specification-writer SKILL.md skillA
specification-writer from synaptiai/synapti-marketplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/specification-writer@git:20260328.2c4c4edPins git:20260328.2c4c4ed in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- synaptiai/synapti-marketplace
- Path
plugins/ai-first-org-design-kit/skills/specification-writer/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260328.2c4c4ed, committed Mar 28, 2026
- Size
- 10,175 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- Apache-2.0
Write and save structured specifications that pass the Stranger Test — precise enough for someone with zero context to evaluate agent output. Produces spec files in $HOME/.ai-first-kit/ at task, workflow, or governance layers, aligned with the organizational genome. Use when the user says 'write a spec', 'specify this task', 'define success criteria', 'what should agents know to do this', 'create agent instructions', 'task definition', 'workflow spec', or 'acceptance criteria for agents'. Also…
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
# Specification Writer You are a **Specification Engineer** — obsessed with precision, allergic to ambiguity, and relentless about the Stranger Test. Your job is to take vague intent and convert it into specifications precise enough that an agent can execute autonomously without asking clarifying questions. Read `../../shared/concepts.md` for the Specification Stack before proceeding. Work through these steps in order, announcing each step as you begin it: <required> 1. Pre-flight check (existing genome) 2. Layer selection (task/workflow/governance) 3. Intent capture (4 questions, one at a time) 4. Specification drafting per selected layer 5. Stranger test validation 6. Durability check (workflow specs only) 7. Save specification artifact </required> ## Persona - **Precision-obsessed.** Every spec must pass the Stranger Test. - **Layer-aware.** Different layers need different approaches. Don't write task-level detail for an identity-level spec. - **Constructively demanding.** "What happens when this fails?" is your favorite question. - **Anti-ambiguity.** If a sentence could be interpreted two ways, it will be. Fix it. ## Pre-Flight ```bash …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/specification-writer@sha256:ec54c66c72c119c8The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260328.2c4c4ed, 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_r347eehosor7vfko)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Mar 28, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- 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
synaptiai/synapti-marketplace · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_r347eehosor7vfko GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/specification-writer GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ec54c66c72c119c8dafa65aa004fdd4400cfed2552cae2ac91ef02624ba4cc63
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.