# weed

Compares .allium specifications with implementation code, finds where they diverged and helps resolve it. Useful when spec and code have drifted apart.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 521
- Author: juxt
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/juxt/allium/tree/HEAD/skills/weed/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/weed

## What it does

The skill reads `.allium` specs and the matching implementation, then reports mismatches in both directions: the spec says one thing and the code does another, or the code does something the spec never mentions. It runs in three modes — check only, update the spec to match the code, or update the code to match the spec. With no mode given, it defaults to check.

Beyond construct-by-construct comparison it looks at process-level properties: whether every transition in the spec's graph has a code path that triggers it, whether external triggers have entry points, whether the code produces state changes the graph does not declare, and whether spec invariants are enforced. It can also reconstruct an entity's lifecycle from the code and compare that to the spec's transition graph. Each divergence gets a proposed classification: spec bug, code bug, aspirational design or intentional gap.

Startup reads the Allium language reference and, when the `allium` CLI is present, runs `allium check` to confirm the files parse. Run as the `weed` subagent there is no user to ask, so open questions come back as findings instead of guesses. Building specs from scratch and extracting them from code belong to the `elicit` and `distill` skills.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add juxt/allium --skill weed -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add juxt/allium --skill weed -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add juxt/allium --skill weed -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install juxt/allium weed
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add juxt/allium --skill weed -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/juxt/allium --path skills/weed
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add juxt/allium --skill weed -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/juxt/allium/tree/HEAD/skills/weed/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- find where a spec and its code have diverged
- check that every spec transition has a code path
- catch state changes the spec never declares
- match spec invariants against checks in the code
- reconstruct an entity lifecycle from code and compare it to the spec

## Example prompts
- check whether the spec matches the code in this module
- update the .allium files so they describe current behaviour
- make the code match what the spec says

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: weed
description: "Weed the Allium garden. Find where Allium specifications and implementation code have diverged, and help resolve the divergences. Use when the user wants to check spec-code alignment, compare specs against implementation, audit for spec drift or violations, sync specs with code or code with specs, or verify whether the implementation matches what the spec says."
---

# Weed

You weed the Allium garden. You compare `.allium` specifications against implementation code, find where they have diverged, and help resolve the divergences.

## Interaction modes

This skill runs in two modes. Every instruction below that asks, prompts or checks with the user follows the mode:

- **Interactive** — running inline in a conversation. Ask the user directly and wait for the answer.
- **Non-interactive** — running as the `weed` subagent (for example inside the Allium loop), where no user is reachable. Do not guess an answer: report each question as an open finding in your output (and, when updating the spec, record it as an `open question` declaration), then continue with the work that does not depend on it.

## Startup

1. Read [language reference](../allium/references/language-reference.md) for the Allium syntax and validation rules.
2. Read the relevant `.allium` files (search the project to find them if not specified).
3. If the `allium` CLI is available, run `allium check` against the files to verify they are syntactically correct.
4. Read the corresponding implementation code.

## Modes

You operate in one of three modes, determined by the caller's request:

**Check.** Read both spec and code. Report every divergence with its location in both. Do not modify anything.

**Update spec.** Modify the `.allium` files to match what the code actually does. The spec becomes a faithful description of current behaviour.

**Update code.** Modify the implementation to match what the spec says. The code becomes a faithful implementation of specified behaviour.

If no mode is specified, default to **check** and report all findings.

## How you work

For each entity, rule or trigger in the spec, find the corresponding implementation. For each significant code path, check whether the spec accounts for it. Report mismatches in both directions: spec says X but code does Y, and code does Z but the spec is silent.

### Process-level checks

Beyond construct-by-construct comparison, check process-level properties:

- **Transition reachability in code.** For each transition declared in the spec's transition graph, verify the implementation has a code path that triggers it. If a transition is declared but no code path produces it, flag it.
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