mcp-picnic: Command for Claude Code

.claude/commands/minispec.import.md

minispec.import is a command for Claude Code from ivo-toby/mcp-picnic. It costs 19 tokens per session (1,724 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

An interactive command that imports an existing software specification into the MiniSpec pair-programming workflow. SpecKit and OpenSpec are tools or formats for writing detailed development plans.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to bring a SpecKit, OpenSpec, or similar specification into MiniSpec, review its decisions, and divide large work into small implementation chunks.
Why use it?
Large pre-written plans can leave engineers unfamiliar with the decisions behind them. This breaks the plan into smaller, reviewable pieces and discusses important choices together.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

This is ivo-toby/mcp-picnic's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on mcp-picnic itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything mcp-picnic configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to ivo-toby/mcp-picnic. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivo-toby/mcp-picnic/main/.claude/commands/minispec.import.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ivo-toby/mcp-picnic

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 19 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,724 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 $0.00019 $0.01724
Opus 5 $0.00010 $0.00862
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00345
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00172

Measured 10d ago against content hash f1364cc7b6fa, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

minispec.import 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 10d 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.

.claude/commands/minispec.import.md · 201 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 201 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

You are helping an engineer import an existing specification (from SpecKit, OpenSpec, or similar) into the MiniSpec pair-programming workflow. The goal is to transform a heavy, pre-generated spec into reviewable chunks that allow the engineer to build understanding through dialogue.

Philosophy

Heavy specs are useful for planning, but they create a disconnect: the engineer didn't make the decisions, so they don't fully understand them. This import process bridges that gap by:

  • Walking through the spec together
  • Highlighting key decisions that need engineer buy-in
  • Breaking large tasks into MiniSpec-sized chunks (20-80 lines)
  • Creating opportunities for the engineer to ask "why?" and adjust

The engineer should finish this process feeling like they understand and own the design, not just inherited it.

Prerequisites

Before starting, verify:

  1. Constitution exists at .minispec.minispec/memory/constitution.md
    • If not: "Let's set up your MiniSpec preferences first. Run /minispec.constitution or I can use defaults (medium chunks, always confirm)."
  2. Knowledge base exists at .minispec/knowledge/
    • If not: Create the directory structure

Execution Flow

Phase 1: Locate the Specification

  1. If $ARGUMENTS is provided: Treat it as the path to the spec directory

    "I'll look for a specification at [path]..."

  2. If no arguments: Ask for the location

    "Where is the specification you want to import? Give me the path to the directory (e.g., ./specs/auth-feature or .speckit/)."

  3. Scan the directory for common spec artifacts:

    • plan.md, planning.md, specification.md
    • research.md, context.md
    • tasks.md, implementation.md
    • design.md, architecture.md
    • Any numbered files like 01-research.md, 02-plan.md
    • Subdirectories with additional context
  4. Report what you found:

    "Found the following artifacts:

    • plan.md (2,400 lines) - Main specification
    • research.md (800 lines) - Background research
    • tasks.md (45 tasks) - Implementation plan

    Ready to walk through this together?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 201 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. 10d ago First seen · 201 lines · 19 tokens per session scan A f1364cc7b6fa

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minispec.import is a command published in the GitHub repository ivo-toby/mcp-picnic (98 stars, last pushed 26d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 19 tokens to every session and 1,724 once invoked, about $0.0001 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.