tiny-spec-create SKILL.md skillA

tiny-spec-create from grayma77er/tiny-spec is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add grayma77er/tiny-spec/tiny-spec-create@git:20261018.8e65e05

Pins git:20261018.8e65e05 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
grayma77er/tiny-spec
Path
tiny-spec-create/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
9
Latest version
git:20261018.8e65e05, committed Oct 18, 2026
First version recorded
Jul 31, 2026
Size
18,250 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Start or update a spec — capture intent and requirements into .spec/<slug>/SPEC.md, optionally bound to a ticket (or ad-hoc). On first run, scaffolds .spec/ and seeds the shared constitution (constitution.md). If a BREAKDOWN.md (from tiny-spec-scope) is present, seeds the spec from a chosen feature instead of a full interview. Re-run to update an existing spec in place.

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

# tiny-spec-create

Captures **what** the user wants and **why**, as testable `REQ-N` requirements.
This is the front door of the per-ticket flow. A spec can be bound to a ticket or worked
**ad-hoc** — both are first-class.

The suite works **one spec at a time**, namespaced per spec. Artifacts live under
`.spec/` in the **project root** (the user's cwd) — never in this skill's directory. Two
are **project-wide** and shared at the `.spec/` root (`constitution.md`, `memory.md`);
the per-spec ones (`SPEC.md`, `PLAN.md`, `decisions.md`) live under
`.spec/<slug>/`. The `SPEC.md` and `constitution.md` skeletons are inline below — write
them from there, no files to read.

## Pick your mode first — before doing anything else

**Decide which mode you are in before you ask a single question, create a directory, or
touch git** — each mode forbids side effects the others require, so getting here late
means the damage is already done.

Check in this order; the first match wins:

| # | If | Mode | Go to |
|---|----|------|-------|
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add grayma77er/tiny-spec/tiny-spec-create@sha256:8f810549b9df3888

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261018.8e65e05, 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 9 versions of this file, between Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 18, 2026, about one every 10 days.

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git:20261018.8e65e05 latest2026-10-18 8e65e05 18,250 BA view · diff
git:20261008.b72cfb42026-10-08 b72cfb4 17,986 BA view · diff
git:20261002.f20c9472026-10-02 f20c947 17,133 BA view · diff
git:20261002.63ab17f2026-10-02 63ab17f 17,113 BA view · diff
git:20260904.276fd342026-09-04 276fd34 17,130 BA view · diff
git:20260830.b1b44bd2026-08-30 b1b44bd 24,657 BA view · diff
git:20260803.6a6cfe32026-08-03 6a6cfe3 23,659 BA view · diff
git:20260731.4364ba92026-07-31 4364ba9 22,847 BA view · diff
git:20260731.b4582d72026-07-31 b4582d7 17,127 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 (18250 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

grayma77er/tiny-spec · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xhx35sz5fue2eks3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=grayma77er/tiny-spec/tiny-spec-create
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8f810549b9df3888d8882496b4ec01a58b0e27608b48ae9f5da544a58b07dc8b

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.

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