# spec-impl

This skill implements an approved spec on its own git branch, working step by step and pausing so you can review diffs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4000 installs · ★ 336
- Author: Klerith
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Klerith/fernando-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/spec-impl/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/spec-impl

## What it does

\`spec-impl` locates a spec in the `specs/` folder from its full name, number, or slug. It checks the document’s status and continues only when the value means “Approved”, regardless of language. Other states stop the run.

The skill checks the working tree, reads `AutoCreateBranch`, and creates a branch named `spec-NN-slug` when branch creation is enabled. It then switches to that branch and starts implementation from the plan, pausing for diff review between steps. When resuming an existing branch, it reads `git log` and asks where to continue. Check uncommitted changes before running it: the skill does not stash or commit them on your behalf without a separate request.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Klerith/fernando-skills --skill spec-impl -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Klerith/fernando-skills --skill spec-impl -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Klerith/fernando-skills --skill spec-impl -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Klerith/fernando-skills spec-impl
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Klerith/fernando-skills --skill spec-impl -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Klerith/fernando-skills --path skills/engineering/spec-impl
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Klerith/fernando-skills --skill spec-impl -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/Klerith/fernando-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/engineering/spec-impl/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find a spec by number, name, or slug
- verify that a spec is approved
- create a git branch from the spec name
- resume work on an existing branch
- review diffs between implementation steps

## Example prompts
- \`/spec-impl 01-mvp-arkanoid`
- \`/spec-impl mvp-arkanoid`
- \`/spec-impl 01`

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: spec-impl
description: Implements an approved spec. Validates that the state means "Approved" (in any language), creates a git branch named after the spec, switches to it, and starts the implementation step by step with pauses to review diffs.
disable-model-invocation: true
argument-hint: <NN-spec-name>
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Edit, Write, AskUserQuestion, Bash(git status:*), Bash(git branch:*), Bash(git checkout:*), Bash(git log:*), Bash(git diff:*), Bash(git stash:*), Bash(cat:*), Bash(ls:*)
---

# /spec-impl — Implementer of approved specs

## Session context

Current repository state:
!`git status --short`

Current branch:
!`git branch --show-current`

Specs available in this folder:
!`ls specs/ 2>/dev/null || echo "The specs/ folder does not exist"`

Branch-creation config:
!`cat specs/.spec-config.yml 2>/dev/null || echo "AutoCreateBranch: true (default, no config file)"`

---

## Instructions

Follow these four phases in strict order. **Do not advance to the next phase if the previous one did not complete correctly.**

---

### Phase 1 — Identify the spec

The received argument is: `$ARGUMENTS`

If `$ARGUMENTS` is empty:

- List the files available in `specs/` (you already have them above).
- Ask the user to specify the exact name of the spec.
- Stop and wait for an answer. Do not continue.

If `$ARGUMENTS` has a value:

- Look for the file in `specs/`. The user may have written the full name (`01-mvp-arkanoid`), only the number (`01`), or only the slug (`mvp-arkanoid`). Try to find the correct file in any of those cases.
- If you do not find the file, show the available specs and ask the user to correct the name.
- If you do find it, continue to Phase 2.

---

### Phase 2 — Validate the spec's state

Read the spec file you located in Phase 1 using the Read tool or `cat`.

In the file's contents, look for the line that contains the spec's state. The header label is typically `**Status:**` (English) or `**Estado:**` (Spanish), but it may use any language. Match by position (status line near the top of the spec) and by the surrounding state machine, not by the exact label.

**Absolute rule:** You can only continue if the state **means "Approved"** — regardless of the language used.

Treat any of the following (and their equivalents in other languages) as the **Approved** state and continue:

- English: `Approved`
- Spanish: `Aprobado`
- Portuguese: `Aprovado`
- French: `Approuvé`
- German: `Genehmigt`
- Italian: `Approvato`
- …or any other language's word that clearly means "approved"

Anything else (Draft / Borrador, In review / En revisión, Implemented / Implementado, Obsolete / Obsoleto, or any unrecognized value) means **stop** and show the error message below.

| State category                            | Examples (any language)                           | Action                                                                     |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Approved                                  | `Approved`, `Aprobado`, `Aprovado`, `Approuvé`, … | Continue to Phase 3.                                                       |
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