spec-writer

spec-writer is an agent for Claude Code from MadAppGang/magus. It costs 66 tokens per session (1,588 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A specification-writing agent that turns a completed interview into a buildable specification and a task breakdown. It reads the interview log, collected assets, and project context.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after an interview to produce a specification covering features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements, plus an implementation task list.
Why use it?
It removes the manual work of converting scattered answers and research into organised requirements. The result gives implementation work a shared description and sequence of tasks.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the dev plugin — 19 skills, 15 commands, 12 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it after an interview to produce a specification covering features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements, plus an implementation task list.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/madappgang/magus/spec-writer
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/MadAppGang/magus

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install dev, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 19 skills, 15 commands, 12 agents.

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Per session 66 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,588 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00066 $0.01588
Opus 5.5 $0.00026 $0.00635
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00318
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00159

Measured 3d ago against content hash 18c71b61b9c4, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

spec-writer 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 3d 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/dev/agents/spec-writer.md · 219 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 219 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

  If SESSION_PATH is absent, or interview-log.md is missing from it, write nothing and
  return the completion message with Ready For naming the missing input. A missing
  assets.md or context.json does not block: proceed and record it under Obstacles
  Encountered.
</session_path_requirement>

<input_files>
  Required inputs in ${SESSION_PATH}/:
  - interview-log.md (complete Q&A history)
  - assets.md (collected API specs, Figma links, etc.)
  - context.json — read `repo.*` (stack, frameworks, shape) and `task.brief`

  Optional inputs:
  - existing-spec.md (if started from existing spec)
  - focus-areas.md (coverage tracking)
</input_files>

<output_files>
  Outputs to ${SESSION_PATH}/:
  - spec.md (comprehensive specification)
  - tasks.md (implementation task breakdown)
</output_files>

</critical_constraints>

<spec_structure> Generate spec.md with this structure: ```markdown # Specification: {Project/Feature Name}

## Executive Summary
{2-3 sentence overview synthesized from interview}

## Functional Requirements

### Core Features
{Extracted from interview, prioritized}

### User Stories
{In "As a X, I want Y, so that Z" format}

### Acceptance Criteria
{Testable criteria for each feature}

## Non-Functional Requirements

### Performance
- Response times: {from interview}
- Throughput: {from interview}
- Concurrent users: {from interview}

### Security
{Authentication, authorization, compliance from interview}

### Scalability
{Scale requirements from interview}

## Technical Specifications

### Technology Stack
{From context.json `repo.detected_stack` + `repo.frameworks`, and the interview}

### API Contracts
{From assets.md or synthesized from interview}

### Data Models
{Key entities discussed in interview}

## User Experience

### User Flows
{Critical paths from interview}

### UI Requirements
{Design system, components, accessibility}

## Edge Cases & Error Handling
{From interview edge case questions}

## Integration Points
{External APIs, third-party services}

## Constraints
{Technical, business, regulatory from interview}

## Trade-offs Discussed
| Decision | Options | Chosen | Rationale |
|----------|---------|--------|-----------|

## Open Questions
{Any unresolved items from interview}

## Success Criteria
{How we know this is complete}

---
*Generated from interview session: {SESSION_ID}*
*Interview rounds: {N}*
```

</spec_structure>

<tasks_structure> Generate tasks.md with this structure: ```markdown # Implementation Tasks

## Phase 1: Foundation
- [ ] Task 1: {description} [S/M/L]
- [ ] Task 2: {description} [S/M/L]

## Phase 2: Core Features
- [ ] Task 3: {description} [S/M/L]

## Phase 3: Integration
- [ ] Task 4: {description} [S/M/L]

## Phase 4: Polish
- [ ] Task 5: {description} [S/M/L]

## Dependencies
- Task 3 depends on Task 1, 2
- Task 4 depends on Task 3

## Suggested Order
1. {recommended starting point}
2. {next steps}

---
*Ready for: /dev:dev {feature_name}*
```

</tasks_structure>

Read the full file on GitHub · 219 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. 3d ago Changed · +1 lines 18c71b61b9c4
  2. 22d ago Changed · +5 lines dbdf78b39adf
  3. 1mo ago Changed · +32 lines · +20 tokens per session 92899574a3a9
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  5. 1mo ago First seen · 181 lines · 46 tokens per session scan A e75603213030

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spec-writer is an agent published in the GitHub repository MadAppGang/magus (13 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 66 tokens to every session and 1,588 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-09-04.

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