create-technical-spike

create-technical-spike is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from boshi-xixixi/TraeSkill. It costs 23 tokens per session (1,353 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A technical research document generator for decisions that need answers before implementation starts. It creates time-limited spike documents with questions, expected results, ownership, and deadlines.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to investigate choices such as an API integration or performance issue and record the decision needed for implementation.
Why use it?
It removes the uncertainty and scattered notes that can delay development decisions. A timebox keeps the investigation focused before code is built.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it to investigate choices such as an API integration or performance issue and record the decision needed for implementation.

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npx agentmods add skills/boshi-xixixi/traeskill/create-technical-spike
Install

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Any agent
npx skills add boshi-xixixi/TraeSkill --skill create-technical-spike
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/boshi-xixixi/TraeSkill

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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When invoked 1,353 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.
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ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00023 $0.01353
Opus 5 $0.00012 $0.00677
Sonnet 5 $0.00005 $0.00271
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00135

Measured 7d ago against content hash 2caccb0ba3b9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-10, from the pricing page.

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Grade A, and why

create-technical-spike 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 7d 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.

.trae/Skills/.agents/skills/create-technical-spike/SKILL.md · 231 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 231 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Create Technical Spike Document

Create time-boxed technical spike documents for researching critical questions that must be answered before development can proceed. Each spike focuses on a specific technical decision with clear deliverables and timelines.

Document Structure

Create individual files in ${input:FolderPath|docs/spikes} directory. Name each file using the pattern: [category]-[short-description]-spike.md (e.g., api-copilot-integration-spike.md, performance-realtime-audio-spike.md).

---
title: "${input:SpikeTitle}"
category: "${input:Category|Technical}"
status: "🔴 Not Started"
priority: "${input:Priority|High}"
timebox: "${input:Timebox|1 week}"
created: [YYYY-MM-DD]
updated: [YYYY-MM-DD]
owner: "${input:Owner}"
tags: ["technical-spike", "${input:Category|technical}", "research"]
---

# ${input:SpikeTitle}

## Summary

**Spike Objective:** [Clear, specific question or decision that needs resolution]

**Why This Matters:** [Impact on development/architecture decisions]

**Timebox:** [How much time allocated to this spike]

**Decision Deadline:** [When this must be resolved to avoid blocking development]

## Research Question(s)

**Primary Question:** [Main technical question that needs answering]

**Secondary Questions:**

- [Related question 1]
- [Related question 2]
- [Related question 3]

## Investigation Plan

### Research Tasks

- [ ] [Specific research task 1]
- [ ] [Specific research task 2]
- [ ] [Specific research task 3]
- [ ] [Create proof of concept/prototype]
- [ ] [Document findings and recommendations]

### Success Criteria

**This spike is complete when:**

- [ ] [Specific criteria 1]
- [ ] [Specific criteria 2]
- [ ] [Clear recommendation documented]
- [ ] [Proof of concept completed (if applicable)]

## Technical Context

**Related Components:** [List system components affected by this decision]

**Dependencies:** [What other spikes or decisions depend on resolving this]

**Constraints:** [Known limitations or requirements that affect the solution]

## Research Findings

### Investigation Results

[Document research findings, test results, and evidence gathered]

### Prototype/Testing Notes

[Results from any prototypes, spikes, or technical experiments]

### External Resources

- [Link to relevant documentation]
- [Link to API references]
- [Link to community discussions]
- [Link to examples/tutorials]

## Decision

### Recommendation

[Clear recommendation based on research findings]

### Rationale

[Why this approach was chosen over alternatives]

### Implementation Notes

[Key considerations for implementation]

### Follow-up Actions

- [ ] [Action item 1]
- [ ] [Action item 2]
- [ ] [Update architecture documents]
- [ ] [Create implementation tasks]

## Status History

| Date   | Status         | Notes                      |
| ------ | -------------- | -------------------------- |
| [Date] | 🔴 Not Started | Spike created and scoped   |
| [Date] | 🟡 In Progress | Research commenced         |
| [Date] | 🟢 Complete    | [Resolution summary]       |

---

_Last updated: [Date] by [Name]_

Read the full file on GitHub · 231 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. 7d ago First seen · 231 lines · 23 tokens per session scan A 2caccb0ba3b9

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create-technical-spike is a skill published in the GitHub repository boshi-xixixi/TraeSkill (263 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 23 tokens to every session and 1,353 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 2026-09-03.