spec-author SKILL.md skillA
spec-author from llopresto87/cypress is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add llopresto87/cypress/spec-author@git:20261006.fa6eac5Pins git:20261006.fa6eac5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- llopresto87/cypress
- Path
skills/spec-author/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261006.fa6eac5, committed Oct 6, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 31, 2026
- Size
- 8,434 bytes
- Repository stars
- 121
- License
- MIT
Write an executable specification under docs/graph/specs/ that turns a clear goal into testable contracts. Use whenever a feature, endpoint, job, significant function, or AI interaction needs a contract that the tester can encode and the implementer can satisfy. Coordinates product (§3, §9), architect (§4, §6, §7), and tester (§10 testability review) into a single signed-off document. Specs are the source of truth for behavior (`rule.spec`).
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 This skill is the discipline of writing a spec that another agent can turn into failing tests and another into passing code. It is invoked from `docs/graph/protocols/specify.md`. A spec is **executable** when every functional contract maps to at least one test in the suite and the test name names the contract. Specs that read like marketing or like implementations are not specs; implementation detail belongs in grill.md §8. ## When to apply this skill - `brainstorm` has converged and the next step is to formalize the behavior. - An existing feature's contract is changing. - A bug investigation revealed a contract that was implicit and is now being made explicit. - An ADR introduces a new system behavior that needs a spec. ## How to write each section ### §1 Summary One paragraph: what this spec covers and why, in the two sentences you would give the next agent on the team before they implement it. ### §2 Scope Two bullet lists: "in scope" and "out of scope". The out-of-scope bullets are equally important. Reading the spec a year later, the out-of-scope list is what tells the next agent "no, we considered that and excluded it deliberately." …
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How to install
mdr add llopresto87/cypress/spec-author@sha256:e5b729d684792409The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261006.fa6eac5, 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 7 versions of this file, between Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 6, 2026, about one every 6 days.
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| git:20261006.fa6eac5 latest | 2026-10-06 | fa6eac5 | 8,434 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.dd7591d | 2026-09-30 | dd7591d | 8,090 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260915.df30567 | 2026-09-15 | df30567 | 8,572 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260909.7f88943 | 2026-09-09 | 7f88943 | 8,433 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260906.6fbfe66 | 2026-09-06 | 6fbfe66 | 7,757 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260901.c8706d7 | 2026-09-01 | c8706d7 | 7,500 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.6dde434 | 2026-08-31 | 6dde434 | 7,311 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 (8434 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
llopresto87/cypress · 121 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_szrtc6hunzmoqzwu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=llopresto87/cypress/spec-author GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e5b729d684792409884f00a7158c95cb728454ba986f6284f3ac908d7c55cfc3
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.
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