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authoring-spec

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Synthesize the current conversation into a spec (problem, solution, user stories, decisions, test seams, enforcement plan) and publish it to the tracker. No interview — pure synthesis. Use when the user wants a spec (aka PRD) written up from what's been discussed.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/SocketDev/socket-cli/blob/HEAD/.claude/skills/fleet/authoring-spec/SKILL.md

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authoring-spec

Turn the conversation + codebase understanding into a spec. Do NOT interview — just synthesize what you already know. Adapted from mattpocock/to-spec; the natural input to decomposing-tickets. Two fleet additions: test seams are a first-class output, and every spec names its enforcement plan.

1. Explore

Explore the repo (if you haven't) so the spec uses the project's domain vocabulary; respect ADRs in the area.

2. Identify the test seams

Sketch the seams at which the feature is tested. Prefer existing seams; use the highest seam possible; the fewer across the codebase the better — the ideal is one. New seams go in at the highest point. Fleet seam doctrine: test-layout (public interface, no source-text assertions). Check the seams with the user before writing.

3. Write the spec

Sections: Problem (user's perspective) · Solution (user's perspective) · User Stories (a long numbered "As an , I want , so that " list, exhaustive) · Implementation Decisions (modules, interfaces, schema/API contracts — no file paths or code snippets, they go stale; exception: a prototype snippet that encodes a decision more precisely than prose) · Testing Decisions (what makes a good test here, which modules, prior art) · Enforcement plan · Out of Scope.

Enforcement plan is the fleet's code-is-law addition: name which hook / lint rule / check script will verify each discipline the feature introduces. A spec that introduces a rule with no enforcer is policy on paper (code-is-law).

4. Prose + doctrine pass

The spec is a public-facing surface. Run the prose skill over it and apply prose-style-and-doctrine: lead with the point, cut throat-clearers/hedges/filler, evidence over assertion. Public-surface hygiene: no real customer/company name, no private repo, no Linear ref, no bare #N.

5. Publish

Publish to the tracker (GitHub via gh, or the Linear MCP save_document / save_issue tool) with the ready-for-agent triage label. Publishing is mutating + outward-facing — confirm the destination first.

Completion criterion

The spec has all sections including named test seams and an enforcement plan, passed the prose + doctrine pass, leaks no private name, and is published to the confirmed tracker.