bb-specify SKILL.md skillA
bb-specify from buildbetter-app/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add buildbetter-app/skills/bb-specify@git:20260608.1149f4aPins git:20260608.1149f4a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- buildbetter-app/skills
- Path
plugins/skills/skills/bb-specify/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260608.1149f4a, committed Jun 8, 2026
- Size
- 13,595 bytes
- Repository stars
- 24
- License
- a license file GitHub does not identify
Create or update the feature specification from a natural language feature description.
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
> **Templates:** If you need the template files referenced below (spec-template.md, plan-template.md, etc.), use the plugin-local `templates/` directory that ships with BuildBetter Skills for Codex. If the current repo already has its own `templates/` directory, prefer the repo copy.
## User Input
```text
$ARGUMENTS
```
You **MUST** consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).
## Outline
The text the user typed when invoking this skill **is** the feature description. Assume you always have it available in this conversation. Do not ask the user to repeat it unless they provided an empty command.
Given that feature description, do this:
1. **Generate a concise short name** (2-4 words) for the branch:
- Analyze the feature description and extract the most meaningful keywords
- Create a 2-4 word short name that captures the essence of the feature
- Use action-noun format when possible (e.g., "add-user-auth", "fix-payment-bug")
- Preserve technical terms and acronyms (OAuth2, API, JWT, etc.)
- Keep it concise but descriptive enough to understand the feature at a glance
- Examples:
- "I want to add user authentication" -> "user-auth"
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add buildbetter-app/skills/bb-specify@sha256:890fdb0a4e99245aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260608.1149f4a, 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_346tnut7coxgo4mo)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jun 8, 2026.
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 (13595 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
buildbetter-app/skills · 24 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_346tnut7coxgo4mo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=buildbetter-app/skills/bb-specify GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/890fdb0a4e99245abfd5c4860988c6b5d58742890fca441f1bf08f2a1610f260
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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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