spec-driven-development SKILL.md skillA

spec-driven-development from a5c-ai/babysitter is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/spec-driven-development@v1.0.0

Pins v1.0.0 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/pilot-shell/skills/spec-driven-development/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
v1.0.0, committed Jun 1, 2026
First version recorded
Mar 25, 2026
Size
1,890 bytes
Repository stars
1,891
License
MIT

Specification creation and management for the Pilot Shell methodology. Covers semantic search, clarifying questions, structured spec generation, and iterative refinement.

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

- Search for files and code related to the task description
- Identify existing patterns that the spec should follow
- Map the impact area of proposed changes
- Generate SEARCH-CONTEXT.md with findings

### 2. Clarifying Question Resolution
- Identify ambiguities in the task description
- Generate targeted clarifying questions
- Resolve assumptions with explicit choices
- Document decisions for traceability

### 3. Spec Generation
- Structure specs with: title, goals, tasks, acceptance criteria
- Decompose into atomic, testable tasks
- Define dependency graphs between tasks
- Include rollback plans and risk assessments
- Generate SPEC.md document

### 4. Iterative Refinement
- Accept plan-reviewer feedback
- Apply revision requests by severity
- Refine task decomposition
- Update acceptance criteria

## Spec Structure

```markdown
# Specification: [Title]

## Goals
- [ ] Goal 1 with measurable outcome

## Tasks
### Task 1: [Description]
- **Acceptance Criteria**: ...
- **Test Strategy**: RED->GREEN->REFACTOR
- **Complexity**: low/medium/high
- **Dependencies**: [task-ids]

## Assumptions
- Assumption 1 (validated: yes/no)

## Risks
- Risk 1: Mitigation strategy
```

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add a5c-ai/babysitter/spec-driven-development@sha256:09af4f079058d7c1

The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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 Mar 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026, about one every 17 days.

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v1.0.0 latest2026-06-01 da7723a 1,890 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-05-07 9f5be95 1,944 BA view · diff
git:20260507.8dfdcb42026-05-07 8dfdcb4 1,939 BC view · diff
v1.0.02026-05-07 56f011d 2,145 BA view · diff
v1.0.02026-03-25 a6b3a88 2,026 BA 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 (1890 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

a5c-ai/babysitter · 1,891 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-01 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_o27lit5pg7fkipfo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=a5c-ai/babysitter/spec-driven-development
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/09af4f079058d7c12577ed5d39595ae0a0076cc9a8a8de9e89f42668d5ccc0f9

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