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Generate or refine a spec, a feature's immutable contract, from a request, a PRD, or review findings. Use to draft or refine a spec. Do NOT use to write code, a full PRD, or change a locked spec.

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Skill: spec

Generate or refine the immutable contract for a feature: its target, hard constraints, non-goals, and done-when.

Actions

#ActionRoleInput
01buildDraft a fresh spec from a request or an existing PRDa request or a PRD path
02refineRewrite an existing spec to address review findingsa spec path and the findings

Dispatch by input: a spec path with findings runs refine; a request or PRD path runs build. Before running an action, read its file in actions/, not only the table or assets.

Transversal rules

  • Never invent. Mark every gap as TBD: <precise question> rather than guessing. When a request is too vague to draft anything useful, stop and ask for a clearer one.
  • The spec holds intent, never implementation. It is solution-agnostic: no file, component, hook, route, library, pattern, or token, and no "how". The done-when conditions are outcome-level, not steps. Keep the acceptance criteria few. All of that belongs to the plan.
  • Keep it readable: clear section headers, bulleted criteria, explicit non-goals.
  • Output: one spec.md in the feature folder (aidd_docs/tasks/<yyyy_mm>/<yyyy_mm_dd>_<slug>/), from assets/spec-template.md. Reuse the folder when it exists.
  • Immutable once validated: never rewrite a spec that has been locked.

Assets

  • assets/spec-template.md: the spec's structure.
  • assets/spec-validator.yml: the checklist a spec is validated against.