sparc-methodology

sparc-methodology is a skill for Claude Code from frankxai/claude-skills-library. It costs 49 tokens per session (1,555 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A five-stage development method: Specification, Pseudocode, Architecture, Refinement, and Completion.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan and build features through a spec-to-code workflow with multiple agents.
Why use it?
It gives complex feature work a fixed structure, helping break an idea into smaller steps before implementation.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the claude-skills-library plugin — 114 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to plan and build features through a spec-to-code workflow with multiple agents.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/frankxai/claude-skills-library/sparc-methodology
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add frankxai/claude-skills-library --skill sparc-methodology
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/frankxai/claude-skills-library

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install claude-skills-library, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 114 skills.

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README.md
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Per session 49 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,555 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 $0.00049 $0.01555
Opus 5.5 $0.00020 $0.00622
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00311
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00155

Measured 12d ago against content hash 44bea110acd9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

sparc-methodology 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 12d 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.

free-skills/sparc-methodology/SKILL.md · 255 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 255 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

SPARC Methodology - Comprehensive Development Framework

Overview

SPARC (Specification, Pseudocode, Architecture, Refinement, Completion) is a systematic development methodology integrated with Claude Flow's multi-agent orchestration capabilities. It provides 17 specialized modes for comprehensive software development, from initial research through deployment and monitoring.

Table of Contents

  1. Core Philosophy
  2. Development Phases
  3. Available Modes
  4. Activation Methods
  5. Orchestration Patterns
  6. TDD Workflows
  7. Best Practices
  8. Integration Examples
  9. Common Workflows

Core Philosophy

SPARC methodology emphasizes:

  • Systematic Approach: Structured phases from specification to completion
  • Test-Driven Development: Tests written before implementation
  • Parallel Execution: Concurrent agent coordination for 2.8-4.4x speed improvements
  • Memory Integration: Persistent knowledge sharing across agents and sessions
  • Quality First: Comprehensive reviews, testing, and validation
  • Modular Design: Clean separation of concerns with clear interfaces

Key Principles

  1. Specification Before Code: Define requirements and constraints clearly
  2. Design Before Implementation: Plan architecture and components
  3. Tests Before Features: Write failing tests, then make them pass
  4. Review Everything: Code quality, security, and performance checks
  5. Document Continuously: Maintain current documentation throughout

Development Phases

Phase 1: Specification

Goal: Define requirements, constraints, and success criteria

  • Requirements analysis
  • User story mapping
  • Constraint identification
  • Success metrics definition
  • Pseudocode planning

Read the full file on GitHub · 255 lines

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 12d ago Changed 44bea110acd9
  2. 1mo ago First seen · 255 lines · 49 tokens per session scan A 09966eeb93f5

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sparc-methodology is a skill published in the GitHub repository frankxai/claude-skills-library (47 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 49 tokens to every session and 1,555 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-09-03.