OpenSpec Archive Change

OpenSpec Archive Change is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by VILA-Lab in FigMirror.

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Install OpenSpec Archive Change

Copy OpenSpec Archive Change 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/VILA-Lab/FigMirror/tree/main/.claude/skills/openspec-archive-change ~/.claude/skills/openspec-archive-change

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/VILA-Lab/FigMirror.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/openspec-archive-change/SKILL.md in VILA-Lab/FigMirror
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/openspec-archive-change
Collection: One of 6 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What OpenSpec Archive Change does

OpenSpec Archive Change archives a completed change in the experimental workflow after checking artifact status, task completion, and optional spec sync. Use it when a change is ready to be finalized.

OpenSpec Archive Change is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. OpenSpec Archive Change comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills, claude-code, codex and data-visualization.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Archive a completed change in the experimental workflow.

Input: Optionally specify a change name. If omitted, check if it can be inferred from conversation context. If vague or ambiguous you MUST prompt for available changes.

Steps

If no change name provided, prompt for selection

Run openspec list --json to get available changes. Use the AskUserQuestion tool to let the user select.

Show only active changes (not already archived). Include the schema used for each change if available.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT guess or auto-select a change. Always let the user choose.
Check artifact completion status

Run openspec status --change "<name>" --json to check artifact completion.

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

Frequently asked about OpenSpec Archive Change

What else does VILA-Lab publish alongside OpenSpec Archive Change?
OpenSpec Archive Change is one of 6 skills that DirSkills catalogs from VILA-Lab/FigMirror, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Fig Mirror, FigMirror and OpenSpec Apply Change. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way OpenSpec Archive Change does, and is maintained by VILA-Lab in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the VILA-Lab/FigMirror page.
How does OpenSpec Archive Change compare to other Automation skills?
OpenSpec Archive Change ranks #1344 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. 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 OpenSpec Archive Change against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.