# Spec Viewer

> Use when one feature must be inspected to determine inventory, readiness, earliest unresolved phase, routing recommendation, or drift signals.

- Skill: `shaowei-g/spec-viewer` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add shaowei-g/spec-viewer`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/shaowei-g/spec-viewer/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: shaowei-g (https://skillmd.com/u/shaowei-g)
- Updated: 2026-09-10
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/shaowei-g/spec-viewer

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# Spec Viewer

Use this skill when inspection is the current phase for one feature.

## Shared Contracts

Load this shared shortcut first:

- `../references/shared-specialist-contract.md`

Open the deeper canonical shared references only when the shortcut is insufficient for the current situation.

## Purpose

Use this skill when at least one is true:

- artifact inventory or current feature-state inspection is needed
- the earliest unresolved phase must be identified
- phase readiness must be checked before delegation
- one routing recommendation is needed for the next bounded pass
- drift or stale-artifact signals must be identified from current artifacts or code

## Read Order

- repository-local workflow inspection prompt when available
- `specs/<feature>/handoff.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/spec.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/plan.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/tasks.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/implementation-status.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/review.md` if present
- `specs/<feature>/drift.md` if present
- changed code only when artifact state alone is insufficient

## Owned Outputs

- inspection summary in the shared schema
- authoritative inspection verdict for current workflow state based on repository evidence
- advisory next-phase recommendation based on repository evidence
- minimal continuity notes only when the assigned scope explicitly asks for them

## Phase-Specific Rejected Criteria

Return `rejected` if the request asks this skill to author phase-owned artifacts, implement work, or perform verification instead of inspection.
Return `rejected` if the request tries to force a pre-decided route and treats inspection as confirmation-only instead of allowing a truthful current-state report.

## Phase-Specific Blocked Criteria

Return `blocked` if the repository artifacts or code needed to determine current state are missing or unreadable.