autospec: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

autospec CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from ariel-frischer/autospec. It costs 2,503 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A codebase guide for Autospec, a Go command-line tool that helps turn a feature description into a specification, plan, task list, and implementation. It also explains how to install Autospec skills for Claude Code.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to run Autospec workflows, prepare implementation plans, execute phases or tasks, check status, diagnose setup problems, and run Go tests.
Why use it?
It documents the required tools and commands so an agent can prepare, implement, format, lint, and test changes consistently.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

This is ariel-frischer/autospec's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on autospec 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 autospec configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to ariel-frischer/autospec. 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
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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ariel-frischer/autospec

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CLAUDE.md · 247 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 247 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

Guidance for Claude Code when working with this repository.

Autospec Claude Skills

autospec init --ai claude installs Claude project skills in .claude/skills/autospec.*/SKILL.md. They preserve existing slash-style invocation such as /autospec.plan and set disable-model-invocation: true so agents do not invoke them automatically.

Prerequisites

  • Go 1.25+: Check with go version
  • Claude CLI: Authenticated (claude --version)
  • Make, golangci-lint: For build/lint (make lint)

Commands

# Build & Dev
make build          # Build for current platform
make test           # Run all tests (quiet, shows failures only)
make test-v         # Run all tests (verbose, for debugging)
make fmt            # Format Go code (run before committing)
make lint           # Run all linters

# Single test
go test -run TestName ./internal/package/

# CLI usage (run `autospec --help` for full reference)
autospec run -a "feature description"    # All stages: specify → plan → tasks → implement
autospec prep "feature description"      # Planning only: specify → plan → tasks
autospec implement --phases              # Each phase in separate session
autospec implement --tasks               # Each task in separate session
autospec st                              # Show status and task progress
autospec doctor                          # Check dependencies

Post-Change Polish (REQUIRED)

After significant code changes, automatically invoke the repo-local polish skill before final handoff. Use it to update changelog/docs and run the required validation targets. Do not wait for an explicit /polish request unless the change is trivial or docs-only.

Core Workflow

Stage Dependencies (MUST follow this order)

constitution → specify → plan → tasks → implement
     ↓            ↓        ↓       ↓
constitution.yaml spec.yaml plan.yaml tasks.yaml
Stage Requires Produces
constitution .autospec/constitution.yaml
specify constitution specs/NNN-feature/spec.yaml
plan spec.yaml plan.yaml
tasks plan.yaml tasks.yaml
implement tasks.yaml code changes

Read the full file on GitHub · 247 lines

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autospec CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository ariel-frischer/autospec (141 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,503 tokens to every session, about $0.0125 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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