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Spec Templates

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Spec Templates is an Agent Skill for documents published in the majiayu000/claude-skill-registry repository on GitHub: a SKILL.md instruction file an AI agent can load to do this task.

Provides reusable markdown templates and outlines for OpenSpec proposals, design docs, ADRs, READMEs, and changelogs.

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Bring this guide into your coding agent with a prompt tailored to the tool you use.

  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy and paste the prompt below.
  3. Review files and risks before approving any action.
Prompt to paste
Inspect the Agent Skill at https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/blob/HEAD/skills/data/spec-templates/SKILL.md and all supporting files. Report provenance, permissions, scripts, dependencies, and security risks. Propose an exact installation into .agents/skills/spec-templates, but wait for my approval before writing files or running scripts.

Copying this prompt does not install or run the skill. Review third-party files before use.

Spec & Doc Templates

Trigger Keywords: template, outline, spec, proposal, ADR, design doc, README, changelog, release notes, structure

Agent Integration: Used by spec-writer, technical-writer, and planning-focused agents when structuring docs before drafting.

OpenSpec Proposal Outline

# Proposal: <Title>
**Change ID:** `<id>`
**Status:** Draft
**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD
**Author:** <name>

## Executive Summary
## Background
## Goals
## Scope / Non-Goals
## Approach
## Risks & Mitigations
## Validation & Metrics
## Open Questions

Tasks Checklist Outline

# Implementation Tasks
**Change ID:** `<id>`
**Status:** Draft|Ready for Implementation

## Overview
<short description>

## Tasks
- [ ] High-level task
  - [ ] Subtask with validation note

Spec Delta Outline

# Spec: <Capability Name>
**Capability**: <kebab-case>
**Status**: Draft
**Related**: <optional list>

## Overview
<short description>

## ADDED|MODIFIED|REMOVED Requirements
### Requirement: <Title>
<description>

#### Scenario: <Name>
**Given** ...
**When** ...
**Then** ...

ADR Outline

# ADR <ID>: <Title>
Status: Proposed|Accepted|Superseded
Date: YYYY-MM-DD
Context
Decision
Consequences
Alternatives
Open Questions

README Section Ordering (for this plugin)

  1. Overview and purpose
  2. Installation and setup
  3. Quickstart (commands/agents examples)
  4. Command reference
  5. Agent reference
  6. Configuration and hooks
  7. Workflows and examples
  8. Troubleshooting and support

Changelog / Release Notes

  • Version heading (with date)
  • Added / Changed / Fixed / Deprecated / Removed / Security
  • Migration or upgrade steps when needed
  • Verification checklist or links to tasks/specs