Brain Status

Brain Status — Workspace Dashboard

Display a quick overview of the Brain Spec workspace: steering doc status, all specs with progress, archived specs, and overall statistics.

Usage

/brain-status

No arguments. Reads workspace state and displays a summary.

Instructions

Step 1: Read Version

Read the VERSION file at ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/VERSION (the directory of the currently running skill, exported by Claude Code). If ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR} is unset (older runtimes), fall back to checking .claude/skills/brain-status/VERSION then .claude/skills/brain-init/VERSION via Glob. If no VERSION file is found in any location, use "dev" for the dashboard header.

Step 2: Verify Workspace

Check if .brain-spec/config.json exists using Glob.

• If not found, display: "No Brain Spec workspace found. Run /brain-init to set up."
• If found, proceed.

Step 3: Check Steering Documents

Check for the existence of each steering document:

• .brain-spec/steering/product.md
• .brain-spec/steering/tech.md
• .brain-spec/steering/structure.md

Step 4: List Active Specs

Use Glob to find all .brain-spec/specs/*.meta.json files. Read each one.

For each spec, also read .brain-spec/tasks/{slug}/tasks.json if it exists to get task counts.

Step 5: List Archived Specs

Use Glob to find all .brain-spec/archive/*/archive-metadata.json files. Read each one.

Step 6: Display Dashboard

Format the output as follows:

╔══════════════════════════════════════╗
║    Brain Spec Dashboard v{version}   ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════╝

Steering Documents
  product.md    ✓ exists / ✗ missing
  tech.md       ✓ exists / ✗ missing
  structure.md  ✓ exists / ✗ missing

Active Specs
  Slug               Status      Progress
  ─────────────────  ──────────  ──────────────────
  user-auth-flow     active      ━━━━━━━━━━━━──── 60% (3/5)
  api-redesign       draft       ────────────────── 0% (0/0)

Archived Specs
  Slug               Reason       Archived
  ─────────────────  ───────────  ──────────
  old-feature        completed    2025-01-10

Overall Statistics
  Active specs:    2
  Archived specs:  1
  Total tasks:     5
  Completed tasks: 3
  Completion:      60%

If there are no specs, show: "No specs yet. Create one with /brain-spec create <name>"

If there are no archived specs, show: "No archived specs."

Progress bar: 18 characters wide. Use ━ for filled and ─ for empty. Calculate fill: round(progress / 100 * 18).

Notes on Fork Context

This skill uses context: fork so that the JSON parsing and file reads stay isolated from the main conversation context. The output is the formatted dashboard text shown to the user.