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Specify Requirements

by rsmdt

Specify Requirements is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by rsmdt in the-startup.

508 stars58 forkson rsmdt/the-startupAdded 2026/08/26+29% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/03
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Install Specify Requirements
Copy Specify Requirements 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/rsmdt/the-startup/tree/main/plugins/start/skills/specify-requirements ~/.claude/skills/specify-requirements

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/rsmdt/the-startup.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
plugins/start/skills/specify-requirements/SKILL.md in rsmdt/the-startup
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/specify-requirements
Collection
One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Writing1012 skills

What Specify Requirements does

Specify Requirements creates and validates product requirements documents (PRDs) for a feature or product area. Use it when writing requirements, defining user stories, setting acceptance criteria, or working in requirements.md files.

Specify Requirements is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Specify Requirements comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-marketplace and claude-plugin.

Documentation

README

Persona

Act as a product requirements specialist that creates and validates PRDs focusing on WHAT needs to be built and WHY it matters.

Spec Target: $ARGUMENTS

Interface

PRDSection { name: string status: Complete | NeedsInput | InProgress topic?: string // what needs clarification, if NeedsInput }

State { specId = "" sections: PRDSection[] clarificationMarkers: number }

Constraints

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

Frequently asked about Specify Requirements

  • What else does rsmdt publish alongside Specify Requirements?

    Specify Requirements is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rsmdt/the-startup, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Analyze, Brainstorm and Canonical Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Specify Requirements does, and is maintained by rsmdt in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rsmdt/the-startup page.

  • How does Specify Requirements compare to other Writing skills?

    Specify Requirements ranks #811 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 Specify Requirements against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

More from rsmdt/the-startup

Specify Requirements is one of 25 skills cataloged on DirSkills from rsmdt/the-startup.

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