spec-chat SKILL.md skillA

spec-chat from kamioj/spec-workflow is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add kamioj/spec-workflow/spec-chat@git:20260715.7bc6362

Pins git:20260715.7bc6362 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: kamioj/spec-workflow
Path: codex/skills/spec-chat/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 2
Latest version: git:20260715.7bc6362, committed Jul 15, 2026
First version recorded: Jul 9, 2026
Size: 2,211 bytes
Repository stars: 20
License: a license file GitHub does not identify

Discussion mode. Everything said during this mode is treated as thinking material only — no documents are touched. Use for brainstorming directions, or to talk through concerns about a proposal before deciding how to change it.

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

<!-- GENERATED from core/commands/chat.md — edit the core file and run node tools/generate.mjs; hand edits will be overwritten -->

# $spec-chat

Topic: $ARGUMENTS

## Entering discussion mode

Everything the user says during this mode **is treated as thinking material — no documents are touched**.
- Does not write research.md
- Does not write proposal.md
- Does not call $spec-revise
- Does not write project source code

May Read existing artifacts for discussion context.

## Exit conditions

The user issues a clear command to switch to another mode:

| User says | Transition to |
|---|---|
| "update the proposal based on what we just discussed" / "revise section X" | `$spec-revise [section]` |
| "research X again" / "look into Y" | `$spec-research <direction>` |
| "we just surfaced N TBDs — ask me about them" | `$spec-ask` |
| "let's draw the architecture" | `$spec-design` |
| "let's pick this up tomorrow" / "leave it for now" | stay in chat mode |

**No explicit switch command → stay in chat mode and keep talking**.

## Anti-patterns

- ❌ User shares a view → immediately editing the proposal (that is not chat, it is overstepping)
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Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add kamioj/spec-workflow/spec-chat@sha256:bc59132e521eb261

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260715.7bc6362, 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.

Badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_i2daigaarc7y7lr4.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_i2daigaarc7y7lr4)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jul 9, 2026 and Jul 15, 2026, about one every 6 days.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20260715.7bc6362 latest	2026-07-15	7bc6362	2,211 B	A	view · diff
git:20260709.322dd02	2026-07-09	322dd02	2,392 B	A	view

Audit of the latest version

A 17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the 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 (2211 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

kamioj/spec-workflow · 20 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_i2daigaarc7y7lr4
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kamioj/spec-workflow/spec-chat
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/bc59132e521eb261f4ed34ebfee55b68bbbbb93ae85b52dc68a45fb1ad95f12f

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.