# cursor-spec-interviewer

Turns a vague coding request into a verified Cursor Agent implementation spec with bounded scope, acceptance criteria and a plan.

- 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/cursor-operations/cursor-spec-interviewer/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cursor-spec-interviewer

## What it does

The skill interviews you about an unfinished request and writes the answers into an implementation spec. First it reads `AGENTS.md`, `.cursor/rules/**/*.mdc`, README, ADRs and repo docs, and checks contested decisions against current external sources through MCP tools or web search. You get the artifact at an agreed repository path, or in chat if you asked for that.

One pass covers the interview, a single approval checkpoint and the save. Depth is `compact`, `standard` or `deep`, and questions go only to unresolved decisions. An ADR gate runs alongside: when a decision has to be recorded, dependent implementation waits for acceptance. The skill never builds the feature itself — it hands off a Cursor Agent execution prompt plus a rubric self-check.

The interview stays read-only, and while native Plan mode is active nothing is written to the repository. Unknown mode or write permission means no write. Silence, a timeout or a mode toggle is not approval. Worth checking that you actually confirmed the write before you go looking for the file on disk.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cursor-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 cursor-spec-interviewer -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cursor-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 cursor-spec-interviewer
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cursor-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 cursor-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/cursor-operations/cursor-spec-interviewer/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a rough idea into an implementation spec before coding starts
- split a task into acceptance criteria and validation commands
- check framework assumptions against current documentation
- record an architecture decision in an ADR and keep it binding
- hand Cursor Agent a prompt with a bounded scope

## Example prompts
- I need a spec for the report export feature, ask me questions
- build an implementation plan for migrating to the new API client
- check my requirements against the repo and write up a spec

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

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---
name: cursor-spec-interviewer
description: Turn ambiguous coding requests into verified Cursor Agent 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 Cursor Agent 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: cursor-operations
  version: "0.3.0"
---

# Cursor 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.
- 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 Cursor 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 Codex memory state; use a Codex memory skill instead.

## Inputs to inspect

- The current user request and any follow-up answers.
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