claude-sdd-plugin: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

claude-sdd-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from viamus/claude-sdd-plugin. It costs 570 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A set of instructions for a plugin that uses Spec-Driven Design, a process where code is created from an approved written specification. It covers creating, learning, reviewing, generating, and checking specifications.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create and review specifications, gather source information, generate code from approved specifications, and check the work against those specifications.
Why use it?
It prevents code from being written without an agreed specification and reduces invented behavior or missing error handling.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions .claude-plugin.

This is viamus/claude-sdd-plugin's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on claude-sdd-plugin 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 claude-sdd-plugin configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to viamus/claude-sdd-plugin. 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/viamus/claude-sdd-plugin/main/CLAUDE.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/viamus/claude-sdd-plugin

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Sonnet 5.5 $0.00114 $0.00114
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Security

Grade A, and why

claude-sdd-plugin CLAUDE.md 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 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.

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.md · 50 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 50 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SDD Orchestrator — Plugin Context

This project uses Spec-Driven Design (SDD). Code should only be generated after an approved specification.

Fundamental Rules

  1. Spec-First: Never generate implementation code without a corresponding approved spec in specs/. Always ask: "Which approved spec am I following?"
  2. Contract Fidelity: Generated code must implement EXACTLY what the spec defines — no more, no less. Do not add features, parameters, or behaviors that are not in the spec.
  3. Error Coverage: Every error scenario defined in the spec MUST have corresponding handling in the code.
  4. No Hallucination: If the spec does not define a behavior for a specific case, ask the developer instead of making it up.

Workflow

  • /sdd:sdd-init <name> — Creates a new spec from the template
  • /sdd:sdd-learn <name> <sources> — Ingests docs, files, or web pages into spec context
  • /sdd:sdd-build <name> — Builds the spec via guided conversation (auto-loads knowledge)
  • /sdd:sdd-review — Validates whether the spec is complete
  • /sdd:sdd-gen — Full pipeline: generate code + consistency check + quality audit + deliver
  • /sdd:sdd-status — Shows the state of all specs and dependency graph

Pipeline (automated by sdd-gen)

Generate → Consistency Check → Quality Audit → Deliver
              ↑ auto-fix            ↑ auto-fix

Check and audit are internal steps — the user only runs /sdd:sdd-gen.

Plugin Structure

claude-sdd-plugin/
├── .claude-plugin/
│   ├── plugin.json            # Plugin manifest
│   └── marketplace.json       # Marketplace catalog
├── skills/
│   ├── sdd-init/SKILL.md     # Create spec
│   ├── sdd-learn/SKILL.md    # Ingest knowledge for specs
│   ├── sdd-build/SKILL.md    # Build spec via conversation
│   ├── sdd-review/SKILL.md   # Validate spec
│   ├── sdd-gen/SKILL.md      # Full pipeline
│   ├── sdd-check/SKILL.md    # (internal) Consistency check
│   ├── sdd-audit/SKILL.md    # (internal) Quality audit
│   └── sdd-status/SKILL.md   # Status + dependency graph
├── templates/
│   └── spec-template.md
└── docs/

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Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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  1. 1mo ago First seen · 50 lines · 570 tokens per session scan A 3f6a2791b023

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claude-sdd-plugin CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository viamus/claude-sdd-plugin (4 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 570 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 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 2026-08-31.

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