# claude-spec-interviewer

Turns ambiguous coding requests into verified specs with testable acceptance criteria, validation commands, and needed ADRs before coding.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-operations/claude-spec-interviewer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-spec-interviewer

## What it does

The skill runs an interview before coding starts. It inspects repo guidance like `CLAUDE.md`, `AGENTS.md`, tests, and existing ADRs. The agent checks requirements against the actual code. It asks only unresolved questions across three depth levels: `compact`, `standard`, or `deep`.

The resulting spec includes bounded scope, acceptance criteria, and validation commands. When architecture shifts occur, it drafts ADR records. The skill does not write feature code. Instead, it produces an execution prompt for Claude Code.

Disk writes stay blocked while native Plan mode remains active. The skill saves artifacts only after direct user approval.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-spec-interviewer -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-spec-interviewer -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-spec-interviewer -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills claude-spec-interviewer
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-spec-interviewer -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/claude-operations/claude-spec-interviewer
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-spec-interviewer -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/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-operations/claude-spec-interviewer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- convert vague requirements into testable engineering specs
- verify implementation plans against existing ADRs and repo docs
- generate acceptance criteria and verification commands before coding
- draft architecture decision records for complex modifications

## Example prompts
- /claude-spec-interviewer Plan Stripe payment webhook integration
- Check CLAUDE.md and build a detailed spec for the auth module refactor
- /claude-spec-interviewer Define migration steps and draft needed ADRs

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

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---
name: claude-spec-interviewer
description: Turn ambiguous coding requests into verified Claude Code implementation specs. Use when the user wants requirements, an implementation plan, or a spec before coding; include source checks, needed ADRs, and agreed delivery. Do not use for already specified direct implementation or memory cleanup.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Targets Claude Code evidence and execution prompts across Agent Skills hosts. Use the current execution host's available controls and permissions, with conversational support for older hosts.
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: claude-operations
  version: "0.3.0"
---

# Claude Spec Interviewer

## Goal

Produce a user-verified implementation spec with bounded scope, testable acceptance criteria, source-backed decisions, validation, and any required ADRs. Deliver it to the agreed repository path, or in chat when explicitly requested. One approval covers the unchanged result and its concrete authorized writes.

This is one end-to-end workflow. A clear request selects it; do not invent review/save variants or add a workflow-selection checkpoint. For a bare invocation, ask for the task to specify.

## When to use

- The user has a rough idea but not a production-ready implementation spec.
- The task spans multiple files or concerns, or requires tradeoff decisions.
- The request needs acceptance criteria, validation commands, rollout notes, or risk handling.
- The user wants a reusable written artifact before implementation begins.
- The user invokes `/claude-spec-interviewer` or asks Claude Code to plan before coding.
- Requirements, feature shape, ADR assumptions, or the implementation approach should be challenged against repo reality and current external sources before coding.

## When not to use

- The user already provided a complete implementation spec with files, constraints, tests, and acceptance criteria.
- The task is a tiny one-file edit without meaningful ambiguity.
- The user wants brainstorming only and no concrete implementation artifact.
- The user only wants a Claude Code rule, command, or other prompt-scope file authored, not an implementation spec.
- The task is primarily a policy, legal, or business-decision document.
- The user asks to audit or clean up Claude Code memory, Codex memory, or Cursor rules state; use the matching memory or rules skill instead.

## Inputs to inspect

- The current user request and any follow-up answers.
- Relevant `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, `CLAUDE.local.md`, `.claude/CLAUDE.md`, `.claude/rules/**/*.md`, `~/.claude/rules/**/*.md`, `README.md`, issue descriptions, ADRs, repo docs, and `docs/agents/` files.
- Existing specs, plans, requirements, and PRDs the user wants preserved or challenged.
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