check-specs-alignment SKILL.md skillA
check-specs-alignment from etr/groundwork is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add etr/groundwork/check-specs-alignment@git:20260624.e533827Pins git:20260624.e533827 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- etr/groundwork
- Path
skills/check-specs-alignment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260624.e533827, committed Jun 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 22, 2026
- Size
- 9,147 bytes
- Repository stars
- 44
- License
- MIT
Verify alignment between code and specs. Usage /groundwork:check-specs-alignment.
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
# Check Alignment Skill
Verifies that implementation aligns with product specs and architecture, surfacing misalignments for resolution.
## Pre-flight: Model Recommendation
**Your current effort level is `{{effort_level}}`.**
Skip this step silently if effort is `high`, `xhigh`, or `max` (the scale is `low` < `medium` < `high` < `xhigh` < `max`, so `xhigh` and `max` are already above `high`) AND you are Sonnet or Opus.
If effort is `low` or `medium` (i.e. below `high`), you MUST show the recommendation prompt — regardless of model.
If you are not Sonnet or Opus, you MUST show the recommendation prompt - regardless of effort level.
Otherwise → use `AskUserQuestion`:
```json
{
"questions": [{
"question": "Do you want to switch? Drift detection and categorization across implementation and specs benefits from consistent reasoning.\n\nTo switch: cancel, run `/effort high` (and `/model sonnet` if on Haiku), then re-invoke this skill.",
"header": "Recommended: Sonnet or Opus at high effort",
"options": [
{ "label": "Continue" },
{ "label": "Cancel — I'll switch first" }
],
"multiSelect": false
}]
}
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add etr/groundwork/check-specs-alignment@sha256:ce016c5062d46621The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260624.e533827, 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_2zbcspe7bwiu76kw)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Jun 22, 2026 and Jun 24, 2026, more than one a day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260624.e533827 latest | 2026-06-24 | e533827 | 9,147 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.3609064 | 2026-06-22 | 3609064 | 9,007 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260622.e142476 | 2026-06-22 | e142476 | 9,038 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 (9147 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
etr/groundwork · 44 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2zbcspe7bwiu76kw GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=etr/groundwork/check-specs-alignment GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ce016c5062d46621057d1035aa54d310b13c00b8d11b40111c3978240cf64215
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