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The project's specs are its ground truth: durable documents describing the architecture, decisions, contracts, and boundaries behind the code, organized as a connected graph. Read this skill and reach for the spec tools FIRST — before reading code — whenever you explore the proje
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spec_grep / spec_get / spec_graph) — before grep, find, or reading source. The specs are
the map; the code is the territory you confirm against it.foo.ts with "the foo tool" is noise, so say it in a sentence instead.id rather than restate
it. If a paragraph is being copied between specs, move it to the spec that owns the concept and point at
it. Duplicated prose drifts and turns into contradictions.parent links form a hierarchy that mirrors the code structure: a SPEC.md sits beside the module it
describes (fractal — a package and its sub-directories each have one), and root documents sit at the
repository root.depends-on, references, and implements form a dependency layer across the tree.id (a unique slug), type, title.status (lifecycle), parent (single link), depends-on / references / implements
(link lists), covers, tags.id and type.status tracks a spec's lifecycle: draft (being written) → active (in force), then stale (drifting
from the code), done, or deprecated. It's optional, but keep it current as a spec firms up or ages.goal-and-requirements — the product goal and scope; the root of the graph.architecture-design — system-wide topology, cross-cutting decisions, and invariants.module-design — a package or module's responsibility and boundary.submodule-design — the same, for a directory-level module inside a package.task-spec — a temporary working document for a piece of work; not durable, and removed once the
work lands.Read:
spec_grep — search within specs (content, narrowed by metadata filters).spec_get — a spec's frontmatter, its resolved links, and its path. Read the body with the normal
read tool using that path.spec_graph — a bounded slice of the graph: a subtree, ancestors, or a node's neighbors, to a depth.Manage:
spec_create — a new spec with scaffolded frontmatter and headings.spec_update — a spec's frontmatter (fields and links). It does not touch the body.spec_delete — remove a spec.spec_validate — report dangling links, duplicate ids, and parent cycles.Prose is written and edited with the normal write/edit tools; the spec tools own frontmatter and
structure.
spec_graph for the neighborhood,
spec_get for a node's metadata, and read for its body. Use spec_grep to find specs by content.status) with spec_update, prose with edit — and add spec_create for a new module.spec_validate after structural changes.name: spec-graph description: "The project's specs are its ground truth: durable documents describing the architecture, decisions, contracts, and boundaries behind the code, organized as a connected graph. Read this skill and reach for the spec tools FIRST — before reading code — whenever you explore the project, plan or start a task, add or change a feature, implement anything, investigate an area, check work against recorded decisions and contracts, or otherwise work with specs. Also use it to create or maintain specs."
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# Spec graph
## Specs are the ground truth
- Specs describe the architecture, decisions, contracts, and boundaries behind the code — the intent
that the code alone does not reveal. Treat them as authoritative.
- **Reach for the spec tools first.** Whenever you set out to explore the project, plan a change,
investigate an area, or work with specs in any way, your *first* move is the spec tools
(`spec_grep` / `spec_get` / `spec_graph`) — before `grep`, `find`, or reading source. The specs are
the map; the code is the territory you confirm against it.
- **Start from the specs, not the code.** To understand an area or plan a change, read the relevant
specs first and use them as the map; read code second, to confirm details.
- **Check work against them.** Before introducing a decision, a contract, or a boundary change, find
what the specs already say and align with it. If a change contradicts a recorded decision, surface the
contradiction and reconcile it — update the spec or change the approach — rather than silently
diverging.
- **Keep them honest.** A change that moves or blurs a boundary, or overturns a decision, updates the
spec as part of the same change. Specs that drift from the code stop being ground truth.
## What a spec is
- A durable, declarative document. It states the world as it is — the intent, decisions, contracts, and
boundaries behind the code — not plans, tasks, phases, or a work journey.
- Concise and readable. It captures what is *not* obvious from the code; it never restates the code.
- The bar: reading the relevant specs should be enough to understand an area and to formulate a task to
improve it.
### Keep specs lean
- **Explain intent, not inventory.** Describe what a module is for, what it owns, and where its boundaries
are — not a file-by-file transcript of its directory. The reader can see the files; the spec exists for
what the files *don't* say.
- **Record the edges that matter.** State the module's boundary (allowed / forbidden deps) and the
dependency edges between its sub-modules. List a part only when its role or its edges aren't obvious from
its name — e.g. a small table that carries a real dependency DAG earns its place; a table that just
pairs `foo.ts` with "the foo tool" is noise, so say it in a sentence instead.
- **Say each thing once.** A fact lives in exactly one spec; others link to it by `id` rather than restate
it. If a paragraph is being copied between specs, move it to the spec that owns the concept and point at
it. Duplicated prose drifts and turns into contradictions.
- **Prefer prose to exhaustive tables**, and cut anything that only paraphrases code, filenames, or a
sibling spec.
## The graph
- `parent` links form a hierarchy that mirrors the code structure: a `SPEC.md` sits beside the module it
describes (fractal — a package and its sub-directories each have one), and root documents sit at the
repository root.
- `depends-on`, `references`, and `implements` form a dependency layer across the tree.
## Frontmatter
- Required: `id` (a unique slug), `type`, `title`.
- Optional: `status` (lifecycle), `parent` (single link), `depends-on` / `references` / `implements`
(link lists), `covers`, `tags`.
- A file is a spec when its frontmatter carries `id` and `type`.
- `status` tracks a spec's lifecycle: `draft` (being written) → `active` (in force), then `stale` (drifting
from the code), `done`, or `deprecated`. It's optional, but keep it current as a spec firms up or ages.
- Types:
- `goal-and-requirements` — the product goal and scope; the root of the graph.
- `architecture-design` — system-wide topology, cross-cutting decisions, and invariants.
- `module-design` — a package or module's responsibility and boundary.
- `submodule-design` — the same, for a directory-level module inside a package.
- `task-spec` — a temporary working document for a piece of work; not durable, and removed once the
work lands.
## Tools
Read:
- `spec_grep` — search within specs (content, narrowed by metadata filters).
- `spec_get` — a spec's frontmatter, its resolved links, and its path. Read the body with the normal
`read` tool using that path.
- `spec_graph` — a bounded slice of the graph: a subtree, ancestors, or a node's neighbors, to a depth.
Manage:
- `spec_create` — a new spec with scaffolded frontmatter and headings.
- `spec_update` — a spec's frontmatter (fields and links). It does not touch the body.
- `spec_delete` — remove a spec.
- `spec_validate` — report dangling links, duplicate ids, and parent cycles.
Prose is written and edited with the normal `write`/`edit` tools; the spec tools own frontmatter and
structure.
## Working with specs
1. **Orient.** From a known root or the module you are touching, use `spec_graph` for the neighborhood,
`spec_get` for a node's metadata, and `read` for its body. Use `spec_grep` to find specs by content.
2. **Align.** Reconcile the change with the decisions and contracts the specs record; surface
contradictions before diverging.
3. **Update.** When the change alters a boundary, contract, or decision, update the spec — frontmatter
(including `status`) with `spec_update`, prose with `edit` — and add `spec_create` for a new module.
4. **Check.** Run `spec_validate` after structural changes.
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