spec-manager

spec-manager is a skill for Claude Code from loki-ai-ch/spec-manager. It costs 33 tokens per session (962 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A spec-driven project workflow that moves software work from a product requirements document to a design, implementation specification, and coding task, with human approval between stages.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to start or run feature tasks, create requirements and designs, plan iterations, prepare tests and releases, write operating guides, document incidents and architecture decisions, and describe incremental changes.
Why use it?
It records the decisions needed for non-trivial work and requires an approved implementation specification before code is changed.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Good fit Use it to start or run feature tasks, create requirements and designs, plan iterations, prepare tests and releases, write operating guides, document incidents and architecture decisions, and describe incremental changes.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/loki-ai-ch/spec-manager/codebuddy-skill
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add loki-ai-ch/spec-manager --skill codebuddy-skill
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/loki-ai-ch/spec-manager

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 33 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 962 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 $0.00033 $0.00962
Opus 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00385
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00192
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00096

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 79e84a305b19, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

spec-manager 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/skills/spec-manager/templates/agents/codebuddy-skill/SKILL.md · 60 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 60 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

spec-manager

Use this skill when the user invokes /spec-manager, asks for a new feature, PRD, technical design, implementation spec, agent task, iteration plan, test plan, release notes, runbook, postmortem, ADR, or delta change.

Entry Points

  • /spec-manager <request> — start from the user's requirement and route to the right subskill.
  • /spec-manager run <taskId> — execute an existing Agent Task.

Unified Rules

  • Feature work MUST go through spec-manager.
  • New or non-trivial work follows L1 -> L2 -> L3 -> Agent Task.
  • Never write implementation code without a frozen L3 spec.
  • L1/L2 approval advances draft -> confirmed; one explicit L3 approval (an explicit user approval) advances draft -> frozen.
  • Before code edits, read the frozen L3 spec and create/start an Agent Task.
  • planJson coveredSpecs MUST include the current L3 specCode.
  • If adaptive workflow is enabled, Task creation records a standard or governed Profile snapshot; governed requires the frozen L3 to declare ## 关键验收标准 with valid AC IDs, and task complete requires successful verification evidence covering every critical AC. standard reports missing coverage as warnings. Use spec-manager project profile recommend --request "<work>" for a deterministic, explainable recommendation; it does not auto-enable adaptive workflow and is not a hidden gate. Use spec-manager project profile metrics [--topic <topic>] [--json] for a read-only governance report over Profile adoption, governed coverage gaps, standard warnings, and explicit overrides; metrics does not modify config or historical Tasks. Use spec-manager project readiness critical [--topic <topic>] [--json] for a read-only critical AC readiness report and repair suggestions; it must not auto-generate or insert critical AC. Before enabling adaptive workflow, use spec-manager project workflow preview [--json] for a read-only adoption preview; preview does not write config, migrate historical Tasks, or act as an enable gate.
  • quick remains a restricted lightweight exception and does not create the full L1/L2/L3/Task chain.
  • Validate L3 markdown plans with spec-manager spec validate-plan --from-spec <L3-code>.
  • Record execution with spec-manager task step; finish with spec-manager task complete.

Read the full file on GitHub · 60 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 · 60 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 79e84a305b19

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spec-manager is a skill published in the GitHub repository loki-ai-ch/spec-manager (5 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 33 tokens to every session and 962 once invoked, about $0.0001 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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