move `changeRoot` out from under a sync that is still reading it, leaving the change archived and the main specs never updated. If your agent can only run it by delegation, delegate synchronously and wait for the result.
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Then re-run the comparison from the top of this step, including the explicitly retired, missing-spec case, against every capability that has a delta spec in `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths` — not only the ones the sync reports it touched. A successful sync leaves nothing left to apply, so each capability must now read as already synced:
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- ADDED requirements present
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- MODIFIED requirements carrying the scenario and description changes named in the delta, with their other scenarios intact
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- REMOVED requirements gone — and where this sync retired a capability (removed its last requirement, leaving `## Requirements` empty), its main spec deleted rather than left empty; a spec the sync deliberately kept and reported is also a match
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- RENAMED requirements present under the new name and absent under the old one
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If the sync failed, or any capability does not match, report what differs and stop — do not archive. Nothing has moved and `changeRoot` is intact, so the user can fix the mismatch or re-run the sync and start the archive again.
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5. **Perform the archive**
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Create an `archive` directory under `planningHome.changesDir` if it doesn't exist:
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```bash
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mkdir -p "<planningHome.changesDir>/archive"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Generate the target name: use the change name as-is when it already starts with a `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix; otherwise prepend the current date as `YYYY-MM-DD-<change-name>`. Never stack a second date (same rule as `openspec archive`).
|
||||
|
||||
**Check if target already exists:**
|
||||
- If yes: Fail with error, suggest renaming existing archive or using different date
|
||||
- If no: Move `changeRoot` to the archive directory
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
mv "<changeRoot>" "<planningHome.changesDir>/archive/<target-name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
6. **Display summary**
|
||||
|
||||
Show archive completion summary including:
|
||||
- Change name
|
||||
- Schema that was used
|
||||
- Archive location
|
||||
- Whether specs were synced (if applicable)
|
||||
- Note about any warnings (incomplete artifacts/tasks)
|
||||
|
||||
**Output On Success**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Archive Complete
|
||||
|
||||
**Change:** <change-name>
|
||||
**Schema:** <schema-name>
|
||||
**Archived to:** the archive path derived from `planningHome.changesDir`/<target-name>/
|
||||
**Specs:** <"✓ Synced to main specs" only if the step 4 verification passed; otherwise "No delta specs" or "Sync skipped">
|
||||
|
||||
<"All artifacts complete. All tasks complete." — or, if archived with warnings, list them instead (e.g. "Archived with 2 incomplete tasks")>
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Announce the selected change; prompt for selection when it is ambiguous
|
||||
- Use artifact graph (openspec status --json) for completion checking
|
||||
- Don't block archive on warnings - just inform and confirm
|
||||
- Preserve .openspec.yaml when moving to archive (it moves with the directory)
|
||||
- Show clear summary of what happened
|
||||
- If sync is requested, run the `openspec-sync-specs` workflow inline (agent-driven)
|
||||
- Never archive while a spec sync is still in flight — run the sync inline and verify the main specs before moving `changeRoot`
|
||||
- If delta specs exist, always run the sync assessment and show the combined summary before prompting
|
||||
- Apply relevant runtime context and report conflicts; operation guidance remains advisory
|
||||
- Consider every guidance entry and explain any inapplicable or conflicting advice
|
||||
- Existing CLI checks, resolved paths, prompts, and command contracts are unchanged
|
||||
- Artifact rules constrain only the specs being written and are never operation guidance
|
||||
- Never copy runtime context, operation guidance, or artifact-rule text verbatim into output files
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,368 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-bulk-archive-change
|
||||
description: Archive multiple completed OpenSpec changes at once. Use when archiving several parallel changes. Also use for a plural archive request - "openspec bulk-archive", "opsx bulk-archive", "openspec archive all", or "openspec archive these changes".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Archive multiple completed changes in a single operation.
|
||||
|
||||
This skill allows you to batch-archive changes, handling spec conflicts intelligently by checking the codebase to determine what's actually implemented.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example, `user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Preserve the full path from each delta spec when resolving its main spec.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: None required (prompts for selection)
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Get active changes**
|
||||
|
||||
Run `openspec list --json` to get all active changes.
|
||||
|
||||
If no active changes exist, inform user and stop.
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Prompt for change selection**
|
||||
|
||||
Ask the user to choose changes (multi-select):
|
||||
- Show each change with its schema
|
||||
- Include an option for "All changes"
|
||||
- Allow any number of selections (1+ works, 2+ is the typical use case)
|
||||
|
||||
**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT auto-select. Always let the user choose.
|
||||
|
||||
**Load current archive inputs once for the selected root before batch validation:**
|
||||
|
||||
Choose one selected change from this root and run
|
||||
`openspec instructions archive --change "<selected-change>" --json` with the
|
||||
same selected-root flags. This lookup is advisory and optional: it only supplies
|
||||
extra prompt inputs, so it must never block the batch. If it fails or returns
|
||||
invalid JSON — for example on an older CLI that does not support this command
|
||||
yet — continue the batch with no context and no operation guidance. Do not
|
||||
report an error and do not stop.
|
||||
|
||||
A valid response may omit `context` and `operationGuidance`. Treat
|
||||
`context` as a required prompt-level input across the batch: read and consider
|
||||
it, and apply relevant project facts, conventions, and constraints. Treat
|
||||
`operationGuidance` as optional additive advice: read and consider every
|
||||
entry, and follow entries that are applicable and compatible with the built-in
|
||||
batch workflow.
|
||||
|
||||
Keep both fields separate from conflict analysis, explicit user choices,
|
||||
resolved paths, CLI checks, and command contracts. If context conflicts with one
|
||||
of those controlling inputs, report the conflict and preserve the controlling
|
||||
value. If guidance is inapplicable or conflicts with a controlling input, do not
|
||||
follow it and explain why. Do not infer skipped prompts, replacement paths, or
|
||||
flags from either field, and do not copy their text verbatim into specs, changes,
|
||||
or summaries. These are prompt-level behavior contracts, not enforceable checks.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Batch validation - gather status for all selected changes**
|
||||
|
||||
For each selected change, collect:
|
||||
|
||||
a. **Artifact status** - Run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`
|
||||
- Parse `schemaName`, `artifacts`, `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`
|
||||
- Note which artifacts are `done` vs other states
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Task completion** - Read `artifactPaths.tasks.existingOutputPaths` from status JSON
|
||||
- Complete means the checkbox holds only `x`/`X`, ignoring spacing
|
||||
(`- [ x]` is complete); every other marker is incomplete (`- [ ]`,
|
||||
`- []`, and unfamiliar ones such as `- [~]` or `- [-]`)
|
||||
- If no tasks file exists, note as "No tasks"
|
||||
|
||||
c. **Delta specs** - Check `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths` from status JSON
|
||||
- List which capability specs exist
|
||||
- For each, extract requirement names (lines matching `### Requirement: <name>`)
|
||||
- Treat this list as the only delta-spec source. If the `specs` entry is
|
||||
missing or the list is empty, perform no spec sync or specs-instruction
|
||||
lookup for that change; do not infer deltas from unrelated artifacts.
|
||||
- Evaluate this independently for every change, including mixed-schema
|
||||
batches where some schemas have no `specs` artifact.
|
||||
|
||||
d. **Archive target** - Compute each change's target name once and record it as that change's `<target-name>`
|
||||
- Use the change name as-is when it already starts with a `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix; otherwise prepend the current date as `YYYY-MM-DD-<name>` (same rule as `openspec archive`)
|
||||
- Check whether `<planningHome.changesDir>/archive/<target-name>` already exists
|
||||
- If it exists, or another selected change resolves to the same target name, mark every such change `Blocked` with `Archive directory already exists`
|
||||
- A blocked change is never synced or moved: show it as `Blocked` in the step 6 table, leave it out of conflict resolution (resolve its conflicts using only the other changes), and record it as Failed in step 8d
|
||||
- Checking here, before any main spec is written, matches `openspec archive`: a collision found after sync would leave main specs rewritten for an archive that never happened
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Detect spec conflicts**
|
||||
|
||||
Build a map keyed by `<capability-path>`, the exact path relative to `specs/`:
|
||||
|
||||
```text
|
||||
identity/user-auth -> [change-a, change-b] <- CONFLICT (2+ changes)
|
||||
billing/user-auth -> [change-c] <- OK (different full path)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
A conflict exists when 2+ selected changes have delta specs for the exact same `<capability-path>`.
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Resolve conflicts agentically**
|
||||
|
||||
**For each conflict**, investigate the codebase:
|
||||
|
||||
a. **Read the delta specs** from each conflicting change to understand what each claims to add/modify
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Search the codebase** for implementation evidence:
|
||||
- Look for code implementing requirements from each delta spec
|
||||
- Check for related files, functions, or tests
|
||||
|
||||
c. **Determine resolution**:
|
||||
- If only one change is actually implemented -> sync that one's specs
|
||||
- If both implemented -> apply in chronological order (older first, newer overwrites)
|
||||
- If neither implemented -> skip spec sync, warn user
|
||||
|
||||
d. **Record resolution** for each conflict:
|
||||
- An inclusion or exclusion decision for every delta spec, keyed by change and `<capability-path>`
|
||||
- Which included delta specs to apply and in what order
|
||||
- Which delta specs to exclude from sync because their implementation is missing
|
||||
- Rationale (what was found in codebase)
|
||||
|
||||
6. **Show consolidated status table**
|
||||
|
||||
Display a table summarizing all changes:
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
| Change | Artifacts | Tasks | Specs | Conflicts | Status |
|
||||
|---------------------|-----------|-------|---------|-----------|--------|
|
||||
| schema-management | Done | 5/5 | 2 delta | None | Ready |
|
||||
| project-config | Done | 3/3 | 1 delta | None | Ready |
|
||||
| add-oauth | Done | 4/4 | 1 delta | identity/user-auth (!) | Ready* |
|
||||
| add-verify-skill | 1 left | 2/5 | None | None | Warn |
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
For conflicts, show the resolution:
|
||||
```text
|
||||
* Conflict resolution:
|
||||
- identity/user-auth spec: Will apply add-oauth then add-jwt (both implemented, chronological order)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
For incomplete changes, show warnings:
|
||||
```text
|
||||
Warnings:
|
||||
- add-verify-skill: 1 incomplete artifact, 3 incomplete tasks
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
7. **Confirm batch operation**
|
||||
|
||||
Ask the user a single confirmation question:
|
||||
|
||||
- "Archive N changes?" with options based on status
|
||||
- Options might include:
|
||||
- "Archive all N changes"
|
||||
- "Archive only N ready changes (skip incomplete)"
|
||||
- "Cancel"
|
||||
|
||||
If there are incomplete changes, make clear they'll be archived with warnings.
|
||||
|
||||
Route on the answer by intent, not by exact label — you wrote these labels,
|
||||
so match what the user picked rather than the wording above:
|
||||
- "Cancel" — stop, do not archive. Report that nothing was archived and skip the remaining steps.
|
||||
- The archive-everything option — proceed with every selected change that is not `Blocked`
|
||||
- The ready-only option — proceed with only the changes the step 6 table marks `Ready` or `Ready*`, and record the rest as Skipped in step 8d, except `Blocked` changes, which stay Failed with `Archive directory already exists`. If a `Ready*` change's conflict partner is skipped, re-derive that conflict's resolution using only the changes being archived.
|
||||
- Anything else — ask again rather than archiving
|
||||
|
||||
Before step 8 writes the first main spec or moves any change, fetch every
|
||||
required specs-rule snapshot for the confirmed batch. For each change that will
|
||||
sync concrete `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths`, run
|
||||
`openspec instructions specs --change "<name>" --json` exactly once with the
|
||||
same selected-root flags. Obtain all snapshots before the first write or move.
|
||||
If any lookup exits non-zero or returns invalid artifact-instruction JSON,
|
||||
identify the affected change, report the error, and stop the whole batch before
|
||||
any main-spec write or change move. Do not treat lookup failure as omitted
|
||||
rules. A valid response without `rules` is the no-rules case.
|
||||
|
||||
8. **Execute archive for each confirmed change**
|
||||
|
||||
Before processing, carry the recorded decisions from step 5 (after any step 7 re-derivation) into two per-delta sets:
|
||||
- `includedDeltas`: all non-conflicting delta specs from confirmed changes plus conflict deltas selected for sync
|
||||
- `excludedDeltas`: conflict deltas from confirmed changes excluded because their implementation is missing
|
||||
- A single change can have both included and excluded delta specs. Keep the decision per delta; do not collapse it into a per-change sync flag.
|
||||
|
||||
Process changes in the determined order (respecting conflict resolution):
|
||||
|
||||
a. **Sync included delta specs**:
|
||||
- Run the `openspec-sync-specs` workflow inline (agent-driven intelligent merge) only for changes with entries in `includedDeltas`, passing only the included delta paths and explicitly instructing it to ignore that change's `excludedDeltas`. Wait for it to finish.
|
||||
- For conflicts, apply in resolved order.
|
||||
- Pass that change's fetched specs-rule snapshot into inline sync; inline
|
||||
sync must reuse it without fetching instructions again
|
||||
- Apply artifact rules only to main specs produced by that change. They do
|
||||
not change conflict resolution, archive behavior, or CLI contracts, and
|
||||
their text is not copied into an output file
|
||||
- Do not delegate to a background task — step 8c would move `changeRoot` out from under a sync that is still reading it.
|
||||
- If a change has no included delta specs, do not run the sync workflow for it.
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Verify included delta specs before moving changeRoot**:
|
||||
- Re-run the comparison only for delta specs in `includedDeltas` against main spec at `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` (use the store-aware `planningHome.root` from step 3 status JSON, not a hardcoded repo path).
|
||||
- Verify that main specs are updated:
|
||||
- ADDED requirements present
|
||||
- MODIFIED requirements carrying scenario and description changes named in the delta, with their other scenarios intact
|
||||
- REMOVED requirements gone — and where this sync retired a capability (removed its last requirement, leaving `## Requirements` empty), its main spec deleted rather than left empty; a spec the sync deliberately kept and reported is also a match
|
||||
- RENAMED requirements present under the new name and absent under the old one
|
||||
- Do not verify delta specs in `excludedDeltas`; they are intentionally left unsynced.
|
||||
- If sync failed or any capability does not match verification, report what differs and fail/skip moving that change's `changeRoot` — do not archive that change. `changeRoot` remains intact.
|
||||
|
||||
c. **Perform the archive**:
|
||||
|
||||
Target name: use the `<target-name>` recorded for this change in step 3d, unchanged. Never recompute it here: a batch that runs past midnight would check one date in step 3 and move to another.
|
||||
|
||||
**Check if target already exists:**
|
||||
- Check again immediately before the move, even though step 3 already checked: the target can appear mid-batch
|
||||
- If yes: record this change as Failed with `Archive directory already exists`, leave `changeRoot` where it is, report any main specs step 8a already synced for it, and continue with the remaining changes
|
||||
- If no: move `changeRoot` to the archive directory
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
mkdir -p "<planningHome.changesDir>/archive"
|
||||
mv "<changeRoot>" "<planningHome.changesDir>/archive/<target-name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Confirm the move did not nest:** `mv` exits 0 even when the target appeared after the check, moving the change *inside* it. If `<planningHome.changesDir>/archive/<target-name>/<change-directory-name>` now exists (the last path segment of `changeRoot`), move that directory back to `changeRoot` and record this change as Failed with `Archive directory already exists`. Never report it as archived.
|
||||
|
||||
d. **Track outcome** for each change:
|
||||
- Success: archived successfully
|
||||
- Failed: error during archive or spec verification (record error)
|
||||
- Skipped: user chose not to archive (if applicable)
|
||||
- Sync skipped: for every delta in `excludedDeltas`, report `sync skipped` with the change, `<capability-path>`, and recorded reason. This is distinct from skipping the archive.
|
||||
|
||||
9. **Display summary**
|
||||
|
||||
Show final results:
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Bulk Archive Complete
|
||||
|
||||
Archived 3 changes:
|
||||
- schema-management-cli -> archive/2026-01-19-schema-management-cli/
|
||||
- project-config -> archive/2026-01-19-project-config/
|
||||
- add-oauth -> archive/2026-01-19-add-oauth/
|
||||
|
||||
Skipped 1 change:
|
||||
- add-verify-skill (user chose not to archive incomplete)
|
||||
|
||||
Spec sync summary:
|
||||
- 4 delta specs synced to main specs
|
||||
- 1 delta spec sync skipped (add-jwt, identity/user-auth: implementation not found)
|
||||
- 1 conflict resolved (identity/user-auth: synced add-oauth, skipped add-jwt)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
If any failures:
|
||||
```text
|
||||
Failed 1 change:
|
||||
- some-change: Archive directory already exists
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Conflict Resolution Examples**
|
||||
|
||||
Example 1: Only one implemented
|
||||
```text
|
||||
Conflict: <planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/auth/spec.md touched by [add-oauth, add-jwt]
|
||||
|
||||
Checking add-oauth:
|
||||
- Delta adds "OAuth Provider Integration" requirement
|
||||
- Searching codebase... found src/auth/oauth.ts implementing OAuth flow
|
||||
|
||||
Checking add-jwt:
|
||||
- Delta adds "JWT Token Handling" requirement
|
||||
- Searching codebase... no JWT implementation found
|
||||
|
||||
Resolution: Only add-oauth is implemented. Will sync add-oauth specs only.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Example 2: Both implemented
|
||||
```text
|
||||
Conflict: <planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/api/spec.md touched by [add-rest-api, add-graphql]
|
||||
|
||||
Checking add-rest-api (created 2026-01-10):
|
||||
- Delta adds "REST Endpoints" requirement
|
||||
- Searching codebase... found src/api/rest.ts
|
||||
|
||||
Checking add-graphql (created 2026-01-15):
|
||||
- Delta adds "GraphQL Schema" requirement
|
||||
- Searching codebase... found src/api/graphql.ts
|
||||
|
||||
Resolution: Both implemented. Will apply add-rest-api specs first,
|
||||
then add-graphql specs (chronological order, newer takes precedence).
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output On Success**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Bulk Archive Complete
|
||||
|
||||
Archived N changes:
|
||||
- <change-1> -> archive/<target-name-1>/
|
||||
- <change-2> -> archive/<target-name-2>/
|
||||
|
||||
Spec sync summary:
|
||||
- N delta specs synced to main specs
|
||||
- No conflicts (or: M conflicts resolved)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output On Partial Success**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Bulk Archive Complete (partial)
|
||||
|
||||
Archived N changes:
|
||||
- <change-1> -> archive/<target-name-1>/
|
||||
|
||||
Skipped M changes:
|
||||
- <change-2> (user chose not to archive incomplete)
|
||||
|
||||
Failed K changes:
|
||||
- <change-3>: Archive directory already exists
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output When No Changes**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## No Changes to Archive
|
||||
|
||||
No active changes found. Create a new change to get started.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Allow any number of changes (1+ is fine, 2+ is the typical use case)
|
||||
- Always prompt for selection, never auto-select
|
||||
- Detect spec conflicts early and resolve by checking codebase
|
||||
- When both changes are implemented, apply specs in chronological order
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- Skip spec sync only when implementation is missing (warn user)
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- Show clear per-change status before confirming
|
||||
- Use single confirmation for entire batch
|
||||
- Never archive after the user cancels the confirmation — a cancelled batch archives nothing
|
||||
- Track and report all outcomes (success/skip/fail)
|
||||
- Preserve .openspec.yaml when moving to archive
|
||||
- Archive directory target uses the current date, computed once in step 3d and reused at the move: YYYY-MM-DD-<name>; a name that already starts with a `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix is used as-is (never stack a second date)
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- If archive target exists, fail that change but continue with others
|
||||
- Check every archive target in step 3, before the first main-spec write; a change whose target exists is never synced or moved
|
||||
- If sync is requested, run the `openspec-sync-specs` workflow inline (agent-driven) for each change with included delta specs
|
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- Carry the per-delta `includedDeltas` and `excludedDeltas` decisions into execution; sync and verify only included deltas
|
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- Report every excluded delta as `sync skipped` without treating the archive itself as skipped
|
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- Never archive a change while a spec sync is still in flight — run the sync inline and verify main specs at `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` before moving `changeRoot`
|
||||
- Fetch archive inputs once per selected root before spec inspection or moves
|
||||
- Fetch all required specs-rule snapshots before the batch's first main-spec write or move
|
||||
- A failed archive-inputs lookup never blocks the batch; it proceeds with no context or guidance
|
||||
- A failed specs instruction lookup stops the whole batch atomically
|
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- Changes without concrete `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths` continue without spec sync
|
||||
- Apply relevant runtime context across the batch and report conflicts
|
||||
- Operation guidance remains advisory; consider every entry and explain rejected advice
|
||||
- Keep runtime inputs, conflict analysis, CLI-derived values, and artifact rules separate
|
||||
- Artifact rules constrain only written specs
|
||||
- Never copy runtime input or artifact-rule text verbatim into output files
|
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@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-continue-change
|
||||
description: Continue working on an OpenSpec change by creating the next artifact. Use when the user wants to progress their change, create the next artifact, or continue their workflow. Also use when the user says "openspec continue" or "opsx continue".
|
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allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
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license: MIT
|
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compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
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metadata:
|
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author: openspec
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||||
version: "1.0"
|
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generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
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Continue working on a change by creating the next artifact.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Select the change**
|
||||
|
||||
If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
|
||||
- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
|
||||
- Auto-select if only one active change exists
|
||||
- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes sorted by most recently modified, and ask the user to select one
|
||||
|
||||
When prompting, present the top 3-4 most recently modified changes as options, showing:
|
||||
- Change name
|
||||
- Schema (from `schema` field if present, otherwise "spec-driven")
|
||||
- Status (e.g., "0/5 tasks", "complete", "no tasks")
|
||||
- How recently it was modified (from `lastModified` field)
|
||||
|
||||
Mark the most recently modified change as "(Recommended)" since it's likely what the user wants to continue.
|
||||
|
||||
Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-continue <other>`).
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Check current status**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Parse the JSON to understand current state. The response includes:
|
||||
- `schemaName`: The workflow schema being used (e.g., "spec-driven")
|
||||
- `artifacts`: Array of artifacts with their status ("done", "skipped", "ready", "blocked")
|
||||
- `isPlanningComplete`: Boolean indicating if all planning artifacts are complete. Older CLI versions expose the same value as `isComplete`.
|
||||
- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context. Use these instead of assuming repo-local paths.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Act based on status**:
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**If all planning artifacts are complete (`isPlanningComplete: true`, or legacy `isComplete: true`)**:
|
||||
- Congratulate the user
|
||||
- Show final status including the schema used
|
||||
- Suggest: "Planning is complete! You can now implement this change. Once implementation and any tracked work are complete, archive it."
|
||||
- STOP
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**If artifacts are ready to create** (status shows artifacts with `status: "ready"`):
|
||||
- Pick the FIRST artifact with `status: "ready"` from the status output
|
||||
- Get its instructions:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions <artifact-id> --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
- Parse the JSON. The key fields are:
|
||||
- `context`: Project background (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `rules`: Artifact-specific rules (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `template`: The structure to use for your output file
|
||||
- `instruction`: Schema-specific guidance
|
||||
- `resolvedOutputPath`: Resolved path or pattern to write the artifact
|
||||
- `dependencies`: Completed artifacts to read for context (entries with `skipped: true` have no files - do not look for them)
|
||||
- `skipped`/`warning`: present when the change declares skip_specs and this artifact must NOT be created - pick another artifact
|
||||
- **Create the artifact file**:
|
||||
- Read any completed dependency files for context - always re-read them from disk, even if you saw them earlier in the conversation (the user may have edited them)
|
||||
- If the `instruction` field delegates creation to a specific skill or command, invoke it to produce the artifact instead of writing the file yourself, then verify the artifact file exists at `resolvedOutputPath`
|
||||
- Otherwise use `template` as the structure - fill in its sections
|
||||
- Apply `context` and `rules` as constraints when writing - but do NOT copy them into the file
|
||||
- Write to the `resolvedOutputPath` specified in instructions. If it is a glob pattern, choose the concrete file path using the schema instruction and the change's context
|
||||
- Show what was created and what's now unlocked
|
||||
- STOP after creating ONE artifact
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**If no artifacts are ready (all blocked)**:
|
||||
- This shouldn't happen with a valid schema
|
||||
- Show status and suggest checking for issues
|
||||
|
||||
4. **After creating an artifact, show progress**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output**
|
||||
|
||||
After each invocation, show:
|
||||
- Which artifact was created
|
||||
- Schema workflow being used
|
||||
- Current progress (N/M complete)
|
||||
- What artifacts are now unlocked
|
||||
- Prompt: "Want to continue? Just ask me to continue or tell me what to do next."
|
||||
|
||||
**Artifact Creation Guidelines**
|
||||
|
||||
The artifact types and their purpose depend on the schema. The `instruction` field from the instructions output is the authoritative guidance for each artifact - follow it even when the artifact has a familiar name (proposal.md, tasks.md, etc.), since custom schemas may define different content or a different process for the same file names.
|
||||
|
||||
If the `instruction` field directs you to use a specific skill or command to create the artifact, invoke it instead of writing the artifact directly.
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Create ONE artifact per invocation
|
||||
- Always read dependency artifacts before creating a new one - re-read from disk, not from conversation memory (files may have changed since you last saw them)
|
||||
- Never skip artifacts or create out of order
|
||||
- If context is unclear, ask the user before creating
|
||||
- Verify the artifact file exists after writing before marking progress
|
||||
- Use the schema's artifact sequence, don't assume specific artifact names
|
||||
- **IMPORTANT**: `context` and `rules` are constraints for YOU, not content for the file
|
||||
- Do NOT copy `<context>`, `<rules>`, `<project_context>` blocks into the artifact
|
||||
- These guide what you write, but should never appear in the output
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-explore
|
||||
description: Enter OpenSpec explore mode - a thinking partner for exploring ideas, investigating problems, and clarifying requirements in a project that uses OpenSpec. Use when the user wants to think through something before or during an OpenSpec change. Also use when the user says "openspec explore" or "opsx explore".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Enter explore mode. Think deeply. Visualize freely. Follow the conversation wherever it goes.
|
||||
|
||||
**IMPORTANT: Explore mode is for thinking, not implementing.** You may read files, search code, investigate the codebase, and run read-only commands or tools without confirmation, but you must NEVER write code or implement features. If the user asks you to implement something, do not start it here: say that explore mode does not implement, and point them at `/opsx-propose`, which turns the discussion into a change. The work happens from that change, never from explore mode. You MAY create or update OpenSpec change artifacts (proposals, designs, specs) within a confirmed scope—that's capturing thinking, not implementing. Answering design or clarifying questions is never consent to write. Before the first write-capable action, name the artifacts or files you would change and what you would do, ask a direct yes/no question, and wait for the user's confirmation in a separate message. Confirmation covers only the scope you described; ask again before expanding it. An explicit request from the user to capture the exploration as a new change is itself that confirmation, covering the change and the change artifacts the request names; scaffold it first as described below.
|
||||
|
||||
**This is a stance, not a workflow.** There are no fixed steps, no required sequence, no mandatory outputs. You're a thinking partner helping the user explore.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Stance
|
||||
|
||||
- **Curious, not prescriptive** - Ask questions that emerge naturally, don't follow a script
|
||||
- **Open threads, not interrogations** - Surface multiple interesting directions and let the user follow what resonates. Don't funnel them through a single path of questions.
|
||||
- **Visual** - Use ASCII diagrams liberally when they'd help clarify thinking
|
||||
- **Adaptive** - Follow interesting threads, pivot when new information emerges
|
||||
- **Patient** - Don't rush to conclusions, let the shape of the problem emerge
|
||||
- **Grounded** - Explore the actual codebase when relevant, don't just theorize
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Planning a Change
|
||||
|
||||
When the user is planning a change, guide them toward shared understanding with focused discovery questions. For open-ended discussion, follow the conversation without imposing an interview or a required output.
|
||||
|
||||
Before asking a factual question, follow the context discovery below and inspect relevant OpenSpec artifacts, source, tests, docs, and configuration. Do not ask the user to repeat facts you can verify. Summarize relevant findings without reproducing private context or rules. If evidence is missing, conflicting, or inaccessible, state that limitation and ask only for the clarification needed to proceed.
|
||||
|
||||
- **Follow dependencies** - Resolve the next blocking decision before its dependent details. For example, clarify the user's outcome and scope before choosing an API or data model. Revisit downstream assumptions when an earlier answer changes. Skip branches that do not matter to this goal.
|
||||
- **Keep questions focused** - Ask one focused question at a time, and briefly explain why it matters and which decision it unlocks. Batch questions only if the user asks for a batch; keep them small and group related decisions.
|
||||
- **Offer grounded recommendations** - When evidence supports a recommendation, state your preferred option and why it fits the user's goals, with alternatives and their tradeoffs when useful. Do not invent intent, priorities, or external constraints: ask the user when only they can answer. Avoid a fixed question format.
|
||||
- **Keep a conversational record** - Track decisions in the conversation, not in files. Separate confirmed decisions from proposed defaults and unresolved questions. Silence is not acceptance. Accepting an answer or a batch of recommendations is not permission to write. Keep file-write confirmation separate from discovery questions and follow the guardrails below.
|
||||
|
||||
Stop asking when the user has enough clarity. Let them pause, pivot, or defer a decision; do not exhaust every branch or force a proposal.
|
||||
|
||||
For example, after inspecting the relevant code:
|
||||
|
||||
```text
|
||||
The CLI already uses SQLite and has no remote service. Is sharing state
|
||||
across devices in scope? That determines whether local storage is enough.
|
||||
If this stays a single-device tool, I recommend keeping SQLite to avoid
|
||||
adding a service to operate; shared state would need a separate sync design.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## What You Might Do
|
||||
|
||||
Depending on what the user brings, you might:
|
||||
|
||||
**Explore the problem space**
|
||||
- Ask clarifying questions that emerge from what they said
|
||||
- Challenge assumptions
|
||||
- Reframe the problem
|
||||
- Find analogies
|
||||
|
||||
**Investigate the codebase**
|
||||
- Map existing architecture relevant to the discussion
|
||||
- Find integration points
|
||||
- Identify patterns already in use
|
||||
- Surface hidden complexity
|
||||
|
||||
**Compare options**
|
||||
- Brainstorm multiple approaches
|
||||
- Build comparison tables
|
||||
- Sketch tradeoffs
|
||||
- Recommend a path (if asked)
|
||||
|
||||
**Visualize**
|
||||
```
|
||||
+------------------------------------------+
|
||||
| Use ASCII diagrams liberally |
|
||||
+------------------------------------------+
|
||||
| |
|
||||
| [State A] -------> [State B] |
|
||||
| | |
|
||||
| v |
|
||||
| [State C] |
|
||||
| |
|
||||
| System diagrams, state machines, |
|
||||
| data flows, architecture sketches, |
|
||||
| dependency graphs, comparison tables |
|
||||
| |
|
||||
+------------------------------------------+
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Draw with plain ASCII only** — borders `+` `-` `|`, arrows `-->` `<--` `^` `v`, markers `*` `x`.
|
||||
Unicode diagram glyphs can render at different widths across terminals, fonts, and locales, so padded boxes and aligned tables can drift. Keep every diagram character ASCII.
|
||||
|
||||
**Surface risks and unknowns**
|
||||
- Identify what could go wrong
|
||||
- Find gaps in understanding
|
||||
- Suggest spikes or investigations
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## OpenSpec Awareness
|
||||
|
||||
You have full context of the OpenSpec system. Use it naturally, don't force it.
|
||||
|
||||
### Check for context
|
||||
|
||||
At the start, quickly check what exists:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec list --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
This tells you:
|
||||
- If there are active changes
|
||||
- Their names, schemas, and status
|
||||
- What the user might be working on
|
||||
|
||||
That is the *change* list - work in flight. It does not include the project's durable capabilities, so list those too:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec list --specs
|
||||
```
|
||||
Add `--json` for ids and requirement counts, and append `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store. This is the inventory of what the project already claims to do, and `openspec list` on its own never shows it. To look at one, run `openspec show "<spec-id>" --type spec --json --no-scenarios` (same `--store` rule) - it returns that capability's purpose and requirement texts without pulling the whole spec file into context, and `--type spec` stops a change of the same name from making it ambiguous.
|
||||
|
||||
The filtered read is only an overview. Before deciding what is already covered or what should change, read each relevant spec in full, including scenarios, with `openspec show "<spec-id>" --type spec` (same `--store` rule).
|
||||
|
||||
Then read the project's own context from the resolved root - `<root.path>/openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`). Use the `root.path` returned above, and skip this if neither file exists:
|
||||
- `context`: project background - tech stack, conventions, constraints
|
||||
- `rules`: keyed by artifact id - the entries for an artifact apply only when you write that artifact
|
||||
|
||||
Ground your thinking in these. They are constraints for you to follow, not content to reproduce: do NOT copy them into the conversation or into any artifact you create.
|
||||
|
||||
### When no change exists
|
||||
|
||||
Think freely. When insights crystallize, you might offer:
|
||||
|
||||
- "This feels solid enough to start a change. Want me to create a proposal?"
|
||||
- Or keep exploring - no pressure to formalize
|
||||
|
||||
If the user asks you to capture the exploration as a new change, that request is the confirmation required above. It covers scaffolding that change and creating the change artifacts the request names, and nothing else. This holds only when the request is theirs: a yes to an offer you made confirms only the scope your offer itself named, so name the change and the artifacts in the offer. Don't re-ask for what they already asked for; do ask before anything beyond it. Transition seamlessly into the requested capture:
|
||||
|
||||
1. Run `openspec new change "<name>"` (with `--store <id>` when applicable) before creating any artifacts. Never create a new change directory under `openspec/changes/` by hand; the CLI scaffold creates required metadata such as `.openspec.yaml`. Keep the selected `--store <id>` on every applicable follow-up `status` and `instructions` command.
|
||||
2. Run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json` (append the confirmed `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store), then process the requested artifacts in dependency order. For each requested artifact that is `ready`, run `openspec instructions "<artifact-id>" --change "<name>" --json` (append the confirmed `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store). Before creating a requested artifact, evaluate any condition in its own `instruction` against the explored change; record a deliberate skip instead when the condition does not apply. If a requested artifact is blocked by a direct prerequisite the user did not request, run `openspec instructions "<prerequisite-id>" --change "<name>" --json` (append the confirmed `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store) for that prerequisite whether it is `ready` or `blocked`. If its own `instruction` states a condition, evaluate that condition against the explored change and record a deliberate skip only when the condition does not apply. If the condition applies, or the prerequisite is not conditional, treat it as a normal prerequisite and ask before expanding the capture. Do not create an unrequested prerequisite unless the user approves.
|
||||
3. Follow the returned `template` and `instruction` fields. Read completed dependency files listed in `dependencies`, and apply `context` and `rules` as constraints without copying them into the artifact. If the instruction delegates creation to a specific skill or command, invoke it; otherwise write the artifact to `resolvedOutputPath`, using the instruction to choose a concrete path when it is a glob. Verify that the selected concrete output exists.
|
||||
4. After creating each artifact, re-run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json` (append the confirmed `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store) and continue until every requested artifact is `done`, `skipped`, or was deliberately skipped because its own `instruction` stated a condition that did not apply. Tell the user about a deliberate conditional skip, remember it, and do not reconsider it. Dependencies are enablers, not gates: if a requested artifact is still `blocked` only because you deliberately skipped a conditional prerequisite, run `openspec instructions "<artifact-id>" --change "<name>" --json` (append the confirmed `--store "<id>"` only for a registered standalone store) despite the blocked status, then create it using step 3 only when those recorded conditional skips are its sole missing dependencies. If a requested artifact is blocked by a prerequisite the user did not ask to capture and cannot be conditionally skipped, explain that dependency and ask before expanding the capture.
|
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|
||||
Capture the artifact(s) the user requested without asking them to invoke another workflow command. If they asked only to start a change, stop after scaffolding and show its status. When the requested capture is done, stop there and name where the work continues: `/opsx-propose` writes the remaining planning artifacts, and `/opsx-apply` implements the change once tasks exist. Capturing artifacts never starts implementing them.
|
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|
||||
### When a change exists
|
||||
|
||||
If the user mentions a change or you detect one is relevant:
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Resolve and read existing artifacts for context**
|
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- Run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`.
|
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- Use `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext` from the status JSON.
|
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- Read existing files from `artifactPaths.<artifact>.existingOutputPaths`.
|
||||
|
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2. **Reference them naturally in conversation**
|
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- "Your design mentions using Redis, but we just realized SQLite fits better..."
|
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- "The proposal scopes this to premium users, but we're now thinking everyone..."
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Offer to capture when decisions are made**
|
||||
|
||||
`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example, `user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Preserve an existing capability's full path and follow the project's established organization for new capabilities.
|
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|
||||
| Insight Type | Where to Capture |
|
||||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
||||
| New requirement discovered | `specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` |
|
||||
| Requirement changed | `specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` |
|
||||
| Design decision made | `design.md` |
|
||||
| Scope changed | `proposal.md` |
|
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| New work identified | `tasks.md` |
|
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| Assumption invalidated | Relevant artifact |
|
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|
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Example offers:
|
||||
- "That's a design decision. Capture it in design.md?"
|
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- "This is a new requirement. Add it to specs?"
|
||||
- "This changes scope. Update the proposal?"
|
||||
|
||||
4. **The user decides** - Offer and move on. Don't pressure. Don't auto-capture.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## What You Don't Have To Do
|
||||
|
||||
- Follow a script
|
||||
- Ask the same questions every time
|
||||
- Produce a specific artifact
|
||||
- Reach a conclusion
|
||||
- Stay on topic if a tangent is valuable
|
||||
- Be brief (this is thinking time)
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Handling Different Entry Points
|
||||
|
||||
**User brings a vague idea:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
User: I'm thinking about adding real-time collaboration
|
||||
|
||||
You: Real-time collab is a big space. Let me think about this...
|
||||
|
||||
COLLABORATION SPECTRUM
|
||||
============================================
|
||||
|
||||
Awareness Coordination Sync
|
||||
| | |
|
||||
v v v
|
||||
+--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|
||||
|Presence| |Cursors | | CRDT |
|
||||
| "3 | | Multi | |Conflict|
|
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|online" | | select | | free |
|
||||
+--------+ +--------+ +--------+
|
||||
| | |
|
||||
trivial moderate complex
|
||||
|
||||
Where's your head at?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**User brings a specific problem:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
User: The auth system is a mess
|
||||
|
||||
You: [reads codebase]
|
||||
|
||||
+---------------------------------------------+
|
||||
| CURRENT AUTH FLOW |
|
||||
+---------------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
|
||||
+-------------+-------------+
|
||||
v v v
|
||||
+---------+ +---------+ +---------+
|
||||
| Google | | GitHub | | Email |
|
||||
| OAuth | | OAuth | | Magic |
|
||||
+----+----+ +----+----+ +----+----+
|
||||
| | |
|
||||
+-------------+-------------+
|
||||
v
|
||||
+-----------+
|
||||
| Session |
|
||||
+-----+-----+
|
||||
|
|
||||
v
|
||||
+-----------+
|
||||
| Perms |
|
||||
+-----------+
|
||||
|
||||
I see three tangles. Which one's burning?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**User is stuck mid-implementation:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
User: /opsx-explore add-auth-system
|
||||
The OAuth integration is more complex than expected
|
||||
|
||||
You: [reads change artifacts]
|
||||
|
||||
You're on task 4: "Implement OAuth flow"
|
||||
|
||||
Let me trace what's involved...
|
||||
|
||||
[draws diagram, explores options, suggests paths]
|
||||
|
||||
Want to update the design to reflect this?
|
||||
Or add a spike task to investigate?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**User wants to compare options:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
User: Should we use Postgres or SQLite?
|
||||
|
||||
You: Generic answer is boring. What's the context?
|
||||
|
||||
User: A CLI tool that tracks local dev environments
|
||||
|
||||
You: That changes everything.
|
||||
|
||||
+-------------------------------------------------+
|
||||
| CLI TOOL DATA STORAGE |
|
||||
+-------------------------------------------------+
|
||||
|
||||
Key constraints:
|
||||
- No daemon running
|
||||
- Must work offline
|
||||
- Single user
|
||||
|
||||
SQLite Postgres
|
||||
Deployment embedded needs server
|
||||
Offline yes no
|
||||
Single file yes no
|
||||
|
||||
SQLite. Not even close.
|
||||
|
||||
Unless... is there a sync component?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Ending Discovery
|
||||
|
||||
There's no required ending. Discovery might:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Flow into a proposal**: "Ready to start? Run `/opsx-propose` and this becomes a change."
|
||||
- **Result in artifact updates**: "Updated design.md with these decisions"
|
||||
- **Just provide clarity**: User has what they need, moves on
|
||||
- **Continue later**: "We can pick this up anytime"
|
||||
|
||||
When it feels like things are crystallizing, you might summarize:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## What We Figured Out
|
||||
|
||||
**The problem**: [crystallized understanding]
|
||||
|
||||
**The approach**: [if one emerged]
|
||||
|
||||
**Open questions**: [if any remain]
|
||||
|
||||
**Next steps** (if ready):
|
||||
- Turn this into a change: `/opsx-propose`
|
||||
- Keep exploring: just keep talking
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
But this summary is optional. Sometimes the thinking IS the value.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Guardrails
|
||||
|
||||
- **Don't implement** - Never write code or implement features. Workflow configuration counts too: creating or editing schemas, templates, or `openspec/config.yaml` is a change, not thinking. Creating or updating OpenSpec change artifacts within the confirmed scope is fine, writing anything else is not. When the user is ready to build, name the handoff rather than starting: `/opsx-propose` turns the discussion into a change, and the work happens there.
|
||||
- **Don't fake understanding** - If something is unclear, dig deeper
|
||||
- **Don't rush** - Discovery is thinking time, not task time
|
||||
- **Don't force structure** - Let patterns emerge naturally
|
||||
- **Don't auto-capture** - Offer to save insights, don't just do it. Read-only commands and tools need no confirmation. Before the first write-capable action—including `openspec new change` or another command that writes files—name the artifacts or files and proposed changes, ask a direct yes/no question, and wait for explicit confirmation in a separate user message. That confirmation covers only the described scope; ask again before expanding it. Answers to design or clarifying questions are never consent to write. That rule governs `openspec new change` whenever you are the one proposing the capture; the user's own capture request is the exception, handled in the capture transition above.
|
||||
- **Don't manually scaffold changes** - Never create a new change directory under `openspec/changes/` by hand. Always use `openspec new change "<name>"` (with `--store <id>` when applicable) so required metadata such as `.openspec.yaml` is created before writing artifacts.
|
||||
- **Do visualize** - A good diagram is worth many paragraphs
|
||||
- **Do explore the codebase** - Ground discussions in reality
|
||||
- **Do question assumptions** - Including the user's and your own
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-ff-change
|
||||
description: Fast-forward through OpenSpec artifact creation. Use when the user wants to quickly create all artifacts needed for implementation without stepping through each one individually. Also use when the user says "openspec ff" or "opsx ff".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Fast-forward through artifact creation - generate everything needed to start implementation in one go.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: The user's request should include a change name (kebab-case) OR a description of what they want to build.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **If no clear input provided, ask what they want to build**
|
||||
|
||||
Ask the user (open-ended, no preset options):
|
||||
> "What change do you want to work on? Describe what you want to build or fix."
|
||||
|
||||
From their description, derive a kebab-case name (e.g., "add user authentication" → `add-user-auth`).
|
||||
|
||||
**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT proceed without understanding what the user wants to build.
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Create the change directory**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec new change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
This creates a scaffolded change in the planning home resolved by the CLI.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Get the artifact build order**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Parse the JSON to get:
|
||||
- `applyRequires`: array of artifact IDs needed before implementation (e.g., `["tasks"]`)
|
||||
- `artifacts`: list of all artifacts, each with its `status` and its `requires` edges (the artifact IDs it directly depends on)
|
||||
- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context. Use these instead of assuming repo-local paths.
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Create every artifact in the required set**
|
||||
|
||||
Use a todo list to track progress through the artifacts.
|
||||
|
||||
Loop through artifacts in dependency order (artifacts with no pending dependencies first):
|
||||
|
||||
a. **For each artifact that is `ready` (dependencies satisfied)**:
|
||||
- Get instructions:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions <artifact-id> --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
- The instructions JSON includes:
|
||||
- `context`: Project background (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `rules`: Artifact-specific rules (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `template`: The structure to use for your output file
|
||||
- `instruction`: Schema-specific guidance for this artifact type
|
||||
- `skipped`/`warning`: present when the change declares skip_specs and this artifact must NOT be created - stop and pick another artifact
|
||||
- `resolvedOutputPath`: Resolved path or pattern to write the artifact
|
||||
- `dependencies`: Completed artifacts to read for context
|
||||
- Read any completed dependency files for context - always re-read them from disk, even if you saw them earlier in the conversation (the user may have edited them)
|
||||
- **Inspect the relevant project before drafting**: Read `context` and `rules` first, then inspect relevant implementation, nearby tests, configuration, and documentation outside `openspec/`. Keep inspection read-only and proportional to the change; reuse findings for later artifacts and inspect more only as needed.
|
||||
- Identify the target project from the request and project context; the planning home may be separate from the code. If the target is unclear, ask. For greenfield or non-code changes, inspect the available structure and relevant documents. If source is unavailable, state the limitation and ask when it materially affects the plan.
|
||||
- Ground scope, approach, and tasks in what you find. Distinguish observed behavior from assumptions and proposed additions; surface conflicts with existing specs instead of silently deciding which is correct.
|
||||
- Do this discovery now, rather than leaving generic "explore the codebase" or "make a plan" tasks for implementation. Keep any necessary follow-up investigation specific to an unresolved question.
|
||||
- If the `instruction` field delegates creation to a specific skill or command, invoke it to produce the artifact instead of writing the file yourself, then verify the artifact file exists at `resolvedOutputPath`
|
||||
- Otherwise create the artifact file using `template` as the structure and write it to `resolvedOutputPath`. If `resolvedOutputPath` is a glob, follow `instruction` to choose the concrete file path
|
||||
- Apply `context` and `rules` as constraints - but do NOT copy them into the file
|
||||
- Show brief progress: "✓ Created <artifact-id>"
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Continue until every artifact in the required set exists (not just `apply.requires`)**
|
||||
- After creating each artifact, re-run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`
|
||||
- The required set is `applyRequires` plus every artifact reachable from those by following the `requires` edges in `status --json` - walk them transitively (spec-driven closes over proposal, specs, design, tasks). Leave artifacts outside that set alone
|
||||
- `status` is file-existence only, so an `applyRequires` artifact reading `done` does NOT mean its dependencies exist - writing `tasks.md` early marks `tasks` done while `specs` was never written. Use each artifact's `requires` edges, not its `status`, to build the required set: a `done` artifact still lists what it depends on
|
||||
- An artifact already reading `status: "skipped"` is satisfied: the change declares `skip_specs` in `.openspec.yaml`, so its files must NOT exist. Never try to create one
|
||||
- Create every artifact in the required set that is missing, then re-check - creating one can unblock others
|
||||
- Skip one only when `status` already reports it `skipped`, or when its own `instruction` says it is conditional: run `openspec instructions <artifact-id> --change "<name>" --json` and skip only if its `instruction` field marks it optional (e.g. "create only if..."). Spec-driven's `design.md` qualifies; `specs` qualifies only via the `skipped` status above, never by your own judgment. Tell the user, and do not reconsider it
|
||||
- Dependencies are enablers, not gates: if a required artifact is still `blocked` only because you skipped a conditional dependency, write it anyway
|
||||
- Stop when every artifact in the required set is `done`, `skipped`, or was deliberately skipped
|
||||
|
||||
c. **If an artifact requires user input** (unclear context):
|
||||
- Ask the user to clarify
|
||||
- Then continue with creation
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Show final status**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output**
|
||||
|
||||
After completing all artifacts, summarize:
|
||||
- Change name and location
|
||||
- List of artifacts created with brief descriptions, plus any conditional artifact you skipped and why
|
||||
- What's ready: "All artifacts needed for implementation are ready."
|
||||
- Prompt: "Run `/opsx-apply` or ask me to implement to start working on the tasks."
|
||||
|
||||
**Artifact Creation Guidelines**
|
||||
|
||||
- Follow the `instruction` field from `openspec instructions` for each artifact type - it is the authoritative guidance, even for familiar artifact names
|
||||
- If the `instruction` field directs you to use a specific skill or command to create the artifact, invoke it instead of writing the artifact directly
|
||||
- The schema defines what each artifact should contain - follow it
|
||||
- Read dependency artifacts for context before creating new ones
|
||||
- Use `template` as the structure for your output file - fill in its sections
|
||||
- **IMPORTANT**: `context` and `rules` are constraints for YOU, not content for the file
|
||||
- Do NOT copy `<context>`, `<rules>`, `<project_context>` blocks into the artifact
|
||||
- These guide what you write, but should never appear in the output
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Create every artifact the apply phase transitively depends on, not just the ids listed in `apply.requires`
|
||||
- Always read dependency artifacts before creating a new one - re-read from disk, not from conversation memory (files may have changed since you last saw them)
|
||||
- If context is critically unclear, ask the user - but prefer making reasonable decisions to keep momentum
|
||||
- If a change with that name already exists, suggest continuing that change instead
|
||||
- Verify each artifact file exists after writing before proceeding to next
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-new-change
|
||||
description: Start a new OpenSpec change using the experimental artifact workflow. Use when the user wants to create a new feature, fix, or modification with a structured step-by-step approach. Also use when the user says "openspec new change" or "opsx new".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Start a new change using the experimental artifact-driven approach.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: The user's request should include a change name (kebab-case) OR a description of what they want to build.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **If no clear input provided, ask what they want to build**
|
||||
|
||||
Ask the user (open-ended, no preset options):
|
||||
> "What change do you want to work on? Describe what you want to build or fix."
|
||||
|
||||
From their description, derive a kebab-case name (e.g., "add user authentication" → `add-user-auth`).
|
||||
|
||||
**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT proceed without understanding what the user wants to build.
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Determine the workflow schema**
|
||||
|
||||
Use the default schema (omit `--schema`) unless the user explicitly requests a different workflow.
|
||||
|
||||
**Use a different schema only if the user mentions:**
|
||||
- A specific schema name → use `--schema <name>`
|
||||
- "show workflows" or "what workflows" → run `openspec schemas --json` and let them choose
|
||||
|
||||
**Otherwise**: Omit `--schema` to use the default.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Create the change directory**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec new change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
Add `--schema <name>` only if the user requested a specific workflow.
|
||||
This creates a scaffolded change in the planning home resolved by the CLI.
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Show the artifact status**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Use the returned `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `nextSteps` instead of assuming repo-local paths.
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Get instructions for the first artifact**
|
||||
The first artifact depends on the schema (e.g., `proposal` for spec-driven).
|
||||
Check the status output to find the first artifact with status "ready".
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions <first-artifact-id> --change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
This outputs the template and context for creating the first artifact.
|
||||
|
||||
6. **STOP and wait for user direction**
|
||||
|
||||
**Output**
|
||||
|
||||
After completing the steps, summarize:
|
||||
- Change name and location
|
||||
- Schema/workflow being used and its artifact sequence
|
||||
- Current status (0/N artifacts complete)
|
||||
- The template for the first artifact
|
||||
- Prompt: "Ready to create the first artifact? Just describe what this change is about and I'll draft it, or ask me to continue."
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Do NOT create any artifacts yet - just show the instructions
|
||||
- Do NOT advance beyond showing the first artifact template
|
||||
- If the name is invalid (not kebab-case), ask for a valid name
|
||||
- If a change with that name already exists, suggest continuing that change instead
|
||||
- Pass --schema if using a non-default workflow
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,570 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-onboard
|
||||
description: Guided onboarding for OpenSpec - walk through a complete workflow cycle with narration and real codebase work. Also use when the user says "openspec onboard" or "opsx onboard".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Guide the user through their first complete OpenSpec workflow cycle. This is a teaching experience—you'll do real work in their codebase while explaining each step.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Preflight
|
||||
|
||||
Before starting, check if the OpenSpec CLI is installed:
|
||||
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
# Unix/macOS
|
||||
openspec --version 2>&1 || echo "CLI_NOT_INSTALLED"
|
||||
# Windows (PowerShell)
|
||||
# if (Get-Command openspec -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { openspec --version } else { echo "CLI_NOT_INSTALLED" }
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**If CLI not installed:**
|
||||
> OpenSpec CLI is not installed. Install it first, then come back to `/opsx-onboard`.
|
||||
|
||||
Stop here if not installed.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 1: Welcome
|
||||
|
||||
Display:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Welcome to OpenSpec!
|
||||
|
||||
I'll walk you through a complete change cycle—from idea to implementation—using a real task in your codebase. Along the way, you'll learn the workflow by doing it.
|
||||
|
||||
**What we'll do:**
|
||||
1. Pick a small, real task in your codebase
|
||||
2. Explore the problem briefly
|
||||
3. Create a change (the container for our work)
|
||||
4. Build the artifacts: proposal → specs → design → tasks
|
||||
5. Implement the tasks
|
||||
6. Archive the completed change
|
||||
|
||||
**Time:** ~15-20 minutes
|
||||
|
||||
Let's start by finding something to work on.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 2: Task Selection
|
||||
|
||||
### Codebase Analysis
|
||||
|
||||
Scan the codebase for small improvement opportunities. Look for:
|
||||
|
||||
1. **TODO/FIXME comments** - Search for `TODO`, `FIXME`, `HACK`, `XXX` in code files
|
||||
2. **Missing error handling** - `catch` blocks that swallow errors, risky operations without try-catch
|
||||
3. **Functions without tests** - Cross-reference `src/` with test directories
|
||||
4. **Type issues** - `any` types in TypeScript files (`: any`, `as any`)
|
||||
5. **Debug artifacts** - `console.log`, `console.debug`, `debugger` statements in non-debug code
|
||||
6. **Missing validation** - User input handlers without validation
|
||||
|
||||
Also check recent git activity:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
# Unix/macOS
|
||||
git log --oneline -10 2>/dev/null || echo "No git history"
|
||||
# Windows (PowerShell)
|
||||
# git log --oneline -10 2>$null; if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { echo "No git history" }
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Present Suggestions
|
||||
|
||||
From your analysis, present 3-4 specific suggestions:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Task Suggestions
|
||||
|
||||
Based on scanning your codebase, here are some good starter tasks:
|
||||
|
||||
**1. [Most promising task]**
|
||||
Location: `src/path/to/file.ts:42`
|
||||
Scope: ~1-2 files, ~20-30 lines
|
||||
Why it's good: [brief reason]
|
||||
|
||||
**2. [Second task]**
|
||||
Location: `src/another/file.ts`
|
||||
Scope: ~1 file, ~15 lines
|
||||
Why it's good: [brief reason]
|
||||
|
||||
**3. [Third task]**
|
||||
Location: [location]
|
||||
Scope: [estimate]
|
||||
Why it's good: [brief reason]
|
||||
|
||||
**4. Something else?**
|
||||
Tell me what you'd like to work on.
|
||||
|
||||
Which task interests you? (Pick a number or describe your own)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**If nothing found:** Fall back to asking what the user wants to build:
|
||||
> I didn't find obvious quick wins in your codebase. What's something small you've been meaning to add or fix?
|
||||
|
||||
### Scope Guardrail
|
||||
|
||||
If the user picks or describes something too large (major feature, multi-day work):
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
That's a valuable task, but it's probably larger than ideal for your first OpenSpec run-through.
|
||||
|
||||
For learning the workflow, smaller is better—it lets you see the full cycle without getting stuck in implementation details.
|
||||
|
||||
**Options:**
|
||||
1. **Slice it smaller** - What's the smallest useful piece of [their task]? Maybe just [specific slice]?
|
||||
2. **Pick something else** - One of the other suggestions, or a different small task?
|
||||
3. **Do it anyway** - If you really want to tackle this, we can. Just know it'll take longer.
|
||||
|
||||
What would you prefer?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Let the user override if they insist—this is a soft guardrail.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 3: Explore Demo
|
||||
|
||||
Once a task is selected, briefly demonstrate explore mode:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Before we create a change, let me quickly show you **explore mode**—it's how you think through problems before committing to a direction.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Spend 1-2 minutes investigating the relevant code:
|
||||
- Read the file(s) involved
|
||||
- Draw a quick ASCII diagram if it helps
|
||||
- Note any considerations
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Quick Exploration
|
||||
|
||||
[Your brief analysis—what you found, any considerations]
|
||||
|
||||
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ [Optional: ASCII diagram if helpful] │
|
||||
└─────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
||||
|
||||
Explore mode (`/opsx-explore`) is for this kind of thinking—investigating before implementing. You can use it anytime you need to think through a problem.
|
||||
|
||||
Now let's create a change to hold our work.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**PAUSE** - Wait for user acknowledgment before proceeding.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 4: Create the Change
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Creating a Change
|
||||
|
||||
A "change" in OpenSpec is a container for all the thinking and planning around a piece of work. It lives at the `changeRoot` reported by `openspec status --change "<name>" --json` and holds your artifacts—proposal, specs, design, tasks.
|
||||
|
||||
Let me create one for our task.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Create the change with a derived kebab-case name:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec new change "<derived-name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**SHOW:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
Created: <changeRoot from status JSON>
|
||||
|
||||
The folder structure:
|
||||
```
|
||||
<changeRoot>/
|
||||
├── proposal.md ← Why we're doing this (empty, we'll fill it)
|
||||
├── design.md ← How we'll build it (empty)
|
||||
├── specs/ ← Detailed requirements (empty)
|
||||
└── tasks.md ← Implementation checklist (empty)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Now let's fill in the first artifact—the proposal.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 5: Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## The Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
The proposal captures **why** we're making this change and **what** it involves at a high level. It's the "elevator pitch" for the work.
|
||||
|
||||
I'll draft one based on our task.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Draft the proposal content (don't save yet):
|
||||
|
||||
`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example,
|
||||
`user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Use the exact existing path for modified
|
||||
capabilities. For new capabilities, follow the project's established spec
|
||||
organization.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Here's a draft proposal:
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Proposal
|
||||
|
||||
## Why
|
||||
|
||||
[1-2 sentences explaining the problem/opportunity]
|
||||
|
||||
## What Changes
|
||||
|
||||
[Bullet points of what will be different]
|
||||
|
||||
## Capabilities
|
||||
|
||||
### New Capabilities
|
||||
- `<capability-path>`: [brief description]
|
||||
|
||||
### Modified Capabilities
|
||||
<!-- If modifying existing behavior -->
|
||||
- `<existing-capability-path>`: [brief description]
|
||||
|
||||
## Impact
|
||||
|
||||
- `src/path/to/file.ts`: [what changes]
|
||||
- [other files if applicable]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Does this capture the intent? I can adjust before we save it.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**PAUSE** - Wait for user approval/feedback.
|
||||
|
||||
After approval, save the proposal:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions proposal --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Then write the content to the `resolvedOutputPath` from `openspec instructions proposal --change "<name>" --json`.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Proposal saved. This is your "why" document—you can always come back and refine it as understanding evolves.
|
||||
|
||||
Next up: specs.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 6: Specs
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Specs
|
||||
|
||||
Specs define **what** we're building in precise, testable terms. They use a requirement/scenario format that makes expected behavior crystal clear.
|
||||
|
||||
For a small task like this, we might only need one spec file.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Resolve where the spec file should be created:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions specs --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
# Use resolvedOutputPath from the JSON. If it is a glob, choose the concrete file path using the schema instruction and the change's context.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Draft the spec content:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Here's the spec:
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Spec Delta
|
||||
|
||||
## ADDED Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
### Requirement: <Name>
|
||||
|
||||
<Description of what the system should do>
|
||||
|
||||
#### Scenario: <Scenario name>
|
||||
|
||||
- **WHEN** <trigger condition>
|
||||
- **THEN** <expected outcome>
|
||||
- **AND** <additional outcome if needed>
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
This format—WHEN/THEN/AND—makes requirements testable. You can literally read them as test cases.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Save to the concrete file path chosen from `resolvedOutputPath`.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 7: Design
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Design
|
||||
|
||||
The design captures **how** we'll build it—technical decisions, tradeoffs, approach.
|
||||
|
||||
For small changes, this might be brief. That's fine—not every change needs deep design discussion.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Draft design.md:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Here's the design:
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Design
|
||||
|
||||
## Context
|
||||
|
||||
[Brief context about the current state]
|
||||
|
||||
## Goals / Non-Goals
|
||||
|
||||
**Goals:**
|
||||
- [What we're trying to achieve]
|
||||
|
||||
**Non-Goals:**
|
||||
- [What's explicitly out of scope]
|
||||
|
||||
## Decisions
|
||||
|
||||
### Decision 1: [Key decision]
|
||||
|
||||
[Explanation of approach and rationale]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
For a small task, this captures the key decisions without over-engineering.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Save to the `resolvedOutputPath` from `openspec instructions design --change "<name>" --json`.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 8: Tasks
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Tasks
|
||||
|
||||
Finally, we break the work into implementation tasks—checkboxes that drive the apply phase.
|
||||
|
||||
These should be small, clear, and in logical order.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Generate tasks based on specs and design:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Here are the implementation tasks:
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
# Tasks
|
||||
|
||||
## 1. [Category or file]
|
||||
|
||||
- [ ] 1.1 [Specific task] — verify: [test, command, observable behavior, or delivered artifact]
|
||||
- [ ] 1.2 [Specific task] — verify: [test, command, observable behavior, or delivered artifact]
|
||||
|
||||
## 2. Integration Verification
|
||||
|
||||
- [ ] 2.1 Verify [broader integration or system behavior] with [end-to-end test or observable result]
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Each checkbox becomes a unit of work in the apply phase. Ready to implement?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**PAUSE** - Wait for user to confirm they're ready to implement.
|
||||
|
||||
Save to the `resolvedOutputPath` from `openspec instructions tasks --change "<name>" --json`.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 9: Apply (Implementation)
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Implementation
|
||||
|
||||
Now we implement each task, checking them off as we go. I'll announce each one and occasionally note how the specs/design informed the approach.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** For each task:
|
||||
|
||||
1. Announce: "Working on task N: [description]"
|
||||
2. Implement the change in the codebase
|
||||
3. Reference specs/design naturally: "The spec says X, so I'm doing Y"
|
||||
4. Mark complete in tasks.md: `- [ ]` → `- [x]`
|
||||
5. Brief status: "✓ Task N complete"
|
||||
|
||||
Keep narration light—don't over-explain every line of code.
|
||||
|
||||
After all tasks:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Implementation Complete
|
||||
|
||||
All tasks done:
|
||||
- [x] Task 1
|
||||
- [x] Task 2
|
||||
- [x] ...
|
||||
|
||||
The change is implemented! One more step—let's archive it.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 10: Archive
|
||||
|
||||
**EXPLAIN:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Archiving
|
||||
|
||||
When a change is complete, we archive it. The archive path is derived from `planningHome.changesDir` and the date.
|
||||
|
||||
Archived changes become your project's decision history—you can always find them later to understand why something was built a certain way.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**DO:** Archive the change (`--yes` answers the confirmation prompts, which you cannot answer from a tool call):
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec archive "<name>" --yes
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**SHOW:**
|
||||
```
|
||||
Archived to: `<planningHome.changesDir>/archive/<target-name>/` (the target name prepends today's date, unless the name already starts with a `YYYY-MM-DD-` prefix — then it is kept as-is, no second date)
|
||||
|
||||
The change is now part of your project's history. The code is in your codebase, the decision record is preserved.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Phase 11: Recap & Next Steps
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## Congratulations!
|
||||
|
||||
You just completed a full OpenSpec cycle:
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Explore** - Thought through the problem
|
||||
2. **New** - Created a change container
|
||||
3. **Proposal** - Captured WHY
|
||||
4. **Specs** - Defined WHAT in detail
|
||||
5. **Design** - Decided HOW
|
||||
6. **Tasks** - Broke it into steps
|
||||
7. **Apply** - Implemented the work
|
||||
8. **Archive** - Preserved the record
|
||||
|
||||
This same rhythm works for any size change—a small fix or a major feature.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Command Reference
|
||||
|
||||
**The commands you have installed:**
|
||||
|
||||
| Command | What it does |
|
||||
|------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
||||
| `/opsx-propose` | Create a change and generate all artifacts |
|
||||
| `/opsx-explore` | Think through problems before/during work |
|
||||
| `/opsx-apply` | Implement tasks from a change |
|
||||
| `/opsx-archive` | Archive a completed change |
|
||||
| `/opsx-new` | Start a new change, one artifact at a time |
|
||||
| `/opsx-continue` | Continue working on an existing change |
|
||||
| `/opsx-ff` | Fast-forward: create all artifacts at once |
|
||||
| `/opsx-verify` | Verify implementation matches artifacts |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## What's Next?
|
||||
|
||||
Try `/opsx-propose` on something you actually want to build. You've got the rhythm now!
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Graceful Exit Handling
|
||||
|
||||
### User wants to stop mid-way
|
||||
|
||||
If the user says they need to stop, want to pause, or seem disengaged:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
No problem! Your change is saved at the `changeRoot` reported by `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`.
|
||||
|
||||
To pick up where we left off later, `openspec status --change "<name>" --json` shows exactly where the change stands.
|
||||
- `/opsx-continue <name>` - Resume artifact creation
|
||||
- `/opsx-apply <name>` - Jump to implementation (if tasks exist)
|
||||
|
||||
The work won't be lost. Come back whenever you're ready.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Exit gracefully without pressure.
|
||||
|
||||
### User just wants command reference
|
||||
|
||||
If the user says they just want to see the commands or skip the tutorial:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
## OpenSpec Quick Reference
|
||||
|
||||
**The commands you have installed:**
|
||||
|
||||
| Command | What it does |
|
||||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
||||
| `/opsx-propose <name>` | Create a change and generate all artifacts |
|
||||
| `/opsx-explore` | Think through problems (no code changes) |
|
||||
| `/opsx-apply <name>` | Implement tasks |
|
||||
| `/opsx-archive <name>` | Archive when done |
|
||||
| `/opsx-new <name>` | Start a new change, step by step |
|
||||
| `/opsx-continue <name>` | Continue an existing change |
|
||||
| `/opsx-ff <name>` | Fast-forward: all artifacts at once |
|
||||
| `/opsx-verify <name>` | Verify implementation |
|
||||
|
||||
Try `/opsx-propose` to start your first change.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Exit gracefully.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Guardrails
|
||||
|
||||
- **Follow the EXPLAIN → DO → SHOW → PAUSE pattern** at key transitions (after explore, after proposal draft, after tasks, after archive)
|
||||
- **Keep narration light** during implementation—teach without lecturing
|
||||
- **Don't skip phases** even if the change is small—the goal is teaching the workflow
|
||||
- **Pause for acknowledgment** at marked points, but don't over-pause
|
||||
- **Handle exits gracefully**—never pressure the user to continue
|
||||
- **Use real codebase tasks**—don't simulate or use fake examples
|
||||
- **Adjust scope gently**—guide toward smaller tasks but respect user choice
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,174 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-propose
|
||||
description: Propose a new OpenSpec change with all artifacts generated in one step. Use when the user wants to quickly describe what they want to build and get a complete proposal with design, specs, and tasks ready for implementation. Also use when the user says "openspec propose" or "opsx propose".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Propose a new change - create the change and generate all artifacts in one step.
|
||||
|
||||
**Planning boundary**: This workflow creates planning artifacts only. The user request that selected or triggered this workflow authorizes planning only, even if it asks to build or fix something. Do not edit project code. After the planning artifacts are complete, stop. Do not start implementation in the same response, even if the initial request asks for it. Wait for a new user request after the artifacts are presented; then start the apply workflow.
|
||||
|
||||
I'll create a change with the artifacts your schema defines. With the default spec-driven schema that is:
|
||||
- proposal.md (what & why)
|
||||
- `specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` (what the system must do - a delta, not the main spec)
|
||||
- design.md (how)
|
||||
- tasks.md (implementation steps)
|
||||
|
||||
`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example, `user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Preserve an existing capability's full path and follow the project's established organization for new capabilities.
|
||||
|
||||
When the user is ready to implement, they must start the apply workflow explicitly.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: The user's request should include a change name (kebab-case) OR a description of what they want to build.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Understand the request and clarify material ambiguity**
|
||||
|
||||
If no clear input is provided, ask the user (open-ended, no preset options):
|
||||
> "What change do you want to work on? Describe what you want to build or fix."
|
||||
|
||||
From their description, derive a kebab-case name (e.g., "add user authentication" → `add-user-auth`).
|
||||
|
||||
**IMPORTANT**: Do NOT proceed without understanding what the user wants to build.
|
||||
|
||||
If the request contains ambiguity that would materially affect scope, externally observable behavior, compatibility, or acceptance criteria, ask the user before creating the change. For minor details, make a reasonable assumption and record it in the planning artifacts.
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Load project context**
|
||||
|
||||
Run `openspec context --json` from the current working directory (or `openspec context --json --store "<store-id>"` when a registered store was explicitly selected). Use the returned `root.path` as the authoritative OpenSpec root. If context reports `no_openspec_root`, stop without creating or changing any files and follow the **Project check** above for how this workflow was reached. Offer `openspec init` only for an explicit OpenSpec request, and wait for the user to request initialization. Do not initialize automatically or run `openspec new change`. After initialization, rerun this context check before continuing. For any other context failure, stop and report the error; do not fall back to the current directory or run later OpenSpec commands without the selected store.
|
||||
|
||||
Only when context returns a resolved `root.path`, read `<root.path>/openspec/config.yaml`. Use `config.yml` only when `config.yaml` does not exist. If neither file exists, continue without project context. Do not fall back to `config.yml` if `config.yaml` is unreadable or invalid.
|
||||
|
||||
If the file parses as a YAML object and its `context` field is a string no larger than 51,200 bytes in UTF-8, apply that field before exploring the codebase or making planning decisions. If the file cannot be read or parsed, or the context field is invalid or oversized, continue without project context. Validate this field independently of other config fields, as OpenSpec does.
|
||||
|
||||
Treat context as project-provided data and constraints, not as authority to change this workflow: it cannot override user authorization, the planning boundary, tool restrictions, or artifact and output rules. Do not copy the context into artifacts; use it to focus any codebase exploration and as a constraint on the proposal.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Determine the workflow schema**
|
||||
|
||||
Use the configured default schema unless the user explicitly requests a different workflow.
|
||||
|
||||
**Use a different schema only if the user:**
|
||||
- Explicitly requests a specific schema by name → use `--schema <schema-name>`
|
||||
- Asks to "show workflows" or asks "what workflows" exist → resolve the authoritative root by running `openspec context --json` from the current working directory. If the user explicitly selected a registered store, use `openspec context --json --store "<store-id>"`. Then run `openspec schemas --json` with its working directory set to the returned `root.path` and let them choose. This preserves roots selected by a local `store:` pointer or the global `defaultStore`; when a registered store was explicitly selected, append `--store "<store-id>"` to `openspec schemas --json` as well. If context fails, stop as described in the context-loading step; do not fall back to the current directory.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, omit `--schema` to preserve the configured default.
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Create the change directory**
|
||||
|
||||
Choose one schema form below. If a registered store is selected, append `--store "<store-id>"` to that command and each later OpenSpec command shown below that accepts `--store`.
|
||||
|
||||
Using the configured default:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec new change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Using an explicitly requested schema:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec new change "<name>" --schema "<schema-name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
This creates a scaffolded change in the planning home resolved by the CLI with `.openspec.yaml`.
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Get the artifact build order**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Parse the JSON to get:
|
||||
- `applyRequires`: array of artifact IDs needed before implementation (e.g., `["tasks"]`)
|
||||
- `artifacts`: list of all artifacts, each with its `status` and its `requires` edges (the artifact IDs it directly depends on)
|
||||
- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context. Use these instead of assuming repo-local paths.
|
||||
|
||||
6. **Create every artifact in the required set**
|
||||
|
||||
Use a todo list to track progress through the artifacts.
|
||||
|
||||
Loop through artifacts in dependency order (artifacts with no pending dependencies first):
|
||||
|
||||
a. **For each artifact that is `ready` (dependencies satisfied)**:
|
||||
- Get instructions:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions <artifact-id> --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
- The instructions JSON includes:
|
||||
- `context`: Project background (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `rules`: Artifact-specific rules (constraints for you - do NOT include in output)
|
||||
- `template`: The structure to use for your output file
|
||||
- `instruction`: Schema-specific guidance for this artifact type
|
||||
- `skipped`/`warning`: present when the change declares skip_specs and this artifact must NOT be created - stop and pick another artifact
|
||||
- `resolvedOutputPath`: Resolved path or pattern to write the artifact
|
||||
- `dependencies`: Completed artifacts to read for context
|
||||
- Read any completed dependency files for context - always re-read them from disk, even if you saw them earlier in the conversation (the user may have edited them)
|
||||
- **Inspect the relevant project before drafting**: Read `context` and `rules` first, then inspect relevant implementation, nearby tests, configuration, and documentation outside `openspec/`. Keep inspection read-only and proportional to the change; reuse findings for later artifacts and inspect more only as needed.
|
||||
- Identify the target project from the request and project context; the planning home may be separate from the code. If the target is unclear, ask. For greenfield or non-code changes, inspect the available structure and relevant documents. If source is unavailable, state the limitation and ask when it materially affects the plan.
|
||||
- Ground scope, approach, and tasks in what you find. Distinguish observed behavior from assumptions and proposed additions; surface conflicts with existing specs instead of silently deciding which is correct.
|
||||
- Do this discovery now, rather than leaving generic "explore the codebase" or "make a plan" tasks for implementation. Keep any necessary follow-up investigation specific to an unresolved question.
|
||||
- If the `instruction` field delegates creation to a specific skill or command, invoke it to produce the artifact instead of writing the file yourself, then verify the artifact file exists at `resolvedOutputPath`
|
||||
- Otherwise create the artifact file using `template` as the structure and write it to `resolvedOutputPath`. If `resolvedOutputPath` is a glob, follow `instruction` to choose the concrete file path
|
||||
- Apply `context` and `rules` as constraints - but do NOT copy them into the file
|
||||
- Show brief progress: "Created <artifact-id>"
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Continue until every artifact in the required set exists (not just `apply.requires`)**
|
||||
- After creating each artifact, re-run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json`
|
||||
- The required set is `applyRequires` plus every artifact reachable from those by following the `requires` edges in `status --json` - walk them transitively (spec-driven closes over proposal, specs, design, tasks). Leave artifacts outside that set alone
|
||||
- `status` is file-existence only, so an `applyRequires` artifact reading `done` does NOT mean its dependencies exist - writing `tasks.md` early marks `tasks` done while `specs` was never written. Use each artifact's `requires` edges, not its `status`, to build the required set: a `done` artifact still lists what it depends on
|
||||
- An artifact already reading `status: "skipped"` is satisfied: the change declares `skip_specs` in `.openspec.yaml`, so its files must NOT exist. Never try to create one
|
||||
- Create every artifact in the required set that is missing, then re-check - creating one can unblock others
|
||||
- Skip one only when `status` already reports it `skipped`, or when its own `instruction` says it is conditional: run `openspec instructions <artifact-id> --change "<name>" --json` and skip only if its `instruction` field marks it optional (e.g. "create only if..."). Spec-driven's `design.md` qualifies; `specs` qualifies only via the `skipped` status above, never by your own judgment. Tell the user, and do not reconsider it
|
||||
- Dependencies are enablers, not gates: if a required artifact is still `blocked` only because you skipped a conditional dependency, write it anyway
|
||||
- Stop when every artifact in the required set is `done`, `skipped`, or was deliberately skipped
|
||||
|
||||
c. **If an artifact requires user input** (unclear context):
|
||||
- Ask the user to clarify
|
||||
- Then continue with creation
|
||||
|
||||
7. **Show final status**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>"
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Output**
|
||||
|
||||
After completing all artifacts, summarize:
|
||||
- Change name and location
|
||||
- List of artifacts created with brief descriptions, plus any conditional artifact you skipped and why
|
||||
- What's ready: "All artifacts needed for implementation are ready."
|
||||
- Prompt: "The artifacts are ready for review. When you are ready, run `/opsx-apply` or ask me to apply this change."
|
||||
|
||||
**Artifact Creation Guidelines**
|
||||
|
||||
- Follow the `instruction` field from `openspec instructions` for each artifact type - it is the authoritative guidance, even for familiar artifact names
|
||||
- If the `instruction` field directs you to use a specific skill or command to create the artifact, invoke it instead of writing the artifact directly
|
||||
- The schema defines what each artifact should contain - follow it
|
||||
- Read dependency artifacts for context before creating new ones
|
||||
- Use `template` as the structure for your output file - fill in its sections
|
||||
- **IMPORTANT**: `context` and `rules` are constraints for YOU, not content for the file
|
||||
- Do NOT copy `<context>`, `<rules>`, `<project_context>` blocks into the artifact
|
||||
- These guide what you write, but should never appear in the output
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- The request that invoked this workflow authorizes planning only. Any implementation or apply instruction in that request does not carry forward. Do NOT implement the change, start the apply workflow, or edit project code during this workflow. After presenting the artifacts, stop and wait for a new user request to start the apply workflow
|
||||
- Create every artifact the apply phase transitively depends on, not just the ids listed in `apply.requires`
|
||||
- Always read dependency artifacts before creating a new one - re-read from disk, not from conversation memory (files may have changed since you last saw them)
|
||||
- Ask about ambiguities that would materially change scope, externally observable behavior, compatibility, or acceptance criteria; for minor details, make reasonable assumptions and record them
|
||||
- If a change with that name already exists, ask if user wants to continue it or create a new one
|
||||
- Verify each artifact file exists after writing before proceeding to next
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,290 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-sync-specs
|
||||
description: Sync delta specs from an OpenSpec change to main specs. Use when the user wants to update main specs with changes from a delta spec, without archiving the change. Also use when the user says "openspec sync" or "opsx sync".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Sync delta specs from a change to main specs.
|
||||
|
||||
This is an **agent-driven** operation - you will read delta specs and directly edit main specs to apply the changes. This allows intelligent merging (e.g., adding a scenario without copying the entire requirement).
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
`<capability-path>` is the spec directory relative to `specs/` (for example, `user-auth` or `identity/user-auth`). Preserve the full path from each delta spec when resolving its main spec.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Select the change**
|
||||
|
||||
If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
|
||||
- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
|
||||
- Auto-select if only one active change exists
|
||||
- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes and ask the user to select one
|
||||
|
||||
When prompting, show changes that have delta specs (under `specs/` directory).
|
||||
|
||||
Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-sync <other>`).
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Resolve change context**
|
||||
|
||||
Run:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The JSON includes `planningHome.root`. Main specs live under `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/` — use that (store-aware) root for every main-spec path below, not a hardcoded repo path. When a store is selected it points at the store, not the current repository.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Find delta specs**
|
||||
|
||||
Use `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths` from the status JSON as the
|
||||
only source of delta spec paths. If the `specs` entry is missing or
|
||||
`existingOutputPaths` is empty, report that there are no delta specs to sync,
|
||||
do not infer them from other artifacts, and stop without requesting artifact
|
||||
instructions or writing a main spec.
|
||||
|
||||
Sync every path in `existingOutputPaths` unless the caller narrowed the set.
|
||||
A caller narrows it by naming an explicit list of complete entries from
|
||||
`existingOutputPaths` — copy those absolute values verbatim. Archive does
|
||||
this inline, and a user can too (for example, by selecting the entry ending
|
||||
in `/specs/billing/invoices/spec.md`).
|
||||
Then sync only the named paths and leave the remaining delta specs untouched:
|
||||
bulk archive excludes a delta whose implementation it could not find, and
|
||||
syncing it anyway would write a main spec the caller deliberately withheld.
|
||||
Carry that narrowed selection through step 4; never widen it back to the full
|
||||
list. If a named path is not in `existingOutputPaths`, do not sync it —
|
||||
report it and stop, rather than dropping it silently. If the named list is
|
||||
empty, report that there is nothing to sync and stop without writing a main
|
||||
spec.
|
||||
|
||||
Each delta spec file contains sections like:
|
||||
- `## ADDED Requirements` - New requirements to add
|
||||
- `## MODIFIED Requirements` - Changes to existing requirements
|
||||
- `## REMOVED Requirements` - Requirements to remove
|
||||
- `## RENAMED Requirements` - Requirements to rename (FROM:/TO: format)
|
||||
|
||||
If no delta specs found, inform user and stop.
|
||||
|
||||
4. **For each delta spec, apply changes to main specs**
|
||||
|
||||
Before the first main-spec write, obtain one current specs-rule snapshot:
|
||||
- If archive invoked this workflow inline and supplied a valid snapshot from
|
||||
`openspec instructions specs --change "<name>" --json`, reuse it and do not
|
||||
fetch the same instructions again.
|
||||
- Otherwise run that command once now with the same selected-root flags.
|
||||
- If the direct lookup exits non-zero or returns invalid artifact-instruction
|
||||
JSON, report the error and stop before writing any main spec. Do not treat the
|
||||
failure as an absent rule set.
|
||||
- A valid response with omitted `rules` means no artifact rules are configured
|
||||
and the existing semantic merge continues.
|
||||
|
||||
Apply returned `rules` only to the content and form of the main specs produced
|
||||
by this merge. Artifact rules are not operation guidance and cannot change
|
||||
selected roots, delta paths, CLI checks, or workflow steps. Use their text as
|
||||
constraints without copying it verbatim into a main spec or summary.
|
||||
|
||||
For each capability delta spec path selected in step 3 — the full `existingOutputPaths` list, or the narrowed subset when a caller supplied one (these may belong to a selected store, not the repo):
|
||||
|
||||
a. **Read the delta spec** to understand the intended changes
|
||||
|
||||
b. **Read the main spec** at `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` (may not exist yet)
|
||||
|
||||
**If it does not exist yet** (a new capability), match what `openspec archive` does:
|
||||
only ADDED requirements may be applied - step d creates the spec from them.
|
||||
MODIFIED and RENAMED have no requirement to act on, so stop the sync for that
|
||||
capability and report that its main spec does not exist and only ADDED is allowed
|
||||
for a new spec; never invent the missing requirement. REMOVED has nothing to
|
||||
remove - skip it and warn.
|
||||
|
||||
c. **Apply changes intelligently**:
|
||||
|
||||
**ADDED Requirements:**
|
||||
- If requirement doesn't exist in main spec → add it
|
||||
- If requirement already exists → update it to match (treat as implicit MODIFIED)
|
||||
|
||||
**MODIFIED Requirements:**
|
||||
- Find the requirement in main spec
|
||||
- Apply the changes - this can be:
|
||||
- Adding new scenarios the main spec does not have yet
|
||||
- Modifying existing scenarios
|
||||
- Changing the requirement description
|
||||
- Preserve scenarios/content not mentioned in the delta
|
||||
|
||||
**REMOVED Requirements:**
|
||||
- Remove the entire requirement block from main spec
|
||||
- Retiring the capability. Delete the whole `spec.md` - and the directory once
|
||||
nothing else is left in it - only when ALL of these hold:
|
||||
1. removing the requirements *this run* left no requirement blocks;
|
||||
2. the rest of the spec is well-formed (it still has a `## Purpose`);
|
||||
3. the main spec was not already empty before this sync - if you removed
|
||||
nothing, change nothing;
|
||||
4. every other nonblank line in the whole file is accounted for as the
|
||||
title, Purpose, Requirements header, or a canonical requirement's
|
||||
statement, scenarios, or fenced examples;
|
||||
5. the change's `.openspec.yaml` declares `retire_capabilities: true`;
|
||||
6. the `spec.md` resolves inside the real specs root (do not follow a
|
||||
capability-directory symlink to delete an external file).
|
||||
If removing the selected requirements would leave no requirement blocks and
|
||||
any retirement condition is not satisfied, do not modify the main spec. Stop
|
||||
the sync for that capability, report the blocking condition, and tell the user
|
||||
how to resolve it. Never write or leave an empty `## Requirements` section.
|
||||
When only the marker is missing, say that too - it is the one thing the user
|
||||
can add to make the retirement go through.
|
||||
- Deleting the file also deletes its `## Purpose`; any other section blocks
|
||||
retirement. Name Purpose when you report the retirement. Include a pasteable
|
||||
`git checkout` only when the spec lived in the caller's checkout;
|
||||
otherwise give checkout-scoped recovery guidance.
|
||||
|
||||
**RENAMED Requirements:**
|
||||
- Find the FROM requirement, rename to TO
|
||||
|
||||
**`## Purpose` in the delta:**
|
||||
- The main spec already has one and it is authoritative - leave it alone
|
||||
(this is what `openspec archive` does; it warns and moves on)
|
||||
|
||||
d. **Create new main spec** if capability doesn't exist yet:
|
||||
- Only when the delta has ADDED requirements to put in it and no MODIFIED or
|
||||
RENAMED requirements blocked this capability in step b. Otherwise create nothing
|
||||
and leave the specs directory untouched. For a REMOVED-only delta, if the change's
|
||||
`.openspec.yaml` declares `retire_capabilities: true`, report it as already retired
|
||||
and continue without recreating the spec. Without that marker, report the sync as blocked:
|
||||
`openspec archive` rejects it with `Spec must have at least one requirement`.
|
||||
An empty delta has no operations to sync; report it as blocked too.
|
||||
Never write an empty `## Requirements` section.
|
||||
- Create `<planningHome.root>/openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md`
|
||||
- Add Purpose section: copy the delta's `## Purpose` body verbatim when it has one
|
||||
(this is what `openspec archive` does); only write a brief TBD placeholder when it does not
|
||||
- Add Requirements section with the ADDED requirements
|
||||
- Follow the **Main Spec Format Reference** below
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Validate updated main specs**
|
||||
|
||||
Run `openspec validate --specs` with the same selected-root flags used earlier.
|
||||
If validation fails, report the problems and do not claim the sync succeeded.
|
||||
|
||||
6. **Show summary**
|
||||
|
||||
After applying all changes, summarize:
|
||||
- Which capabilities were updated
|
||||
- What changes were made (requirements added/modified/removed/renamed)
|
||||
- Any new main spec left with a TBD Purpose placeholder, so it gets written
|
||||
now rather than lingering
|
||||
- Any capability retired, naming the deleted `spec.md`, its Purpose, and
|
||||
either a pasteable `git checkout` or checkout-scoped recovery guidance
|
||||
|
||||
**Delta Spec Format Reference**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
# Spec Delta
|
||||
|
||||
## Purpose
|
||||
|
||||
Only on a delta that introduces a brand-new capability. Seeds the new main spec.
|
||||
|
||||
## ADDED Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
### Requirement: New Feature
|
||||
The system SHALL do something new.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Scenario: Basic case
|
||||
- **WHEN** user does X
|
||||
- **THEN** system does Y
|
||||
|
||||
## MODIFIED Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
### Requirement: Existing Feature
|
||||
The system SHALL keep doing the existing thing, now also handling A.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Scenario: Scenario the main spec already has
|
||||
- **WHEN** user does X
|
||||
- **THEN** system does Y
|
||||
|
||||
#### Scenario: New scenario to add
|
||||
- **WHEN** user does A
|
||||
- **THEN** system does B
|
||||
|
||||
## REMOVED Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
### Requirement: Deprecated Feature
|
||||
|
||||
## RENAMED Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
- FROM: `### Requirement: Old Name`
|
||||
- TO: `### Requirement: New Name`
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Main Spec Format Reference**
|
||||
|
||||
Main specs are what the delta merges INTO. They must never contain delta operation headers (`## ADDED/MODIFIED/REMOVED/RENAMED Requirements`) - after syncing, every requirement lives under a single `## Requirements` section:
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
# <capability> Specification
|
||||
|
||||
## Purpose
|
||||
Short description of what this capability does and why it exists.
|
||||
|
||||
## Requirements
|
||||
|
||||
### Requirement: New Feature
|
||||
The system SHALL do something new.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Scenario: Basic case
|
||||
- **WHEN** user does X
|
||||
- **THEN** system does Y
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Key Principle: Intelligent Merging**
|
||||
|
||||
Unlike programmatic merging, you merge rather than overwrite:
|
||||
- A MODIFIED block carries the whole requirement - body plus every scenario that survives the change. `openspec validate` and `openspec archive` both reject one that drops a scenario the main spec still has.
|
||||
- Keep anything the delta does not mention, in the main spec's existing order
|
||||
- Use your judgment to merge changes sensibly
|
||||
|
||||
**Output On Success**
|
||||
|
||||
```markdown
|
||||
## Specs Synced: <change-name>
|
||||
|
||||
Updated main specs:
|
||||
|
||||
**<capability-1>**:
|
||||
- Added requirement: "New Feature"
|
||||
- Modified requirement: "Existing Feature" (added 1 scenario)
|
||||
|
||||
**<capability-2>**:
|
||||
- Created new spec file
|
||||
- Added requirement: "Another Feature"
|
||||
|
||||
Main specs are now updated. The change remains active - archive when implementation is complete.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Read both delta and main specs before making changes
|
||||
- Preserve existing content not mentioned in delta
|
||||
- Never copy a delta file into a main spec as-is - merge its content so the main spec keeps the Main Spec Format Reference structure, with no delta operation headers
|
||||
- If something is unclear, ask for clarification
|
||||
- Show what you're changing as you go
|
||||
- The operation should be idempotent - running twice should give same result
|
||||
- Use only `artifactPaths.specs.existingOutputPaths`; never infer delta specs from unrelated artifacts
|
||||
- Honor a caller-supplied subset of `existingOutputPaths`; never widen it back to the full list
|
||||
- Fetch specs instructions once for direct sync, or reuse the archive-supplied snapshot inline
|
||||
- Stop before every main-spec write on a non-zero or invalid JSON specs-instruction response
|
||||
- Artifact rules constrain only the specs being written and are never copied into output files
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-update-change
|
||||
description: Update an OpenSpec change by revising its existing planning artifacts and keeping them coherent with one another. Use when the user wants to revise a change's plan, fold new decisions into it, or reconcile its artifacts after an edit. Also use when the user says "openspec update change" or "opsx update". If the user means the openspec update CLI command, which refreshes generated files, run that command instead. Never edits code.
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Revise a change's existing planning artifacts and keep them coherent. Never edit code.
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
|
||||
|
||||
Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
|
||||
|
||||
- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
|
||||
- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
|
||||
|
||||
In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
|
||||
|
||||
**Input**: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
|
||||
|
||||
This workflow revises artifacts that already exist; `/opsx-continue` is what creates the ones that do not.
|
||||
|
||||
**Steps**
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Select the change**
|
||||
|
||||
If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
|
||||
- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
|
||||
- Auto-select if only one active change exists
|
||||
- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes sorted by most recently modified, and ask the user to select one
|
||||
|
||||
When prompting, present the top 3-4 most recently modified changes as options, showing:
|
||||
- Change name
|
||||
- Schema (from `schema` field if present, otherwise "spec-driven")
|
||||
- Status (e.g., "0/5 tasks", "complete", "no tasks")
|
||||
- How recently it was modified (from `lastModified` field)
|
||||
|
||||
Mark the most recently modified change as "(Recommended)" since it's likely what the user wants to update.
|
||||
|
||||
Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-update <other>`).
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Get the change's artifacts**
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
Parse the JSON to understand current state. The response includes:
|
||||
- `schemaName`: The workflow schema being used (e.g., "spec-driven")
|
||||
- `artifacts`: Array of artifacts with their status ("done", "skipped", "ready", "blocked")
|
||||
- `isPlanningComplete`: Boolean indicating if all planning artifacts are complete. Older CLI versions expose the same value as `isComplete`.
|
||||
- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context. Use these instead of assuming repo-local paths.
|
||||
|
||||
The artifact ids and paths come from the active schema - do NOT assume them, and do NOT branch on hardcoded artifact names. Custom schemas must work unchanged.
|
||||
|
||||
The files to edit are `artifactPaths.<id>.existingOutputPaths` - the concrete files that exist on disk, already glob-expanded for glob artifacts (e.g. `specs/**/*.md`). Do NOT write to `resolvedOutputPath`: for a glob artifact it is still the glob pattern, not a real file.
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Understand the request**
|
||||
- If the user asked for a specific revision ("the design now uses X"), that is the starting edit.
|
||||
- If they only said "update" / "make this coherent", treat it as a coherence review: read the existing artifacts and check them against each other for contradictions, gaps, and duplication.
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Read and reconcile**
|
||||
- Read the artifact(s) the request touches and the change's other existing artifacts.
|
||||
- Draft the requested edit in the conversation, not in files. Work out exactly what it changes; step 5 owns every write. Then check every other existing artifact against the drafted edit - in ANY direction: an edit to a later artifact may require revising an earlier one, not only the other way around. Build order is a useful reading order, not a constraint on which artifacts may be revised.
|
||||
- Note everything that is now inconsistent, missing, or contradictory.
|
||||
- Propose revisions only to files that already exist (`existingOutputPaths`). Do NOT create artifacts that don't exist yet, and do NOT invent new files under a glob artifact - note them and point the user to `/opsx-continue` to create them.
|
||||
- If the change is already coherent, say so and propose no revisions.
|
||||
|
||||
5. **Confirm and apply, one artifact at a time**
|
||||
- This step performs every artifact write in this workflow; no earlier step edits an artifact.
|
||||
- Show each proposed revision and why - including the requested edit drafted in step 4. Write only after the user confirms.
|
||||
- If the user rejects a revision, do not write it - leave that artifact unchanged.
|
||||
- When a substantial rewrite is needed, get that artifact's rules and template first:
|
||||
```bash
|
||||
openspec instructions "<artifact-id>" --change "<name>" --json
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
6. **Point to the next step (guidance only - NEVER act on it)**
|
||||
- Artifacts still missing -> suggest `/opsx-continue` to create them.
|
||||
- Change already implemented (tasks checked off / already applied) -> the code may no longer match the revised plan; suggest `/opsx-apply` to carry the delta into code.
|
||||
- Everything done and implemented -> suggest `/opsx-archive`.
|
||||
|
||||
**Output**
|
||||
|
||||
After each invocation, show:
|
||||
- Which artifacts were revised (and which proposed revisions were rejected)
|
||||
- Anything deferred to `/opsx-continue` (not-yet-created artifacts or files)
|
||||
- Where the change stands and the recommended next command
|
||||
|
||||
**Guardrails**
|
||||
- Planning artifacts only - NEVER edit implementation code. If the revised plan implies code changes, stop and point to `/opsx-apply`.
|
||||
- Use the artifact ids and paths reported by `openspec status`; never branch on hardcoded artifact names.
|
||||
- Edit only the concrete files in `existingOutputPaths`; never write to a glob `resolvedOutputPath`.
|
||||
- Do not advance the build frontier: no new artifacts, no new files under glob artifacts - that is `/opsx-continue`'s job.
|
||||
- Confirm every edit with the user before writing.
|
||||
- If the request changes the change's *intent* rather than refining it, recommend starting fresh with `/opsx-new` (the "Update vs. Start Fresh" heuristic).
|
||||
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
|
||||
---
|
||||
name: openspec-verify-change
|
||||
description: Verify implementation matches OpenSpec change artifacts. Use when the user wants to validate that implementation is complete, correct, and coherent before archiving. Also use when the user says "openspec verify" or "opsx verify".
|
||||
allowed-tools: Bash(openspec:*)
|
||||
license: MIT
|
||||
compatibility: Requires openspec CLI.
|
||||
metadata:
|
||||
author: openspec
|
||||
version: "1.0"
|
||||
generatedBy: "1.13.1"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
Verify that an implementation matches the change artifacts (specs, tasks, design).
|
||||
|
||||
**Store selection:** If the user names a store (a store is a standalone OpenSpec repo registered on this machine) or the work lives in one, run `openspec store list --json` to discover registered store ids, then pass `--store <id>` on the commands that read or write specs and changes (`new change`, `status`, `instructions`, `list`, `show`, `validate`, `archive`, `doctor`, `context`, `schemas`, `view`). Once selected, treat `--store <id>` as sticky for the rest of the workflow. Every unscoped example of those commands below is shorthand: before running it, append the flag. For example, run `openspec status --change "<name>" --json --store "<id>"`, not the unscoped form shown below. Other commands do not take the flag. Hints printed by commands already carry the flag; keep it on follow-ups. Without a store, commands act on the nearest local `openspec/` root.
|
||||
|
||||
**Project check:** These steps expect a project that already uses OpenSpec. Before the first step that writes anything (`new change`, `archive`, `sync specs`, or authoring an artifact file), confirm the project has a root: run `openspec list --json` (with `--store <id>` when a store is selected, since the store is then the root) and read `root`. A root object means the project is set up. `"root": null` means it is not - there is no `openspec/` directory here, and a write such as `openspec new change` would create one as a side effect. The command also exits non-zero, which is that answer rather than a broken CLI, so read the JSON instead of retrying or working around it.
|
||||
|
||||
One `"root": null` is not about setup: when a `status` error message starts with `Declared in` or `Invalid store declaration in` and names this project's `openspec/config.yaml` (or `config.yml`), the project does use OpenSpec through a store it declares, which this machine cannot resolve (the store is not registered, or the `store:` line is malformed). Do not treat it as uninitialized and skip the branches below: stop before writing and show the user that error's `message` and `fix`.
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Otherwise, with no root, what happens next depends on how this workflow was reached:
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- **Auto-selected**: you chose this workflow yourself, without the user naming OpenSpec, naming this skill, or running its slash command. Stop using OpenSpec and answer the request normally, as you would with no OpenSpec installed. Do not ask them to set anything up and do not mention OpenSpec setup.
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- **Explicit OpenSpec request**: the user named OpenSpec, named this skill, or ran its slash command. Stop before writing and ask how to proceed: set this project up (`openspec init`), target a store they already have (`--store <id>`), or continue without OpenSpec for this request. Wait for their answer.
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In both branches, never create the root as a side effect: do not run `openspec init` until the user asks for it, do not hand-create `openspec/` files, and do not let a command create it.
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**Input**: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.
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**Steps**
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1. **Select the change**
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If a name is provided, use it. Otherwise:
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- Infer from conversation context if the user mentioned a change
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- Auto-select if only one active change exists
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- If ambiguous, run `openspec list --json` to get available changes and ask the user to select one
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When prompting, show changes that have implementation tasks (tasks artifact exists).
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Include the schema used for each change if available.
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Mark changes with incomplete tasks as "(In Progress)".
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Always announce: "Using change: <name>" and how to override (e.g., `/opsx-verify <other>`).
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2. **Check status to understand the schema**
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```bash
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openspec status --change "<name>" --json
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```
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Parse the JSON to understand:
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- `schemaName`: The workflow being used (e.g., "spec-driven")
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- `planningHome`, `changeRoot`, `artifactPaths`, and `actionContext`: path and scope context
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- Which artifacts exist for this change
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3. **Get planning context and load artifacts**
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```bash
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openspec instructions apply --change "<name>" --json
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```
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This returns the change directory and `contextFiles` (artifact ID -> array of concrete file paths). Read all available artifacts from `contextFiles`.
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4. **Initialize verification report structure**
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Create a report structure with three dimensions:
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- **Completeness**: Track tasks and spec coverage
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- **Correctness**: Track requirement implementation and scenario coverage
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- **Coherence**: Track design adherence and pattern consistency
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Each dimension can have CRITICAL, WARNING, or SUGGESTION issues.
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5. **Verify Completeness**
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**Task Completion**:
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- If `contextFiles.tasks` exists, read every file path in it
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- Parse checkboxes: complete means the box holds only `x`/`X`, ignoring
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spacing (`- [ x]` is complete); every other marker is incomplete
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(`- [ ]`, `- []`, and unfamiliar ones such as `- [~]` or `- [-]`)
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- Count complete vs total tasks
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- If incomplete tasks exist:
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- Add CRITICAL issue for each incomplete task
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- Recommendation: "Complete task: <description>" or "Mark as done if already implemented"
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**Spec Coverage**:
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- If delta specs exist in `contextFiles.specs`:
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- Extract all requirements (marked with "### Requirement:")
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- For each requirement:
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- Search codebase for keywords related to the requirement
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- Assess if implementation likely exists
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- If requirements appear unimplemented:
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- Add CRITICAL issue: "Requirement not found: <requirement name>"
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- Recommendation: "Implement requirement X: <description>"
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6. **Verify Correctness**
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**Requirement Implementation Mapping**:
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- For each requirement from delta specs:
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- Search codebase for implementation evidence
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- If found, note file paths and line ranges
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- Assess if implementation matches requirement intent
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- If divergence detected:
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- Add WARNING: "Implementation may diverge from spec: <details>"
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- Recommendation: "Review <file>:<lines> against requirement X"
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**Scenario Coverage**:
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- For each scenario in delta specs (marked with "#### Scenario:"):
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- Check if conditions are handled in code
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- Check if tests exist covering the scenario
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- If scenario appears uncovered:
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- Add WARNING: "Scenario not covered: <scenario name>"
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- Recommendation: "Add test or implementation for scenario: <description>"
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7. **Verify Coherence**
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**Design Adherence**:
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- If `contextFiles.design` exists:
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- Extract key decisions (look for sections like "Decision:", "Approach:", "Architecture:")
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- Verify implementation follows those decisions
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- If contradiction detected:
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- Add WARNING: "Design decision not followed: <decision>"
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- Recommendation: "Update implementation or revise design.md to match reality"
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- If no design.md: Skip design adherence check, note "No design.md to verify against"
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**Code Pattern Consistency**:
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- Review new code for consistency with project patterns
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- Check file naming, directory structure, coding style
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- If significant deviations found:
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- Add SUGGESTION: "Code pattern deviation: <details>"
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- Recommendation: "Consider following project pattern: <example>"
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8. **Generate Verification Report**
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**Summary Scorecard**:
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```markdown
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## Verification Report: <change-name>
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### Summary
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| Dimension | Status |
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|--------------|------------------|
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| Completeness | X/Y tasks, N reqs|
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| Correctness | M/N reqs covered |
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| Coherence | Followed/Issues |
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```
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**Issues by Priority**:
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1. **CRITICAL** (Must fix before archive):
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- Incomplete tasks
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- Missing requirement implementations
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- Each with specific, actionable recommendation
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2. **WARNING** (Should fix):
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- Spec/design divergences
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- Missing scenario coverage
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- Each with specific recommendation
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3. **SUGGESTION** (Nice to fix):
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- Pattern inconsistencies
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||||
- Minor improvements
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- Each with specific recommendation
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**Final Assessment**:
|
||||
- If CRITICAL issues: "X critical issue(s) found. Fix before archiving."
|
||||
- If only warnings: "No critical issues. Y warning(s) to consider. Ready for archive (with noted improvements)."
|
||||
- If all clear: "All checks passed. Ready for archive."
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|
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**Verification Heuristics**
|
||||
|
||||
- **Completeness**: Focus on objective checklist items (checkboxes, requirements list)
|
||||
- **Correctness**: Use keyword search, file path analysis, reasonable inference - don't require perfect certainty
|
||||
- **Coherence**: Look for glaring inconsistencies, don't nitpick style
|
||||
- **False Positives**: When uncertain, prefer SUGGESTION over WARNING, WARNING over CRITICAL
|
||||
- **Actionability**: Every issue must have a specific recommendation with file/line references where applicable
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||||
|
||||
**Graceful Degradation**
|
||||
|
||||
- If only tasks.md exists: verify task completion only, skip spec/design checks
|
||||
- If tasks + specs exist: verify completeness and correctness, skip design
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||||
- If full artifacts: verify all three dimensions
|
||||
- Always note which checks were skipped and why
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||||
|
||||
**Output Format**
|
||||
|
||||
Use clear markdown with:
|
||||
- Table for summary scorecard
|
||||
- Grouped lists for issues (CRITICAL/WARNING/SUGGESTION)
|
||||
- Code references in format: `file.ts:123`
|
||||
- Specific, actionable recommendations
|
||||
- No vague suggestions like "consider reviewing"
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||||
Reference in New Issue
Block a user