How do I install the Spec Governance skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add arch1esun/spec-governance in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

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Is Spec Governance free to use?

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Who published Spec Governance?

Arch1eSUN (@arch1esun) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Spec Governance

Name: Spec Governance
Author: Arch1eSUN

Use when a round uses proposal/design/tasks/spec/archive artifacts or needs OpenSpec-style artifact validation without depending on the OpenSpec CLI.

Arch1eSUN Updated Sep 21, 2026

Coding & Dev Tools

Install

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$ npx skillmds@latest add arch1esun/spec-governance

Installs into ~/.claude/skills (or .claude/skills inside a project). Restart Claude Code to pick it up.

Download SKILL.md

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Trust & safety

Audits pending

Not yet audited · commit db20800

Works with: Claude Code Claude.ai OpenAI Codex +

File contents

spec-governance

Validates OpenSpec-style change artifacts as inputs to arcgentic planning, development, and audit.

Workflow

Check that the change directory has proposal.md, design.md, tasks.md, and specs/**/*.md.
Count complete and incomplete tasks.

Validate archive readiness without moving files:

arcgentic spec-governance status openspec/changes/<change>
arcgentic spec-governance validate openspec/changes/<change>
arcgentic spec-governance archive openspec/changes/<change>

Map proposal/design/tasks/spec facts into handoff and audit facts.

Boundaries

V1 archive is validate-only.
Do not add an OpenSpec npm dependency.
Do not replace arcgentic's state machine with OpenSpec states.

Arch1eSUN/Arcgentic/tree/main/skills/spec-governance commit db20800bb0

Frequently asked questions

npx skillmds@latest add arch1esun/spec-governance