--- name: idea-to-spec-600e66f6459d description: Use when a user has a new Gear or Vara feature idea, product request, or protocol change that must become an implementable spec. Do not use for deployment-only work, runtime review, or post-release observation. --- # Idea To Spec ## Overview Convert a rough request into a spec that is specific enough for architecture and implementation planning. ## Start Here Read `../../references/vara-domain-overview.md` first. Use `../../assets/spec-template.md` as the output shape. Write the result to `docs/plans/YYYY-MM-DD--spec.md`. ## Workflow 1. Clarify the user goal, scope, and non-goals. 2. Identify actors, state changes, messages, replies, and events. 3. Record invariants, failure paths, and edge cases that follow from Gear/Vara actor semantics. 4. Turn the result into explicit acceptance criteria. 5. Stop when the next step is architecture, not coding. ## Guardrails - Treat async messaging as the default execution model. - Name recovery and retry behavior when the feature crosses actor boundaries. - Keep the spec implementation-agnostic enough that architecture still has work to do. - Do not skip invariants or acceptance criteria. --- Source attribution: gear-foundation Original project: https://github.com/gear-foundation/vara-skills/blob/44c1454141ececc8ef3a88903b625260f370c4de/skills/idea-to-spec/SKILL.md License: MIT License information: https://opensource.org/license/mit Original upstream instructions; downloaded from Mega AI Hub. ## Upstream license notice MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Gear Foundation Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. # Mega AI Hub resource metadata Creator / publisher: gear-foundation Original project: https://github.com/gear-foundation/vara-skills/blob/44c1454141ececc8ef3a88903b625260f370c4de/skills/idea-to-spec/SKILL.md Attribution basis: Source repository record Fields of work: Product Management, Project & Program Management Roles: Product Manager, Project Manager, Technical Product Manager Specialties: Specialty not specified Tools: Gear, Vara Country applicability: Country not specified Classification basis: Source catalog labels Instruction SHA-256: 658166aed1d1e3bf3faeb1ce9e710dceb2b4735440a75a49d06ebdc1aa66b541