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Agent skill

Spk Mission Research

by spec-kitty in spec-kitty/spec-kitty

Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions.

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Install Spk Mission Research

skills CLI
$ npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-mission-research -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install spec-kitty/spec-kitty spk-mission-research --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/spec-kitty/spec-kitty.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/charter/offering/skills/spk-mission-research .claude/skills/spk-mission-research && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
spk-mission-research
GitHub stars
1.7k
Token cost
~311 tokens
SKILL.md length
148 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
45
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions.

  • Works in 5 steps: Use /spec-kitty.research for pre-spec… → On a mission type that ships research… → Write findings as decision-ready… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Flow and Rule
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Spk Mission Research is an agent skill from spec-kitty/spec-kitty. Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions.

Its SKILL.md is about 310 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Spec-Driven Development with organizational governance. Specs tell AI agents what to build; Charter governs how they build it. Git-native missions, enforceable workflows, and… The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/spk-mission-research”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Use /spec-kitty.research for pre-spec discovery, before a spec or plan
  2. On a mission type that ships research templates (today: the research
  3. Write findings as decision-ready evidence, not a loose reading list.
  4. Record assumptions, source quality, and unresolved questions.
  5. Return findings to spk-mission-specify or spk-mission-plan.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d12146f. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Spk Mission Research loads about 311 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 30 tokens; SKILL.md has 148 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~30
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~311

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from spec-kitty/spec-kitty at commit d12146f, republished under its MIT licence (© spec-kitty). 148 words, ~311 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/spk-mission-research/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
spk-mission-research
description
Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions.

spk-mission-research

Use this skill when a mission needs discovery, external facts, design precedent, technical investigation, or decision support.

Flow

  1. Use /spec-kitty.research for pre-spec discovery, before a spec or plan exists: capture decisions, evidence, and open questions directly in research.md (create or extend it; never truncate it).
  2. On a mission type that ships research templates (today: the research mission type), once that mission's plan is filled in you can additionally run spec-kitty research --mission <handle> to scaffold research.md, data-model.md, and the CSV stubs from the shipped templates. Other mission types, including software-dev, have no such scaffold — the command creates nothing for them.
  3. Write findings as decision-ready evidence, not a loose reading list.
  4. Record assumptions, source quality, and unresolved questions.
  5. Return findings to spk-mission-specify or spk-mission-plan.

Rule

Research is not a substitute for a spec. It should narrow uncertainty enough for the next mission phase.

© spec-kitty, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in src/charter/offering/skills/spk-mission-research of spec-kitty/spec-kitty.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d12146f

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Questions about Spk Mission Research

What does Spk Mission Research do?

Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions. Spk Mission Research is an agent skill from spec-kitty/spec-kitty. Operate pre-spec or in-mission research workflows while keeping findings tied to mission decisions.

How do I install Spk Mission Research in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-mission-research -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/charter/offering/skills/spk-mission-research in spec-kitty/spec-kitty) into .claude/skills/spk-mission-research in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Spk Mission Research in Codex?

Run `npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-mission-research -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/charter/offering/skills/spk-mission-research in spec-kitty/spec-kitty) into .agents/skills/spk-mission-research in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Spk Mission Research in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add spec-kitty/spec-kitty --skill spk-mission-research -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/spk-mission-research, .gemini/skills/spk-mission-research, .github/skills/spk-mission-research and .opencode/skills/spk-mission-research in your project.

What does Spk Mission Research need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Spk Mission Research is instructions for the agent only.

Does Spk Mission Research access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Spk Mission Research safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Spk Mission Research use?

Spk Mission Research is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Spk Mission Research use?

About 311 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Spk Mission Research?

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Who maintains Spk Mission Research?

spec-kitty (a GitHub organization) maintains it in spec-kitty/spec-kitty, which has 1,678 GitHub stars. The repository holds 45 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: spec-kitty/spec-kitty on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.