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write-a-spec skillA

write-a-spec is agent-read markdown (skill) from inkeep/open-knowledge-skills: Scope a feature end to end and write an implementation spec under specs/ from an accepted proposal — current-system mapping, goals/non-goals, a Decision Log for one-way-door choices, a live Open Questions backlog, and a real migration + test plan. Read when asked to write a spec, scope this feature, turn this proposal into a spec, plan the implementation, or break this into tasks. Do NOT fire on frame a proposal or write the PRD (sibling frame-a-proposal — a PRD frames a change before it is acce.

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.

How to install

Latest version
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/write-a-spec@git:20260825.dda5ab1
Exact content
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/write-a-spec@sha256:1e1e2fdc53351dae

Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.

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Versions

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git:20260825.dda5ab1 latest2026-08-25 dda5ab1 19,861 BA view · diff
git:20260824.159d2802026-08-24 159d280 19,839 BA view · diff
git:20260813.be5d62e2026-08-13 be5d62e 19,862 BA view · diff
git:20260805.99a8b172026-08-05 99a8b17 19,895 BA view · diff
git:20260804.8a506ba2026-08-04 8a506ba 19,890 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (19861 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

GitHub

inkeep/open-knowledge-skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-16 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3esqautbglry6j52
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=inkeep/open-knowledge-skills/write-a-spec
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/1e1e2fdc53351dae05b41e16a936de2779af98150d51234bb55e259488f2e032

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