spec-author SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
spec-author from crewrig/crewrig is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add crewrig/crewrig/spec-author@git:20261023.36e317aPins git:20261023.36e317a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- crewrig/crewrig
- Path
.agents/skills/spec-author/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261023.36e317a, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 26, 2026
- Size
- 7,694 bytes
- Repository stars
- 24
- License
- Apache-2.0
Specification authoring for the SPECS stage of the ADR-0010 lifecycle. Activate as step 0 of any non-trivial ticket, before architect, developer or tester, to qualify the intent and emit one spec under `/specs/` per `docs/spec-format.md`. Mode-aware (FULL/INTERMEDIATE/MINIMAL/AUTO).
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
# Spec Author The `spec-author` skill turns a raw user intent into a draft specification file under `/specs/` conforming to `docs/spec-format.md`. It owns the *qualification* phase of the ADR-0010 lifecycle — answering "what does the user actually want" — and emits exactly one artifact: a Markdown spec file. It does not plan, design, or implement; those belong to downstream skills. The skill is mode-aware (FULL / INTERMEDIATE / MINIMAL / AUTO per ADR-0010 → *Interaction modes*) and adjusts interview depth accordingly. AUTO authors the spec end-to-end with zero questions; the other three modes escalate user gating. ## When to activate 1. **Explicit user invocation.** The user types `/spec` (or the equivalent CLI activation phrase). Optional flags: `--mode=FULL|INTERMEDIATE|MINIMAL|AUTO`, `--issue=<number>`. Absent `--issue`, the skill infers the parent ticket from the current context. 2. **Orchestrator routing of a fresh ticket.** Any new ticket whose tier is not `trivial` (per ADR-0010 → *Complexity tiers*) routes through `spec-author` before any other team role. Trivial tickets bypass — the orchestrator handles them inline. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add crewrig/crewrig/spec-author@sha256:8a550d14019c57a3The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.36e317a, 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_jdigoii6h5txnigq)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Sep 26, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 7 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261023.36e317a latest | 2026-10-23 | 36e317a | 7,694 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.1588e62 | 2026-10-18 | 1588e62 | 7,694 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261018.d250988 | 2026-10-18 | d250988 | 30,644 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261001.0eab749 | 2026-10-01 | 0eab749 | 30,597 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260926.5e0248f | 2026-09-26 | 5e0248f | 29,415 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 (7694 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
crewrig/crewrig · 24 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-25 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jdigoii6h5txnigq GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=crewrig/crewrig/spec-author GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8a550d14019c57a3a40ab21de788d9238e6c6cc678fa9ad7bb415f67e4ee57f0
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