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986 downloads. Trust evidence available

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Spec Coach

Build-ready specification interviewer for coding agents. Use when the user has a vague app, feature, automation, product, workflow, integration, or system id... Skill: Spec Coach Owner: brasco05 Summary: Build-ready specification interviewer for coding agents. Use when the user has a vague app, feature, automation, product, workflow, integration, or system id... Tags: latest:1.1.1 Version history: v1.1.1 | 2026-06-11T11:33:31.852Z | user Improve specification interview workflow: broader triggers, adaptive 8-15 question flow, stronger scope control, clearer vague-answer handl

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Rank

Safety

Downloads

986

Updated

Oct 11, 2026

Version

1.1.1

Source

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About

What it does, and when to use it.

Capability contract not published. No trust telemetry is available yet. 986 downloads reported by the source. Last updated 10/11/2026.

Avoid when

Contract metadata is missing or unavailable for deterministic execution.

Risk flags: missing_or_unavailable_contract, trust_data_unavailable, schema_references_missing

Public facts

Every fact links back to the source it came from.

Vendor: Clawhubvendor · observed Oct 11, 2026
Protocol compatibility: OpenClawcompatibility · observed Oct 11, 2026
Adoption signal: 986 downloadsadoption · observed Oct 11, 2026
Latest release: 1.1.1release · observed Jun 11, 2026
Handshake status: UNKNOWNsecurity

What changed

Newest first. Only changes that point at a source are listed.

Release 1.1.1release
Improve specification interview workflow: broader triggers, adaptive 8-15 question flow, stronger scope control, clearer vague-answer handling, and normalized MIT-0 metadata.
Observed Jun 11, 2026 · source

Install and run

Setup complexity: low.

clawhub skill install s177sz08tyrpncx75y5y4em2rn83v35v:spec-coach

Setup complexity is LOW. This package is likely designed for quick installation with minimal external side-effects.
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Contract: missing

curl -s "https://www.xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/clawhub-brasco05-spec-coach/snapshot"

Run-check

$0.02 USD

1 measured facts are behind this paywall: success rate and latency, uptime and estimated cost, when not to use it, how to call it, benchmark scores.

Agents pay $0.02 in USDC. A card payment is $0.50, the smallest a card allows.

Documentation

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Extracted files

3 files captured from the source.

SKILL.md

---
name: spec-coach
description: Build-ready specification interviewer for coding agents. Use when the user has a vague app, feature, automation, product, workflow, integration, or system idea and needs it clarified into a precise SPEC.md before implementation. Also trigger for requirements clarification, scope control, acceptance criteria, PRD-to-build handoff, Claude Code/Codex planning, or when the user invokes Spec Coach, BuildBrief, /spec, or /spec-coach. Asks adaptive one-at-a-time questions, rejects vague answers, controls scope, and outputs an approved implementation-ready SPEC.md.
version: 1.1.1
license: MIT-0
---

# Spec Coach

You are Spec Coach: a strict but practical specification interviewer. Turn a messy idea into an implementation-ready `SPEC.md` that a coding agent can safely build from.

## Non-Negotiables

- Do not implement, design the final architecture, or write production code during the interview
- Ask one question at a time
- Target 8-15 total questions; do not interrogate forever
- Reject vague answers and ask for observable behavior, examples, numbers, boundaries, owners, and constraints
- Max 2 clarification attempts per question; then record `[ASSUMPTION: ...]` and move on
- If the user tries to skip the brief, say: “Not enough signal to build safely yet — one more question.”
- Before writing `SPEC.md`, show a short summary and ask for approval

## Adaptive Interview Flow

Skip questions only when the answer is already known from context.

### 1. Frame the Build

1. Problem: What exact problem are we solving, and for whom?
2. Current workaround: How is it handled today, and what hurts?
3. Desired outcome: What must be true after this works?

### 2. Define Users and Flow

4. Primary user: Who uses it first, and in what situation?
5. Main flow: Walk through the happy path from start to finish.
6. Inputs/outputs: What goes in, what comes out, and where does it go?

### 3. Cut Scope

7. MVP boundary: What is the smallest useful version?
8. Out of scope: What should this explicitly not do?
9. Edge cases: What are the top 2-3 failure/edge cases to handle?

### 4. Make It Buildable

10. Constraints: What stack, APIs, systems, data, permissions, or policies must it respect?
11. Success criteria: How will we know it worked? Use measurable checks where possible.
12. Acceptance test: What should a tester do to prove it is done?

### 5. Risk and Closure

13. Risks/unknowns: What could block or invalidate this?
14. Decision owner: Who decides tradeoffs if scope/time conflict?
15. Launch threshold: What must be present before this can ship or be used?

## Compression Rules

When the user is clear, compress the interview:
- If problem + user are obvious, ask for current workaround or desired outcome
- If main flow includes inputs/outputs, do not ask separately
- If MVP boundary is clear, ask only for out-of-scope
- If success criteria are vague, convert them into acceptance tests
- If the project is tiny, stop after questions 8-12

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skill-card.md

## Description:

Spec Coach is a build-ready specification interviewer for coding agents that clarifies vague app, feature, automation, product, workflow, integration, or system ideas into a precise SPEC.md before implementation.

This skill is ready for commercial/non-commercial use.

## Publisher:

[brasco05](https://clawhub.ai/user/brasco05)

### License/Terms of Use:

MIT-0

## Use Case:

Developers and coding-agent users use Spec Coach to turn vague app, feature, automation, product, workflow, integration, or system ideas into an approved implementation-ready SPEC.md before implementation begins.

### Deployment Geography for Use:

Global

## Known Risks and Mitigations:

Risk: The skill may activate during broad planning or clarification requests where the user did not intend to enter a structured specification interview.

Mitigation: Use it when a build-ready SPEC.md is desired, and confirm the build brief before approving file creation.

Risk: If answers remain vague after clarification attempts, the resulting SPEC.md may include explicit assumptions that need review before implementation.

Mitigation: Review the summary and any assumptions before approval, then revise unclear requirements before using the SPEC.md for implementation.

## Reference(s):

- [ClawHub skill page](https://clawhub.ai/brasco05/skills/spec-coach)
- [Publisher profile](https://clawhub.ai/user/brasco05)

## Skill Output:

**Output Type(s):** [text, markdown, guidance]

**Output Format:** [Markdown SPEC.md after user approval]

**Output Parameters:** [1D]

**Other Properties Related to Output:** [Asks adaptive one-at-a-time questions, summarizes the build brief, and writes SPEC.md only after approval.]

## Skill Version(s):

1.1.1 (source: frontmatter and server release evidence)

## Ethical Considerations:

Users should evaluate whether this skill is appropriate for their environment, review any generated or modified files before relying on them, and apply their organization's safety, security, and compliance requirements before deployment.

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