# build

Implements tasks from SPEC.md through a plan, execution and verification loop. Use it for a specific §T task or the next unfinished item.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 installs · ★ 1156
- Author: JuliusBrussee
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/cavekit/tree/HEAD/skills/build/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build

## What it does

The skill reads `SPEC.md`, selects a §T task from its argument, or picks the next unfinished task. Before editing, it checks relevant §V invariants, affected §I interfaces, files to change and the verification command. When `SPEC.md` is missing, it directs you to the spec skill first.

For changes involving shared modules, auth, data, money or public §I, it runs `/review`. It then updates the task status in `SPEC.md`, edits the code and runs the chosen check. This skill is a poor fit for parallel work because it uses one thread and creates no sub-agents.

A passing check marks the task as `x` and creates a commit containing the task goal and §V references. On a failed test or build, build invokes backprop before retrying. It distinguishes a code defect from a spec issue or an unspecified edge case, calling spec first for the latter two.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/cavekit --skill build -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/cavekit --skill build -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/cavekit --skill build -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install JuliusBrussee/cavekit build
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/cavekit --skill build -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/JuliusBrussee/cavekit --path skills/build
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add JuliusBrussee/cavekit --skill build -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/JuliusBrussee/cavekit/tree/HEAD/skills/build/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- implement a selected §T task from `SPEC.md`
- pick the next unfinished task
- map §V invariants to named tests
- run `/review` for a high-impact change
- send a failed check back to the specification

## Example prompts
- \`build §T.3`
- \`build --next`
- Run the build for all unfinished tasks in `SPEC.md`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: build
description: |
  Plan-then-execute implementation against SPEC.md. Native single-thread
  loop, no sub-agents. On test or build failure, auto-invokes the backprop
  skill before retrying — a failed verification always considers whether
  a new §V invariant would prevent recurrence. Triggers when the user asks
  to build, implement, execute the spec, or tackle a specific §T task
  (`build §T.3`, `build --next`, `implement next task`, `run the build`).
  Expects SPEC.md to exist; if not, defers to the spec skill.
---

# build — implement spec

Single-thread native plan→execute. You are main Claude. No swarm.

## LOAD

1. Read `SPEC.md`. If missing → tell user to invoke the spec skill first. Stop.
2. Read `FORMAT.md` once if not loaded.
3. Read §R if present — external facts the build must honor, ⊥ re-derive or contradict.
4. Parse invocation args:
   - `§T.n` → that task only
   - `--next` → lowest-numbered row with status `.` or `~`
   - `--all` or empty → every `.` row in §T order

High blast radius (shared module, auth, data, money, public §I)? Run `/review` first. Trivial & reversible? Skip planning ceremony, just do step EXECUTE.

## PLAN

Native plan mode — you delegate to it, you do not reinvent task breakdown. For chosen task(s):

1. Cite every §V invariant that applies. Plan must respect all.
2. Cite every §I interface touched. Plan must preserve shape.
3. List files to create / edit.
4. **Verification contract** — name the EXACT test(s) / acceptance criteria that
   prove each §V touched. Which test, not "add tests". "Do TDD" alone backfires;
   the spec says *what to check*. Each §V touched → a named test that fails first.
5. Name verification command (test, build, lint) — this is the external oracle. Green = done; ⊥ "looks done".

Show plan. Wait for user OK unless auto mode.

## EXECUTE

Per task in order:

1. Flip §T.n status cell `.` → `~`. Just write to SPEC.md.
2. Edit code per plan.
3. Run verification command.
4. **Pass** → flip `~` → `x`. Next task.
5. **Fail** → invoke backprop skill. Do NOT retry blindly.

## FAIL → BACKPROP

On test/build failure:

1. Read failure output.
2. Ask: is failure (a) my code bug, (b) spec wrong, or (c) unspecified edge case?
3. If (a) → fix code, re-run. No spec change.
4. If (b) or (c) → invoke spec skill with `bug: <cause>` first, let it update §V and §B, then resume build against updated spec.

Rule: never silently fix root-cause without considering backprop. §B is the memory that stops recurrence.

## WRITE POLICY

- Only flip §T status. No other SPEC.md edits from build.
- Other spec edits → invoke spec skill.
- Commit after each §T completes. Message: `T<n>: <goal line>` + §V cites.

## VERIFICATION

Task `x` only if:
- Verification command (the oracle) exits 0.
- Every §V touched has its named test from the verification contract, and it passes.
- No §V invariant regressed (run full test suite at end).

## NON-GOALS

- No sub-agents. No parallel workers. Main thread only.
- No progress dashboards. `cat SPEC.md | grep §T` is the dashboard.
- No speculative work beyond chosen task scope.
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