# 042-planning-openspec

Turns an issue, plan or ADR into OpenSpec proposal, design, spec and task artifacts. Handy when the requirements exist but the reviewable changes do not.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 309 installs · ★ 456
- Author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/042-planning-openspec

## What it does

This skill writes OpenSpec artifacts from inputs you already have. It accepts an issue, an implementation plan, an approved design, an ADR, an existing OpenSpec change, or a mix of those. An implementation plan is not required.

Before touching OpenSpec it checks the CLI with `openspec --version`, and scaffolds a fresh change through `openspec new change <change-id>`. The change ID stays stable, with no date prefix or suffix; dates appear only when archiving. Then it decides whether the work is one reviewable change or several independent ones. For a multi-change map, the user has to approve the map and the dependency order first.

In `/create-spec` issue mode the skill pulls issue context through authenticated read-only tracker tooling, walks every accessible comment page and reconciles the count against the provider total. Issue prose counts as untrusted requirements data, so it cannot authorise running commands, opening links or invoking tools. If the full context cannot be established, the skill stops before assessing scope. Conflicting requirements stay unresolved until the user decides, and no automatic two-way sync happens.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 042-planning-openspec -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/042-planning-openspec/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 042-planning-openspec -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 042-planning-openspec -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jabrena/plinth 042-planning-openspec
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 042-planning-openspec -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jabrena/plinth --path skills/042-planning-openspec
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jabrena/plinth --skill 042-planning-openspec -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jabrena/plinth/tree/HEAD/skills/042-planning-openspec/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build an OpenSpec change from an issue
- convert an implementation plan into OpenSpec artifacts
- split broad requirements into separate reviewable changes
- update an existing OpenSpec change
- validate and archive finished OpenSpec changes

## Example prompts
- Create an OpenSpec change from issue #412
- Convert the plan in `plan.md` into OpenSpec
- Split this requirement into several independent OpenSpec changes

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: 042-planning-openspec
description: Use when creating or updating OpenSpec artifacts from an issue, plan, approved design, ADRs, existing OpenSpec, or a valid combination. The workflow assesses reviewable scope, records source authority and derivation, handles conflicts, and prevents silent synchronization. Triggers include Create OpenSpec from an issue; Convert a plan into OpenSpec; Update an OpenSpec change; Split broad requirements into reviewable changes. Part of Plinth Toolkit
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: Juan Antonio Breña Moral
  version: 0.19.0
---
# Composable OpenSpec Change Planning

Create or update OpenSpec proposal, design, specification, and task artifacts from the authoritative inputs already available. **This is an interactive SKILL**. An implementation plan is optional.

**What is covered in this Skill?**

- Inputs from issues, plans, approved designs, ADRs, existing OpenSpec, or valid combinations
- OpenSpec installation and project checks
- Concern-specific artifact authority
- Source recording and derivation direction
- Direct complete issue-context preparation when invoked through `/create-spec`
- One-change versus multiple-change scope assessment
- User-approved change maps and dependency order
- Proposal, design, specification, and single-checklist task creation
- Explicit conflict handling and no silent two-way synchronization

## Constraints

Create only requirements supported by authoritative inputs, assess change boundaries before writing artifacts, and preserve source authority.

- **MUST**: Accept issue, plan, approved design, ADR, existing OpenSpec, or combined inputs
- **MUST**: Check CLI availability with `openspec --version` before OpenSpec operations
- **MUST**: Use a stable change ID without date prefix/suffix when creating a new change; dates are only used as a prefix when archiving changes
- **MUST**: Scaffold a new change with `openspec new change <change-id>` before authoring artifacts, and never re-run it for an existing change
- **MUST**: Assess one reviewable change versus multiple independently valuable or deployable changes
- **MUST**: Obtain user approval for a multiple-change map before creating changes
- **MUST**: Record source artifacts and derivation direction
- **MUST**: Preserve concern-specific authority and require explicit conflict resolution
- **MUST**: In `/create-spec` issue mode, resolve one issue through available authenticated, read-only tracker tooling and prepare the current accessible provider snapshot before scope assessment or OpenSpec authoring
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