specification-writing SKILL.md skillA
specification-writing from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/specification-writing@git:20260601.da7723aPins git:20260601.da7723a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- a5c-ai/babysitter
- Path
library/methodologies/spec-kit/skills/specification-writing/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260601.da7723a, committed Jun 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 25, 2026
- Size
- 1,681 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,896
- License
- MIT
Write feature specifications as requirements and user stories with acceptance criteria, focusing on business value and testable conditions.
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
- Formalizing vague feature requests into structured requirements - Clarifying scope boundaries for a feature area - Establishing acceptance criteria for user stories ## Key Principle Specifications describe desired behavior from the user's perspective. They define **what** the system should do, not **how** it should be built. Business value must be explicit in every requirement. ## Process 1. **Elicit requirements** - Extract functional and non-functional requirements from feature description 2. **Write user stories** - Author stories in standard format with personas 3. **Define acceptance criteria** - Testable conditions for each story (Given/When/Then) 4. **Identify edge cases** - Error scenarios and boundary conditions 5. **Clarify gaps** - Surface and resolve ambiguities and contradictions 6. **Document assumptions** - Make implicit assumptions explicit 7. **Define scope** - Clearly delineate in-scope vs. out-of-scope 8. **Human review** - Approve specification before planning ## Tool Use Invoke via babysitter process: `methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-specification` Full pipeline: `methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-orchestrator`
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/specification-writing@sha256:e7d5511923b6b69aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260601.da7723a, 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_hiu4x5qimkrc55af)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026, about one every 17 days.
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| git:20260601.da7723a latest | 2026-06-01 | da7723a | 1,681 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.9f5be95 | 2026-05-07 | 9f5be95 | 1,708 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260507.8dfdcb4 | 2026-05-07 | 8dfdcb4 | 1,703 B | C | view · diff |
| git:20260507.56f011d | 2026-05-07 | 56f011d | 1,840 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260325.a6b3a88 | 2026-03-25 | a6b3a88 | 1,750 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 (1681 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
a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,896 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hiu4x5qimkrc55af GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/specification-writing GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e7d5511923b6b69a3b611953ddc27674e012ef8fc9013e2ab28ea6ba89e1236e
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