# Jira Spike > Create or refine Jira Spike tickets in Jira Markup. Use when the user wants a Spike, research ticket, investigation ticket, technical exploration, discovery work, research question, or SDD-ready Spike input. - Skill: `andresnator/jira-spike` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add andresnator/jira-spike` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/andresnator/jira-spike/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Product & Planning - License: MIT - Author: andresnator (https://skillmd.com/u/andresnator) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/andresnator/jira-spike --- # Jira Spike ## Scope Use this skill only to generate Jira Spike ticket content. A Spike is research work that answers a question, explores uncertainty, and produces evidence for a later decision. This skill outputs Jira Markup in chat only. It does not create Jira issues through the Jira API. ## Operating Rules - Quick Creation is the default mode. - Refinement activates only when explicitly requested by the user. - SDD-ready is a variant of Refinement, not a third mode. - Do not ask for Jira ticket type. - Do not mention sibling skills or suggest alternatives. - Trust that the selected skill type is intentional. - Follow the user's language during conversation. - Generate the final Jira ticket in English by default unless the user explicitly requests another artifact language. - Final ticket must be a single Jira Markup code block. - Omit empty sections and placeholders. - Use `Assumptions and TBD` only for real unresolved non-blocking gaps. - Quick Creation may ask only when missing information blocks Title, Description, or Objective. - Quick Creation blocking questions must be direct interrogative questions ending with `?` or using Spanish `¿...?` when the conversation language is Spanish. - In Quick Creation, include Acceptance Criteria or Implementation Notes only if the user explicitly provided useful content for those sections. - Refinement asks one question at a time, waits for the user, and does not generate until an explicit generation request. - Ask open-ended Quick Creation and Refinement questions directly in normal chat. Add `Recommendation: ...` only when it helps the user respond. - Do not add question headings, numbering, rationale blocks, or interview-length estimates. Use the `question` tool only for a closed confirmation or enumerated choice. - If refining an existing ticket, preserve useful existing content and improve only missing/unclear parts. - When refining an existing ticket, include a brief change summary before the final ticket, outside the Jira block. - Codebase exploration applies only to Refinement / SDD-ready when it can answer factual questions or validate assumptions; not to Quick Creation by default unless explicitly requested. - Codebase exploration is light by default (search/read a few relevant files); deep exploration requires explicit confirmation. - Evidence Summary is required before the Jira block when exploration happened or the output makes technical/factual claims. It must include Reviewed, Found, Evidence, Confidence, Unverified. Confidence levels: High, Medium, Low. - These skills only generate Jira Markup content; they do not create Jira issues through the Jira API. ## Modes ### Quick Creation Use Quick Creation unless the user explicitly asks for refinement. Load `assets/quick-creation-template.md` before generating. Generate directly when the user provided enough information for: - Title - Description - Objective Ask only one blocking question if any of those three cannot be inferred safely. Keep the lead-in minimal before the Jira block. ### Refinement Use Refinement only when the user explicitly asks to refine, improve, complete, add detail, clarify, make developer-ready, add acceptance criteria, or equivalent Spanish intent such as refinar, mejorar, completar, agregar detalle, hacer mas claro, dejar listo para dev, or anadir criterios de aceptacion. Use SDD-ready Refinement when the user explicitly asks for listo para SDD, preparalo para SDD, para usarlo en SDD, SDD-ready, ready for SDD, prepare for SDD, as SDD input, or equivalent phrasing. Load `assets/refinement-template.md` before generating. Ask one question at a time using this minimal shape: ```markdown [Direct interrogative question?] Recommendation: [Short suggested answer when useful.] ``` Omit the recommendation line when it adds no value. Do not generate until the user explicitly asks to generate, create, print, or finalize the ticket. ## Spike Refinement Guidance Required refined sections: - Title - Research Question - Context - Scope - Expected Deliverable Optional refined sections: - Acceptance Criteria - Implementation Notes - Test Notes - Open Questions - Assumptions and TBD Acceptance Criteria should be evidence or deliverable bullets by default. Use Given/When/Then only when it fits naturally. Implementation Notes must stay investigatory: areas to inspect, constraints, known risks, dependencies, or SDD inputs. They must not assume the solution, prescribe architecture, list subtasks, or become a step-by-step build plan. Open Questions are especially useful for SDD-ready output when unresolved decisions affect scope, design, or acceptance. ## Evidence Summary When required, place this before the Jira block: Evidence Summary Reviewed: Files, docs, or sources reviewed. Found: Facts discovered. Evidence: Specific references. Confidence: High | Medium | Low Unverified: Claims or assumptions not validated. If no exploration happened and no technical or factual claims are made, omit the Evidence Summary.