Implementation Gap Validation

by gotalab

Implementation Gap Validation is a Quality skill for Claude Code, published by gotalab in cc-sdd.

3.6K stars275 forkson gotalab/cc-sddAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/05/20

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Install Implementation Gap Validation

Copy Implementation Gap Validation 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/gotalab/cc-sdd/tree/main/tools/cc-sdd/templates/agents/antigravity-skills/skills/kiro-validate-gap ~/.claude/skills/kiro-validate-gap

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/gotalab/cc-sdd.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: tools/cc-sdd/templates/agents/antigravity-skills/skills/kiro-validate-gap/SKILL.md in gotalab/cc-sdd
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/kiro-validate-gap
Collection: One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Quality — 1354 skills

What Implementation Gap Validation does

Implementation Gap Validation analyzes gaps between approved requirements and an existing codebase to inform implementation strategy. Use it before design to identify missing capabilities, integration challenges, and viable implementation approaches.

Implementation Gap Validation is cataloged under Quality on DirSkills. Implementation Gap Validation comes from a repository tagged agent-skills, claude-code, codex, cursor and gemini-cli.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Implementation Gap Validation

<background_information>

Mission: Analyze the gap between requirements and existing codebase to inform implementation strategy
Success Criteria:
- Comprehensive understanding of existing codebase patterns and components
- Clear identification of missing capabilities and integration challenges
- Multiple viable implementation approaches evaluated
- Technical research needs identified for design phase </background_information>

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

Commands Implementation Gap Validation provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/kiro-spec-requirements
/kiro-spec-design

Frequently asked about Implementation Gap Validation

What else does gotalab publish alongside Implementation Gap Validation?
Implementation Gap Validation is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from gotalab/cc-sdd, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include CC-SDD New Agent Integration, Implementation Integration Validation and Kiro Custom Steering Creation. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Implementation Gap Validation does, and is maintained by gotalab in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the gotalab/cc-sdd page.
How does Implementation Gap Validation compare to other Quality skills?
Implementation Gap Validation ranks #357 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. 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 Implementation Gap Validation against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.