spec-research SKILL.md skillA
spec-research from komluk/scaffolding is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/spec-research@git:20261019.32736bdPins git:20261019.32736bd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- komluk/scaffolding
- Path
skills/spec-research/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261019.32736bd, committed Oct 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 9, 2026
- Size
- 3,343 bytes
- Repository stars
- 16
- License
- MIT
Write OpenSpec proposal.md artifacts (why + what). TRIGGER when: capturing requirements, scope, and impact for a spec-driven feature. SKIP: technical design (use spec-design); external documentation research (use research-methodology).
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# OpenSpec Proposal Writing
Guide for creating `proposal.md` -- the WHY document that anchors the entire workflow.
## Output Path
Write to: `{specs_path}/proposal.md`
**Path Enforcement**: The `specs_path` MUST be `.scaffolding/conversations/{UUID}/specs/` where `{UUID}` is a valid UUID (format: `xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx`). NEVER use descriptive folder names.
`.scaffolding/conversations/` is a symlink to `<share>/projects/<repo-name>/conversations` (paths below are unchanged; always go through the symlink).
## Required Sections
| Section | Purpose | Content |
|---------|---------|---------|
| **Why** | Motivation | 1-2 sentences. What problem? Why now? |
| **What Changes** | Scope | Bullet list. New capabilities, modifications, removals. Mark **BREAKING** |
| **Capabilities** | Contract | New + modified capabilities (kebab-case names) |
| **Impact** | Blast radius | Affected code, APIs, dependencies, systems |
| **Agent Assignment** | Routing | Table of agents, roles, artifacts |
| **Rollback Plan** | Safety | Revert points, manual steps, affected systems |
## Capabilities Section (Critical)
This section creates the contract between proposal and design phases.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add komluk/scaffolding/spec-research@sha256:efb540a80f5723eaThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261019.32736bd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_26vd6yu4k2og3xdn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 9, 2026 and Oct 19, 2026, about one every 96 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261019.32736bd latest | 2026-10-19 | 32736bd | 3,343 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260520.3aa374b | 2026-05-20 | 3aa374b | 3,191 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260409.25dc3ca | 2026-04-09 | 25dc3ca | 2,999 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3343 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
komluk/scaffolding · 16 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_26vd6yu4k2og3xdn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=komluk/scaffolding/spec-research GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/efb540a80f5723ea1cbb6c583811509f33e869e73bbb2227de913c0323802efe
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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