Generate Spec

by saffron-health

Generate Spec is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by saffron-health in libretto.

877 stars67 forkson saffron-health/librettoAdded 2026/08/22Repository updated 2026/08/21

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Install Generate Spec

Copy Generate Spec into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto/tree/main/.agents/skills/generate-spec ~/.claude/skills/generate-spec

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .agents/skills/generate-spec/SKILL.md in saffron-health/libretto
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/generate-spec
Collection: One of 23 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Generate Spec does

Generate Spec creates a spec sheet in the specs directory for a significant feature or complex fix. Use it to research the codebase, clarify open questions, and define goals, non-goals, and an implementation plan.

Generate Spec is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Generate Spec comes from a repository tagged automation, browser, claude-code, codex and rpa.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Create a spec sheet for the given feature/fix request in specs/ directory.

Ultrathink. Follow the following steps:

Understand existing code

Use code search sub-agents and grep as much as possible to deeply understand all of the relevant code. Be smart about your code search: start with where you think it might be, and if that inspires different places to read, follow up with sub-agents to do so. Each sub-agent should give you back information, and potentially other files to read or searches that might be relevant.

Understand external documentation/libraries

If external libraries are involved, always look up and research their relevant documentation as well. Tend to adhere strictly to the examples and best practices provided by the external libraries.

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Generate Spec

What else does saffron-health publish alongside Generate Spec?
Generate Spec is one of 23 skills that DirSkills catalogs from saffron-health/libretto, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Address Review, CLI Development and Errore. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Generate Spec does, and is maintained by saffron-health in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the saffron-health/libretto page.
How does Generate Spec compare to other Writing skills?
Generate Spec ranks #527 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Generate Spec against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.