Code To Spec

Use this skill for requests like document existing completion ranking, reverse spec the regex-literal lexer state, or document current behavior of brace matching.

Inputs: a brownfield capability description in $ARGUMENTS; existing code, tests, generated sources, configs, docs; optional path/symbol/package hints.

Artifact location (graceful degradation)

• If .specify/ exists, produce the canonical Spec Kit spec.md using .specify/templates/spec-template.md.
• Otherwise, write docs/specs/<feature-slug>/spec.md using the structure in this skill.

Rules:

• Reverse-spec produces the canonical artifact, not a sidecar document track. Update an existing spec.md in place rather than duplicating it.
• Never invent extension points, PSI types, tokens, actions, grammar rules, Phel functions, or behaviors. Verify Phel facts against api.json and https://phel-lang.org/; verify grammar/PSI facts against Phel.flex, Phel.bnf, and the generated code in src/main/gen/.
• Ground every factual claim in repo evidence (path+symbol, config key, or test reference). Unprovable claims go to Unknowns & Questions or are labeled explicit assumptions.
• Keep confidence language cautious: observed, implied by, appears to, not observable in code.
• For broad scopes (3+ files, 2+ packages, end-to-end tracing), run /workflow.team-run analysis <scope> before synthesizing.

Workflow:

1. Resolve or create the active feature directory at the resolved artifact home.
2. Scope discovery:
   • Identify entrypoints (actions, completion contributors, annotators, inspections), PSI/grammar boundaries, and likely evidence sources. Map plugin.xml registrations for the surface.
   • Build an evidence table before drafting conclusions.
3. Parallel brownfield analysis gate:
   • If the scope is broad, run /workflow.team-run analysis <scope> and use its evidence in addition to direct inspection.
   • Capture impacted files, hidden dependencies (generated sources, registry), interface boundaries, and spec implications before synthesis.
4. Current-behavior extraction:
   • Describe current behavior strictly from code, tests, and docs.
   • Extract implied invariants and state transitions when present (e.g. lexer states, PSI tree shape, completion ordering rules).
   • For IDE-runtime concerns, describe threading/cancellation, performance, and version-compat behavior. If any of those are not observable in code, say so explicitly.
5. Spec synthesis:
   • Map the observed behavior into the spec sections: Summary, Evidence, Current Behavior, Invariants & Edge Cases, Constraints (version-compat / generated-source / registration), Acceptance Criteria, Unknowns & Questions.
   • Keep everything grounded in evidence.
6. Quality loop:
   • Run the self-check in evals/eval_template.md.
   • Grade the draft with evals/grader_prompt.md.
   • Pass threshold: structure >= 0.9, grounding >= 0.95, behavior_safety >= 0.9 when grammar/PSI/threading behavior is involved, overall >= 0.9, zero high-severity issues.
   • If the draft fails, revise using only evidence-backed fixes, then re-grade. Maximum 3 iterations; if it still fails, keep the artifact grounded, document gaps in Unknowns & Questions, and report a safe fail rather than guessing.
7. Completion:
   • Leave the repo with an updated spec.md.
   • Summarize the evidence sources, remaining unknowns, whether parallel analysis was used, and whether the quality loop passed cleanly or ended in safe-fail mode.