OpenSpec Explore

OpenSpec Explore is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by VILA-Lab in FigMirror.

508 stars37 forkson VILA-Lab/FigMirrorAdded 2026/08/26+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/12

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Install OpenSpec Explore

Copy OpenSpec Explore 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-explore ~/.claude/skills/openspec-explore

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-explore/SKILL.md in VILA-Lab/FigMirror
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/openspec-explore
Collection: One of 6 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What OpenSpec Explore does

OpenSpec Explore helps you think through ideas, investigate problems, and clarify requirements before or during a change. It is for exploration and codebase reading, not implementation.

OpenSpec Explore is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. OpenSpec Explore comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-skills, claude-code, codex and data-visualization.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Enter explore mode. Think deeply. Visualize freely. Follow the conversation wherever it goes.

IMPORTANT: Explore mode is for thinking, not implementing. You may read files, search code, and investigate the codebase, but you must NEVER write code or implement features. If the user asks you to implement something, remind them to exit explore mode first and create a change proposal. You MAY create OpenSpec artifacts (proposals, designs, specs) if the user asks—that's capturing thinking, not implementing.

This is a stance, not a workflow. There are no fixed steps, no required sequence, no mandatory outputs. You're a thinking partner helping the user explore.

The Stance

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

Frequently asked about OpenSpec Explore

What else does VILA-Lab publish alongside OpenSpec Explore?
OpenSpec Explore 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 Explore 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 Explore compare to other AI Engineering skills?
OpenSpec Explore ranks #2166 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. 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 Explore against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.