# Spk Mission Specify

> Operate the Spec Kitty specify phase: turn user intent into a mission spec while preserving scope, ambiguity, and acceptance criteria.

- Skill: `spec-kitty/spk-mission-specify` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add spec-kitty/spk-mission-specify`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/spec-kitty/spk-mission-specify/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: spec-kitty (https://skillmd.com/u/spec-kitty)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/spec-kitty/spk-mission-specify

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# spk-mission-specify

Use this skill when creating or revising a mission specification.

## Flow

1. Run or invoke `/spec-kitty.specify` for the feature.
2. Capture the user's concrete goal, constraints, non-goals, and success
   criteria.
3. Keep unresolved product decisions explicit instead of hiding them in plan
   details.
4. If terminology matters, route to `spk-doctrine-glossary`.
5. If governance affects scope, route to `spk-doctrine-charter`.

## Output Standard

The spec should be good enough for `/spec-kitty.plan` to derive architecture
and implementation strategy without inventing product intent. Work packages are
authored by `/spec-kitty.tasks`.