spec-workflow SKILL.md skillA
spec-workflow from tzachbon/smart-ralph is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/spec-workflow@v0.2.0Pins v0.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tzachbon/smart-ralph
- Path
plugins/ralph-specum/skills/spec-workflow/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v0.2.0, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 22, 2026
- Size
- 4,579 bytes
- Repository stars
- 567
- License
- MIT
This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a feature", "create a spec", "start spec-driven development", "run research phase", "generate requirements", "create design", "plan tasks", "implement spec", "check spec status", "triage a feature", "create an epic", "decompose a large feature", or needs guidance on spec-driven development workflow, phase ordering, or epic orchestration.
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 Workflow
Spec-driven development transforms feature requests into structured specs through sequential phases, then executes them task-by-task.
## Decision Tree: Where to Start
| Situation | Command |
|-----------|---------|
| New feature, want guidance | `/ralph-specum:start <name> <goal>` |
| New feature, skip interviews | `/ralph-specum:start <name> <goal> --quick` |
| Large feature needing decomposition | `/ralph-specum:triage <goal>` |
| Resume existing spec | `/ralph-specum:start` (auto-detects) |
| Jump to specific phase | `/ralph-specum:<phase>` |
## Single Spec Flow
```
start/new -> research -> requirements -> design -> tasks -> implement
^
optional prototype overlay, then return
```
Each phase produces a markdown artifact under the resolved `<basePath>/`. Normal mode pauses for approval between phases. Quick mode runs all phases then auto-starts execution.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tzachbon/smart-ralph/spec-workflow@sha256:dd2c39dafc867850The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jan 22, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 54 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| v0.2.0 latest | 2026-08-28 | 4890dd3 | 4,579 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.2.0 | 2026-08-27 | 510ed7f | 3,459 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.2.0 | 2026-03-11 | 67ba64a | 3,462 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-02-20 | d6fba6a | 1,518 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260122.cb0fabc | 2026-01-22 | cb0fabc | 1,503 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4579 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
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- pass: No script tag
Source
tzachbon/smart-ralph · 567 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-28 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_myuu3cqa7ppal3lz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tzachbon/smart-ralph/spec-workflow GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/dd2c39dafc8678500572770e90fd541d42d6657da882f6683ab3c9f58665aa17
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