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to-spec

Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker - no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed.

  • Skills
  • Engineering
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What it does and how to use it

A skill that teaches Claude Code to do engineering tasks well. It is packaged knowledge the model uses whenever it is relevant.

  1. Install the skill (command above).
  2. In Claude Code, describe what you need - the skill turns on by itself when the context fits.
  3. No commands to memorize: you talk in plain language and the skill does the rest.

Install (Claude Code)

mkdir -p .claude/skills/mattpocock-skills__to-spec && curl -fsSL https://doutorai.pt/data/lib/skills__mattpocock-skills__to-spec.md -o .claude/skills/mattpocock-skills__to-spec/SKILL.md

Paste this command into the terminal, in your project folder, and the component installs automatically.

Content

---
name: to-spec
description: Turn the current conversation into a spec and publish it to the project issue tracker - no interview, just synthesis of what you've already discussed.
disable-model-invocation: true
---

This skill takes the current conversation context and codebase understanding and produces a spec. Do NOT interview the user - just synthesize what you already know.

The issue tracker and triage label vocabulary should have been provided to you - run `/setup-matt-pocock-skills` if not.

## Process

1. Explore the repo to understand the current state of the codebase, if you haven'

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