Skill not invoked — Claude codes without writing proposal.md

Use one of the trigger phrases exactly: 'spec-flow', 'spec mode', 'need a plan', '写个方案'.

SKILL.md frontmatter wrong

Re-clone the repo; description is what drives auto-activation.

spec-flow (Claude Skill) — Installieren & Live-Demo

Warum nutzen

Hauptfunktionen

Five-phase workflow: Proposal → Requirements (EARS format) → Design → Tasks → Implementation
Each phase writes a Markdown doc into .spec-flow/ so decisions are auditable
Gated transitions — Claude pauses for confirmation before advancing
Multilingual triggers: English plus Chinese ('写个方案', '做个规划')
Escape hatches: --fast skips gates, --skip-design suits simpler features

Live-Demo

In der Praxis

spec-flow-skill.replay ▶ bereit

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Installation

Repository des Autors · Offizielle Dokumentation zu Claude Skills

Anwendungsfälle

Praxisnahe Nutzung: spec-flow

Turn a vague feature idea into a documented spec and implementation

👤 Engineers pushing back against 'just start coding' ⏱ ~60 min intermediate

Wann einsetzen: PM handed you a one-liner and you'd rather spend 20 minutes writing a spec than 2 days writing the wrong code.

Ablauf

Invoke the workflow

spec-flow: add multi-region failover to our billing service.✓ Kopiert

→ Claude writes .spec-flow/proposal.md and waits for confirmation
Confirm or edit each phase

Proposal looks good — proceed to requirements.✓ Kopiert

→ requirements.md appears with EARS-format statements
Implement from the task list

Start the implementation phase. Work through tasks.md top-to-bottom.✓ Kopiert

→ Code changes that map 1:1 to task checkboxes

Ergebnis: A feature ships with the spec still alive in .spec-flow/ — future you can see why every decision happened.

Fallstricke

You're hacking a 10-minute fix and the skill adds 4 gates — Use --fast or just skip the skill for trivial work

Kombinieren mit: github · filesystem

Reverse-engineer a spec for existing code before refactoring

👤 Engineers inheriting undocumented modules ⏱ ~45 min intermediate

Wann einsetzen: About to refactor something nobody wrote a spec for.

Ablauf

Ask Spec-Flow to backfill

spec-flow --skip-design: backfill proposal and requirements.md for the existing src/auth module.✓ Kopiert

→ Clean EARS requirements extracted from actual code behavior
Use the spec as refactor target

Now design phase — how would we restructure while preserving these requirements?✓ Kopiert

→ design.md that maps new architecture to existing requirements

Ergebnis: A refactor grounded in a written contract instead of tribal knowledge.

Kombinieren mit: filesystem

Kombinationen

Mit anderen MCPs für 10-fache Wirkung

spec-flow-skill + github

Commit .spec-flow/ artifacts alongside code so the spec lives in the repo history

After implementation, commit .spec-flow/ + src/ changes in one PR titled after the proposal.✓ Kopiert

spec-flow-skill + planning-with-files

Spec-Flow drives phase structure; planning-with-files keeps cross-session progress memory

Use spec-flow for the phases and planning-with-files for progress.md tracking across days.✓ Kopiert

Werkzeuge

Was dieses MCP bereitstellt

Werkzeug	Eingaben	Wann aufrufen
proposal_phase	feature description	Start of a new feature
requirements_phase	approved proposal	After proposal confirmed
design_phase	approved requirements	After requirements confirmed; skippable with --skip-design
tasks_phase	approved design	Before implementation
implementation_phase	approved tasks	Final phase — actually build it

Kosten & Limits

Was der Betrieb kostet

API-Kontingent: None
Tokens pro Aufruf: Each phase re-reads prior .spec-flow/ docs, so context grows across phases
Kosten in €: Free — skills are local files
Tipp: Use --fast on simple features; gates only earn their keep on 2+ day work.

Sicherheit

Rechte, Secrets, Reichweite

Credential-Speicherung: No credentials — pure prompts

Datenabfluss: None — .spec-flow/ stays in your working directory

.spec-flow/ files will be committed unless you .gitignore them; most teams want them committed.

Fehlerbehebung

Häufige Fehler und Lösungen

Wrong trigger keywords — Claude skips phases

Don't say '--fast' unintentionally. If you want full gates, omit flags and say 'spec-flow'.

Alternativen

spec-flow vs. andere

Alternative	Wann stattdessen	Kompromiss
planning-with-files	You want durable memory across sessions rather than phase gating	Different axis — complementary, not competing
Freeform dev	Feature is 1-2 hours of work	Faster, but no audit trail

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