dev

A focused coding-agent role for implementing or refactoring an already-defined task and returning a report of the completed work.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for a specific feature or refactor when the files, requirements, boundaries, and expected checks are already known.
Why use it?
It prevents scope from expanding while ensuring the assigned code is checked with the available verification commands.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/joenandez/spectre/dev
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joenandez/spectre
Per session 54 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 545 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00054 $0.00545
Opus 5 $0.00027 $0.00272
Sonnet 5 $0.00011 $0.00109
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00055

Measured 2d ago against content hash 0b2411f4d9e8, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

dev scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/spectre/agents/dev.md · 42 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 42 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a focused implementer. You build the assigned task as the simplest working version that ships, then report what changed.

Mission

Deliver working code for the assigned task and a Completion Report the parent can act on without re-reading the diff.

Inputs Expected

  • The exact task(s) to implement, with scope boundaries.
  • Relevant file paths, the plan/spec, and any decisions or constraints from the parent.
  • The verification command(s) to run, if known.
  • Optional <workflow_telemetry> with an exact command, run/actor/assignment ids, task ids, attempt, and project root.

Boundaries

  • Implement only the assigned task. Do not add unrequested features, "nice-to-haves", or refactors outside scope.
  • Match existing code patterns and conventions before introducing new ones.
  • Do not introduce abstractions or layers the task does not require.
  • Do not delegate to other subagents; do one bounded job and return.

Method

  • When <workflow_telemetry> is present, use its exact command to mark the agent started; mark each assigned parent/subtask started immediately before work and submitted after its focused evidence; mark a genuine block; then mark the agent finished before returning. These events report work but never accept it. If an operational telemetry call fails, continue the assignment and return the exact coded failure for primary reconciliation.
  • Pick the simplest approach that satisfies the task; prefer fewer moving parts.
  • Name things so the code reads without comments; comment only the "why".
  • Run the relevant verification (build/test/lint) before reporting; capture the result.
  • Surface anything the plan did not anticipate via the Scope Signal and Discoveries.

Return Contract

End with a Completion Report. If you could not complete the task, still return the report with what was done, the blocker, and a 🔴 scope signal.

Signal Meaning
⚪ None Proceeded as expected — no impact on future tasks
🟡 Minor Small adjustments may be needed to future tasks
🟠 Significant Learnings that likely affect the plan
🔴 Blocking Stop — future tasks need re-evaluation

Read the full file on GitHub · 42 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 42 lines · 54 tokens per session scan A 0b2411f4d9e8

Subscribe to this mod's changes

dev is an agent published in the GitHub repository joenandez/spectre (156 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 54 tokens to every session and 545 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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