Synthesize current conversation context and codebase understanding into an actionable specification published to the issue tracker. Use when the user invokes /to-spec or asks to create a formal spec from discussion.
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
This skill takes the current conversation context and codebase understanding and produces a spec. Do NOT interview the user; just synthesize what you already know.
The issue tracker and triage label vocabulary should have been provided to you. If not, tell the user to run `/setup-matt-pocock-skills`.
## Process
1. **Explore the repo**: Understand the current state of the codebase. Use the project's domain glossary (`GLOSSARY.md`) vocabulary throughout the spec, and respect any ADRs (`docs/adr/`) in the area you're touching.
2. **Identify test seams**: Sketch out the seams at which you're going to test the feature. Existing seams should be preferred to new ones. Use the highest seam possible. The fewer seams across the codebase, the better - the ideal number is one. Confirm with the user that these seams match their expectations.
3. **Draft the specification**: Write the complete draft spec using the template below. Save it to `docs/designs/<feature-slug>.md` (or `.scratch/<feature-slug>/spec.md`).
4. **The Goldfish Review Gate (`/egm-review`)**:
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261028.2d7a246, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ulrj5fxlpywoiviz
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=saifallah-star/aegis/to-spec
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3a6ce43d67521eb64583ac1479146eaefea9741127880e1776bf4ce19f684f70
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