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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Snir Orlanczyk
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ Name: tiny-spec
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+ Version: 0.1.0
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+ Summary: A tiny, opinionated take on spec-driven development.
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+ Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/GrayMa77er/tiny-spec
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+ Project-URL: Source, https://github.com/GrayMa77er/tiny-spec
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+ Project-URL: Issues, https://github.com/GrayMa77er/tiny-spec/issues
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+ Author: Snir Orlanczyk
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+ License: MIT License
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+
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+ Copyright (c) 2026 Snir Orlanczyk
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+
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+ Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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+ of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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+ in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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+ to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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+ copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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+ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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+
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+ The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+ copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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+
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+ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+ FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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+ AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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+ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
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+ SOFTWARE.
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+ License-File: LICENSE
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+ Keywords: ai-agents,claude,claude-code,skills,spec-driven-development
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+ Classifier: Environment :: Console
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+ Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
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+ Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
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+ Requires-Python: >=3.9
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+ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
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+
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="images/logo.png" alt="tiny-spec" width="200">
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+ </p>
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+
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+ <h1 align="center">tiny-spec</h1>
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+
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+ <p align="center">A tiny, opinionated take on spec-driven development.</p>
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+
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="License: MIT"></a>
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+ <a href="https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Claude%20Code-skills-d97757.svg" alt="Claude Code"></a>
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+ </p>
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+
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+ tiny-spec is a four-step workflow for Claude Code that turns a ticket into shipped,
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+ reviewed code. You write the intent, it produces a design, a task list, and then
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+ builds the work one task at a time. Every task is implemented by one agent and
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+ graded by an independent reviewer that runs the real tests before anything is
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+ committed.
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+
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+ It is four skills and two agents. No orchestrator, no config file, no build step.
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+
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+ ```
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+ tiny-spec-create → tiny-spec-plan → tiny-spec-tasks → tiny-spec-build
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+ intent design tasks per-task loop
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+ SPEC.md PLAN.md + tasks.md plan → implement → review → commit
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+ constitution
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## New to spec-driven development?
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+
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+ Spec-driven development (SDD) means writing down *what* you want and *why* before
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+ any code exists, then letting that spec drive the build. Instead of prompting an
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+ agent and hoping, you hand it a small, explicit contract — the intent, a design,
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+ and an ordered list of tasks — and it implements against that. The payoff: the
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+ agent stops guessing. It knows what "done" looks like, you can review the plan
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+ before a single line is written, and the result is checked against the spec
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+ rather than vibes. tiny-spec is one small take on that idea.
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+
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+ ## Quickstart
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+
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+ Install the skills and agents into your Claude Code config with
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+ [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ uvx tiny-spec install
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+ ```
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+
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+ Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skills, then run the flow in your project:
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+
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+ ```
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+ /tiny-spec-create # capture intent and requirements (binds a ticket, optional)
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+ /tiny-spec-plan # turn the spec into a design and harden the constitution
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+ /tiny-spec-tasks # slice the plan into an ordered checklist
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+ /tiny-spec-build # build each task: implement, review, commit
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+ ```
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+
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+ Re-run `install` any time to update; `tiny-spec uninstall` removes only what it
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+ installed. Each skill is copied (not symlinked) so every install is
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+ self-contained.
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary>Manual install (no uv)</summary>
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+
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+ The skills and agents are plain markdown — copy them in by hand. Claude Code
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+ loads skills from `~/.claude/skills/` and agents from `~/.claude/agents/`:
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ git clone https://github.com/GrayMa77er/tiny-spec.git
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+ cd tiny-spec
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+
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+ mkdir -p "$HOME/.claude/skills" "$HOME/.claude/agents"
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+ for s in tiny-spec-create tiny-spec-plan tiny-spec-tasks tiny-spec-build; do
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+ cp -R "$s" "$HOME/.claude/skills/$s"
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+ done
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+ cp agents/*.md "$HOME/.claude/agents/"
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+ ```
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+
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+ If a skill name collides with one you already have, rename these before copying,
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+ or install one set at a time.
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+
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+ </details>
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+
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+ ## How it works
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+
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+ The constitution (`constitution.md`) is the spine. `tiny-spec-create` seeds it from a
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+ short interview, `tiny-spec-plan` hardens it with concrete engineering rules, and
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+ `tiny-spec-build` injects it whole into every task. It holds your style, standards,
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+ invariants, definition of done, and verification commands.
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+
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+ `tiny-spec-build` walks the task list top to bottom. Each task runs through one loop:
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+
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+ 1. Plan the task against the constitution (inline, brief).
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+ 2. Implement it with a fresh `tiny-spec-build-executor` agent.
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+ 3. Review it with an independent `tiny-spec-build-reviewer` agent that runs the gate
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+ end to end and grades against the constitution and the task's acceptance.
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+ 4. On pass, commit the code plus a checklist tick. On fail, loop back to the
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+ executor with the findings. After two failed attempts it becomes a blocker.
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+
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+ ```mermaid
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+ flowchart TB
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+ SPEC[SPEC.md<br/>intent] --> PLAN[PLAN.md<br/>design] --> TASKS[tasks.md<br/>checklist]
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+
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+ TASKS --> P[Plan task]
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+ P --> I[Implement<br/>executor]
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+ I --> R[Review + run gate<br/>reviewer]
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+ R -->|pass| C[Commit + tick]
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+ C --> TASKS
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+ R -->|fail| I
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+ R -->|fail twice| B[Blocker logged to decisions.md]
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+
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+ CON([constitution.md]) -.-> P & I & R
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+ MEM([memory.md]) -.-> I & R
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+ ```
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+
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+ Solid arrows are the flow. Dotted arrows show the persistent context injected into
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+ a step: the `constitution.md` goes into planning, implementation, and review, while
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+ `memory.md` is handed to the executor and reviewer.
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+
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+ A small `memory.md` carries operational lessons between runs, so the executor and
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+ reviewer (which start fresh each time) don't relearn the same pitfalls.
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+
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+ When a task can't pass because of a gap in the design or spec, the executor stops
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+ and logs a blocker instead of hacking around it. You fix the gap upstream in
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+ `tiny-spec-plan` or `tiny-spec-create`, then resume. Work runs one ticket at a time and
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+ resumes from the checklist state.
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+
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+ ## Why it's small
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+
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+ Most spec frameworks are generous by default:
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+ many phases, many agents, many generated documents. tiny-spec makes the opposite
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+ bet. Keep one safeguard, drop the rest.
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+
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+ A green unit test suite is not the same as working software, so the reviewer
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+ exercises acceptance criteria end to end and a final smoke test confirms the whole
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+ spec. That independent review is the safeguard — not the volume of planning
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+ artifacts. One task, one commit, an external reviewer. Nothing gets added unless
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+ it earns its place.
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+
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+ The case for staying small:
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+
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+ - **Documents are context, and context isn't free.** Generating large `spec.md`,
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+ `plan.md`, `research.md`, and `data-model.md` files costs tokens to write, then
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+ costs context to carry. Every paragraph the agent has to hold is room it no
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+ longer has for your actual code. tiny-spec keeps the spine small — a
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+ constitution and a short memory — and injects only what each task needs.
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+ - **Real work is a ticket inside a system, not a greenfield repo.** Bigger kits
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+ assume you're bootstrapping a project from a blank page. Day to day, you pick up
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+ a ticket and change part of a system that already exists. tiny-spec binds to a
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+ ticket, works one at a time, and references your task platform instead of
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+ re-describing the world.
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+ - **Rigid pipelines fight the user.** Mandatory phases and required sections
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+ impose ceremony on work that doesn't need it. tiny-spec's extra structure is
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+ optional by design — add shape where it pays, skip it where it doesn't.
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+ - **More moving parts is more to maintain.** Orchestrators, ownership contracts,
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+ checkpoint matrices, and config files are themselves a system you have to learn
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+ and keep in sync. Four skills and two agents are not.
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+ - **Generated docs can fake rigor.** A folder of polished planning artifacts looks
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+ like progress, but it isn't proof. The proof is the reviewer running your real
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+ tests before each commit.
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+
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+ That's the whole trade: where larger kits add machinery, tiny-spec adds one
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+ independent reviewer and stops.
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+
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+ ## Project layout
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+
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+ Each skill is self-contained. It carries its own templates and refers to them by
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+ relative path, with no absolute paths and no shared parent required at runtime, so
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+ a skill folder works wherever you drop it.
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+
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+ tiny-spec creates a `.spec/` directory in your project root, never inside a skill.
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+ It is namespaced per ticket, with a shared spine at the root:
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+
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+ ```
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+ .spec/
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+ ACTIVE the active ticket directory name (resolution pointer)
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+ constitution.md project-wide, shared across tickets
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+ memory.md operational lessons, shared across tickets
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+ <ticket-id>/ one directory per ticket (PROJ-123/, gh-42/, …)
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+ SPEC.md PLAN.md tasks.md decisions.md
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+ ```
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+
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+ `CONTRACTS.md` documents the formats for maintainers. The skills do not read it at
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+ runtime; each is self-sufficient.
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+
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+ ## Integrations
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+
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+ tiny-spec binds to a task platform (Jira, GitHub Issues, Azure DevOps, Monday) by
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+ reference only: a `ticket` block in the spec and a `Refs:` footer on each
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+ [Conventional Commit](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/), so the
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+ platform auto-links the work. No API calls or credentials are required.
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+
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+ ## Contributing
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+
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+ Issues and pull requests are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), and
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+ read [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) before changing any skill or agent.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ [MIT](LICENSE)
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <img src="images/logo.png" alt="tiny-spec" width="200">
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+ </p>
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+
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+ <h1 align="center">tiny-spec</h1>
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+
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+ <p align="center">A tiny, opinionated take on spec-driven development.</p>
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+
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+ <p align="center">
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+ <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="License: MIT"></a>
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+ <a href="https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Claude%20Code-skills-d97757.svg" alt="Claude Code"></a>
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+ </p>
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+
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+ tiny-spec is a four-step workflow for Claude Code that turns a ticket into shipped,
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+ reviewed code. You write the intent, it produces a design, a task list, and then
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+ builds the work one task at a time. Every task is implemented by one agent and
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+ graded by an independent reviewer that runs the real tests before anything is
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+ committed.
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+
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+ It is four skills and two agents. No orchestrator, no config file, no build step.
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+
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+ ```
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+ tiny-spec-create → tiny-spec-plan → tiny-spec-tasks → tiny-spec-build
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+ intent design tasks per-task loop
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+ SPEC.md PLAN.md + tasks.md plan → implement → review → commit
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+ constitution
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+ ```
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+
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+ ## New to spec-driven development?
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+
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+ Spec-driven development (SDD) means writing down *what* you want and *why* before
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+ any code exists, then letting that spec drive the build. Instead of prompting an
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+ agent and hoping, you hand it a small, explicit contract — the intent, a design,
34
+ and an ordered list of tasks — and it implements against that. The payoff: the
35
+ agent stops guessing. It knows what "done" looks like, you can review the plan
36
+ before a single line is written, and the result is checked against the spec
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+ rather than vibes. tiny-spec is one small take on that idea.
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+
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+ ## Quickstart
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+
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+ Install the skills and agents into your Claude Code config with
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+ [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ uvx tiny-spec install
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+ ```
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+
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+ Restart Claude Code so it picks up the new skills, then run the flow in your project:
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+
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+ ```
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+ /tiny-spec-create # capture intent and requirements (binds a ticket, optional)
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+ /tiny-spec-plan # turn the spec into a design and harden the constitution
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+ /tiny-spec-tasks # slice the plan into an ordered checklist
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+ /tiny-spec-build # build each task: implement, review, commit
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+ ```
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+
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+ Re-run `install` any time to update; `tiny-spec uninstall` removes only what it
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+ installed. Each skill is copied (not symlinked) so every install is
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+ self-contained.
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+
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+ <details>
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+ <summary>Manual install (no uv)</summary>
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+
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+ The skills and agents are plain markdown — copy them in by hand. Claude Code
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+ loads skills from `~/.claude/skills/` and agents from `~/.claude/agents/`:
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+
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+ ```sh
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+ git clone https://github.com/GrayMa77er/tiny-spec.git
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+ cd tiny-spec
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+
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+ mkdir -p "$HOME/.claude/skills" "$HOME/.claude/agents"
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+ for s in tiny-spec-create tiny-spec-plan tiny-spec-tasks tiny-spec-build; do
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+ cp -R "$s" "$HOME/.claude/skills/$s"
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+ done
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+ cp agents/*.md "$HOME/.claude/agents/"
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+ ```
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+
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+ If a skill name collides with one you already have, rename these before copying,
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+ or install one set at a time.
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+
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+ </details>
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+
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+ ## How it works
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+
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+ The constitution (`constitution.md`) is the spine. `tiny-spec-create` seeds it from a
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+ short interview, `tiny-spec-plan` hardens it with concrete engineering rules, and
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+ `tiny-spec-build` injects it whole into every task. It holds your style, standards,
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+ invariants, definition of done, and verification commands.
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+
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+ `tiny-spec-build` walks the task list top to bottom. Each task runs through one loop:
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+
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+ 1. Plan the task against the constitution (inline, brief).
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+ 2. Implement it with a fresh `tiny-spec-build-executor` agent.
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+ 3. Review it with an independent `tiny-spec-build-reviewer` agent that runs the gate
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+ end to end and grades against the constitution and the task's acceptance.
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+ 4. On pass, commit the code plus a checklist tick. On fail, loop back to the
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+ executor with the findings. After two failed attempts it becomes a blocker.
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+
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+ ```mermaid
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+ flowchart TB
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+ SPEC[SPEC.md<br/>intent] --> PLAN[PLAN.md<br/>design] --> TASKS[tasks.md<br/>checklist]
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+
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+ TASKS --> P[Plan task]
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+ P --> I[Implement<br/>executor]
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+ I --> R[Review + run gate<br/>reviewer]
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+ R -->|pass| C[Commit + tick]
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+ C --> TASKS
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+ R -->|fail| I
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+ R -->|fail twice| B[Blocker logged to decisions.md]
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+
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+ CON([constitution.md]) -.-> P & I & R
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+ MEM([memory.md]) -.-> I & R
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+ ```
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+
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+ Solid arrows are the flow. Dotted arrows show the persistent context injected into
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+ a step: the `constitution.md` goes into planning, implementation, and review, while
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+ `memory.md` is handed to the executor and reviewer.
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+
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+ A small `memory.md` carries operational lessons between runs, so the executor and
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+ reviewer (which start fresh each time) don't relearn the same pitfalls.
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+
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+ When a task can't pass because of a gap in the design or spec, the executor stops
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+ and logs a blocker instead of hacking around it. You fix the gap upstream in
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+ `tiny-spec-plan` or `tiny-spec-create`, then resume. Work runs one ticket at a time and
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+ resumes from the checklist state.
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+
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+ ## Why it's small
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+
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+ Most spec frameworks are generous by default:
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+ many phases, many agents, many generated documents. tiny-spec makes the opposite
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+ bet. Keep one safeguard, drop the rest.
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+
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+ A green unit test suite is not the same as working software, so the reviewer
134
+ exercises acceptance criteria end to end and a final smoke test confirms the whole
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+ spec. That independent review is the safeguard — not the volume of planning
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+ artifacts. One task, one commit, an external reviewer. Nothing gets added unless
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+ it earns its place.
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+
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+ The case for staying small:
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+
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+ - **Documents are context, and context isn't free.** Generating large `spec.md`,
142
+ `plan.md`, `research.md`, and `data-model.md` files costs tokens to write, then
143
+ costs context to carry. Every paragraph the agent has to hold is room it no
144
+ longer has for your actual code. tiny-spec keeps the spine small — a
145
+ constitution and a short memory — and injects only what each task needs.
146
+ - **Real work is a ticket inside a system, not a greenfield repo.** Bigger kits
147
+ assume you're bootstrapping a project from a blank page. Day to day, you pick up
148
+ a ticket and change part of a system that already exists. tiny-spec binds to a
149
+ ticket, works one at a time, and references your task platform instead of
150
+ re-describing the world.
151
+ - **Rigid pipelines fight the user.** Mandatory phases and required sections
152
+ impose ceremony on work that doesn't need it. tiny-spec's extra structure is
153
+ optional by design — add shape where it pays, skip it where it doesn't.
154
+ - **More moving parts is more to maintain.** Orchestrators, ownership contracts,
155
+ checkpoint matrices, and config files are themselves a system you have to learn
156
+ and keep in sync. Four skills and two agents are not.
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+ - **Generated docs can fake rigor.** A folder of polished planning artifacts looks
158
+ like progress, but it isn't proof. The proof is the reviewer running your real
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+ tests before each commit.
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+
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+ That's the whole trade: where larger kits add machinery, tiny-spec adds one
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+ independent reviewer and stops.
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+
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+ ## Project layout
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+
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+ Each skill is self-contained. It carries its own templates and refers to them by
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+ relative path, with no absolute paths and no shared parent required at runtime, so
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+ a skill folder works wherever you drop it.
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+
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+ tiny-spec creates a `.spec/` directory in your project root, never inside a skill.
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+ It is namespaced per ticket, with a shared spine at the root:
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+
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+ ```
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+ .spec/
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+ ACTIVE the active ticket directory name (resolution pointer)
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+ constitution.md project-wide, shared across tickets
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+ memory.md operational lessons, shared across tickets
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+ <ticket-id>/ one directory per ticket (PROJ-123/, gh-42/, …)
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+ SPEC.md PLAN.md tasks.md decisions.md
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+ ```
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+
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+ `CONTRACTS.md` documents the formats for maintainers. The skills do not read it at
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+ runtime; each is self-sufficient.
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+
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+ ## Integrations
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+
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+ tiny-spec binds to a task platform (Jira, GitHub Issues, Azure DevOps, Monday) by
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+ reference only: a `ticket` block in the spec and a `Refs:` footer on each
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+ [Conventional Commit](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/), so the
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+ platform auto-links the work. No API calls or credentials are required.
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+
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+ ## Contributing
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+
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+ Issues and pull requests are welcome. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md), and
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+ read [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md) before changing any skill or agent.
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+
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+ ## License
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+
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+ [MIT](LICENSE)
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+ ---
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+ name: tiny-spec-build-executor
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+ description: Implements a single task — writes/modifies code to satisfy one task, adhering to the project's constitution, and reports what changed plus any decisions or blockers. Spawned (one per task) by tiny-spec-build. Does not plan, spawn other agents, or invoke skills.
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+ tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob
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+ ---
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+
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+ # tiny-spec-build-executor
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+
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+ You implement **one task** from a build. You are spawned by `tiny-spec-build`,
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+ one instance per task, running on its own. Your final message **is** the
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+ structured report back — it is not shown to a human, so return data, not prose
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+ pleasantries.
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+
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+ ## What you receive (the context contract)
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+
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+ Everything you need and nothing you don't:
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+
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+ - the **task id**, **description**, and **acceptance** (the outcome that proves it done);
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+ - a **`files:` hint** — likely paths to touch (guidance, not a hard boundary);
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+ - the full **constitution** (`constitution.md`): Style, Engineering standards,
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+ Guiding invariants, Glossary, Layout, Definition of Done, Verification commands;
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+ - the project's **memory** if any (`memory.md`) — operational lessons; honor them
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+ so you don't re-learn a pitfall a past run already paid for;
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+ - the specific existing files that are your starting point, named explicitly.
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+
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+ You are **blind to the workflow, not to the codebase.** You don't get the plan,
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+ other tasks, or shared state. But the named files are a launch point, not the whole
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+ picture: **explore the codebase read-only** as far as you need — grep for callers
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+ and usages, read the types you touch, find the existing helper or pattern to reuse
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+ instead of reinventing. Editing existing code blind is how the constitution gets
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+ violated.
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+
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+ ## How to work
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+
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+ 1. Read your launch-point files, then explore outward (read-only) until you
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+ understand the code you're changing and the patterns to match.
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+ 2. Write or modify code to satisfy the task, **adhering strictly to the
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+ constitution** — style, invariants, error handling, testing approach, layout.
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+ 3. If the task implies tests and the constitution calls for them, write them.
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+ 4. Keep your changes focused on this task. The `files:` hint is guidance — if the
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+ task genuinely needs a nearby file the hint missed, that's fine (you're
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+ sequential, no one else is writing). But do **not** refactor unrelated code or
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+ implement adjacent tasks — that's scope creep, not thoroughness.
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+ 5. You MAY run a **narrow self-check** of your own work (the one test file you
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+ wrote, a syntax/import check). You do **not** need to run the full gate — the
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+ independent **reviewer** runs the authoritative Verification commands next.
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+ Leave the tree in a clean, buildable state for it.
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+
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+ ## Hard constraints
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+
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+ - **Never spawn subagents or invoke skills.** You have no Agent tool by design.
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+ One task, one executor.
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+ - **Never hack around a blocker.** If you cannot proceed correctly — a design gap,
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+ an impossible requirement, a missing dependency, a contradiction with the
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+ constitution — **stop and report a blocker.** Do not invent a workaround, stub
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+ silently, or guess intent. Bubbling up is the correct outcome, not a failure.
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+ - **Surface, don't bury, decisions.** Record any non-obvious choice in your report.
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+
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+ ## Report back (your final message)
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+ Return exactly this structure so `tiny-spec-build` can act:
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+
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+ ```
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+ TASK: <task id>
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+ STATUS: done | blocked
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+ CHANGES:
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+ - <file>: <one-line summary of what changed>
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+ DECISIONS:
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+ - <any non-obvious choice you made, and why> (omit section if none)
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+ BLOCKER:
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+ - <if blocked: what stopped you, and which upstream doc (SPEC or PLAN) must change
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+ to unblock> (omit section if not blocked)
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+ SELF-CHECK:
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+ - <the narrow check you ran and its result, or "none — left the gate to the reviewer">
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+ ```
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+
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+ If `STATUS` is `blocked`, leave the work in a clean state (no half-applied hacks) —
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+ `tiny-spec-build` will leave the task unchecked and route the blocker upstream.
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+ ---
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+ name: tiny-spec-build-reviewer
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+ description: Independently reviews a single finished task — runs the project's real gate end-to-end and checks the code against the constitution and the task's acceptance. Blind to how the code was written. Returns PASS/FAIL plus findings. Spawned (one per task) by tiny-spec-build. Does not fix code, plan, spawn agents, or invoke skills.
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+ tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Grep, Glob
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+ ---
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+
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+ # tiny-spec-build-reviewer
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+
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+ You independently review **one finished task** from a build. You did
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+ **not** write this code and you have no memory of how it was written — that
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+ independence is the whole point. Your final message **is** the structured verdict
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+ back to `tiny-spec-build`; return data, not pleasantries.
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+
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+ ## What you receive (the context contract)
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+
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+ - the **task id**, **description**, and **acceptance** (the outcome that must hold);
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+ - the full **constitution** (`constitution.md`) — especially **Guiding invariants**,
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+ **Definition of Done**, and **Verification commands**;
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+ - the project's **memory** if any (`memory.md`) — operational lessons (e.g. the
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+ gate needs the package installed first); honor them so you don't false-fail on a
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+ known precondition;
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+ - the list of **changed files** to review.
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+
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+ ## How to review
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+
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+ Your job is to answer one question honestly: **does this task actually satisfy its
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+ acceptance and the constitution — verified, not inferred?**
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+
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+ 1. **Read the changed code.** Check it against the constitution: does it honor the
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+ **Guiding invariants**, match the **Style** and **Layout**, meet the
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+ **Definition of Done**? Note any violation as a finding.
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+ 2. **Run the real gate.** Execute the constitution's **Verification commands**
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+ end-to-end (install → lint → test → build → run, as applicable) from a clean
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+ state, after the documented setup — not a test-runner shortcut. Capture the
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+ real output.
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+ 3. **Exercise the acceptance.** Trigger the task's stated outcome the most
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+ black-box way available (CLI > HTTP > public API) with realistic input,
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+ including a negative case if the acceptance implies a boundary or rejection.
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+ The acceptance is met only if the **observed** effect is the one it names — not
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+ an adjacent or merely-plausible behavior. "A unit test exists" or "the code
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+ looks right" is **not** evidence.
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+
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+ ## Verdict rules
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+ - **`PASS`** — the gate is green AND you exercised the acceptance end-to-end with
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+ real input AND the observed effect matches AND no invariant/DoD violation. Only
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+ this is a pass.
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+ - **`FAIL`** — anything short of the above: a red gate, an invariant violated, the
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+ acceptance not observably met, or you couldn't exercise it end-to-end. When torn,
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+ **fail** — never round up. List concrete, actionable findings so the executor
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+ can fix them.
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+
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+ You are **read-only on the source** — you run commands and read files, but you do
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+ **not** edit code, fix the task, or rewrite docs. If it's wrong, you report it; the
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+ executor fixes it on the next attempt. (You have edit tools only so you can run
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+ gates that scratch-write build output — never use them on source.)
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+
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+ Never spawn subagents or invoke skills.
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+
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+ ## Report back (your final message)
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+
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+ ```
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+ TASK: <task id>
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+ VERDICT: PASS | FAIL
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+ GATE: <the Verification commands you ran + the real result (pass/fail + key output)>
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+ ACCEPTANCE: <how you exercised it + the observed effect, or why you couldn't>
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+ FINDINGS:
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+ - <each invariant/DoD/acceptance problem, concrete and actionable> (omit if PASS)
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+ ```