spec-ideate

spec-ideate is a command for Claude Code from ronronner02/codepilot-agent. It costs 8 tokens per session (11,927 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A command that starts the Spec-First ideation workflow, which develops and evaluates an idea before implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when you want to run the repository's ideation process.
Why use it?
It gives a request a structured starting point before code or a detailed specification is produced.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents; names the AskUserQuestion tool.

Good fit Use it when you want to run the repository's ideation process.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/ronronner02/codepilot-agent/spec-ideate
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ronronner02/codepilot-agent

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 8 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 11,927 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00008 $0.11927
Opus 5.5 $0.00003 $0.04771
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00002 $0.02385
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.01193

Measured 1mo ago against content hash d7ae5352f9fd, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

spec-ideate scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 1mo 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.

Asks for rootmediumPrivilege escalation

A mod that escalates privileges can change anything on the machine, not only the project.

chmod 700 "$SCRATCH_DIR"
.claude/commands/spec-ideate.md · 435 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 435 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Command support root: .claude/spec-first/workflows/spec-ideate. Treat it as the loaded skill directory whenever this inlined workflow refers to SKILL_DIR or the directory containing SKILL.md.

Generate Improvement Ideas

Note: Use the current date from the active host context. Use this when weighting external sources and dating artifacts.

spec-ideate precedes spec-brainstorm.

  • spec-ideate answers: "What are the strongest ideas worth exploring?"
  • spec-brainstorm answers: "What exactly should one chosen idea mean?" and writes a requirements-only unified plan under docs/plans/.
  • spec-plan answers: "How should it be built?"

This workflow produces a ranked ideation artifact — written to docs/ideation/ when present, else a spec-first temp path (see Phase 4). It does not produce requirements, plans, or code.

Workflow Contract Summary

  • 输入: 一个希望获得改进方向的主题、范围、约束或用户提供的 research artifact。
  • 输出: 有证据基础、经过批判和排序的 ideation artifact,包含候选、拒绝理由、限制与推荐探索方向。
  • 硬出口: 主题或目标 repo 无法确定、证据不足以支撑 basis、请求实际需要产品收敛/规划/实现时停止并路由 owning workflow。
  • 权威: source 与研究证据约束 idea basis;LLM 负责生成、批判和排序;workflow 不产生 requirements、implementation、commit 或 landing 权限。
  • 消费者: 用户、spec-brainstorm、产品/技术 owner 与后续 strategy 讨论。

Interaction Method

Use the platform's blocking question tool: AskUserQuestion in Claude Code (call ToolSearch with select:AskUserQuestion first if its schema isn't loaded), request_user_input in Codex. Fall back to numbered options in chat only when no blocking tool exists in the harness or the call errors (e.g., Codex edit modes) — not because a schema load is required. Never silently skip the question.

Ask one question at a time. Prefer concise single-select choices when natural options exist.

Focus Hint

<focus_hint> # </focus_hint>

Interpret any provided argument as optional context. It may be:

  • a concept such as DX improvements
  • a path such as skills/
  • a research artifact to draw on — a file of gathered evidence (social-research report, survey export, analytics dump) at any path, inside or outside the repo (handled in Phase 1's user-supplied research subsection)
  • a constraint such as low-complexity quick wins
  • a volume hint such as top 3, 100 ideas, or raise the bar

Read the full file on GitHub · 435 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. 1mo ago First seen · 435 lines · 8 tokens per session scan B d7ae5352f9fd

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spec-ideate is a command published in the GitHub repository ronronner02/codepilot-agent (0 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 8 tokens to every session and 11,927 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (asks for root). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.