Skills & Capabilities

SpecWeave ships batteries-included. Every installation comes with 45 skills, 73 commands, and 3 AI agents covering the full development lifecycle — no plugins to install, no configuration required.

What's Included

Planning & Design (7 skills)

Define what to build before writing code.

Skill	What it does
increment	Create a new feature/bugfix/hotfix with spec, plan, and tasks
pm	Product Manager — writes specs with user stories and acceptance criteria
architect	System Architect — designs technical approach with ADRs
plan	Generate plan.md and tasks.md for an increment
brainstorm	Multi-perspective ideation with selectable cognitive lenses
diagrams	Mermaid architecture diagrams following C4 Model conventions
skill-gen	Generate project-specific skills from detected patterns

Implementation (6 skills)

Execute tasks with autonomous workflows.

Skill	What it does
do	Execute increment tasks following spec and plan
auto	Fully autonomous execution — implement, test, fix, repeat
get	Clone and register repositories into the workspace
import	Import external issues from GitHub, Jira, or Azure DevOps
debug	Systematic 4-phase debugging with escalation protocol
help	Skill discovery and usage guidance

Testing & TDD (6 skills)

Test-driven development with full cycle support.

Skill	What it does
tdd-cycle	Full red-green-refactor cycle with validation gates
tdd-red	Write failing tests that define expected behavior
tdd-green	Write minimal code to make failing tests pass
tdd-refactor	Refactor code with test safety net
e2e	Generate and run Playwright E2E tests traced to acceptance criteria
validate	Rule-based quality checks (130+ rules)

Code Review & Quality (4 skills)

Multi-agent review before shipping.

Skill	What it does
code-reviewer	Parallel specialized reviewers for logic, security, performance, and more
grill	Critical code review and quality interrogation
judge-llm	Deep validation using extended thinking
pr-review	Pull request review against spec acceptance criteria

Team & Parallel Work (3 skills)

Coordinate multiple AI agents working simultaneously.

Skill	What it does
team-lead	Orchestrate parallel multi-agent work across domains
team-build	Spawn coordinated teams from battle-tested presets
team-merge	Merge completed parallel agent work

Lifecycle & Release (5 skills)

Close increments and ship releases.

Skill	What it does
done	Close increment with PM 3-gate validation
pr	Create pull request from increment feature branch
npm	Full patch release with npm publish and GitHub Release
release-expert	Multi-repo release coordination and version alignment
progress-sync	Sync progress to all connected external tools

GitHub Integration (3 skills)

Skill	What it does
github-sync	Two-way sync between specs and GitHub Projects
github-issue-standard	Consistent issue format with checkable acceptance criteria
github-multi-project	Coordinate specs and tasks across multiple repositories

Jira Integration (3 skills)

Skill	What it does
jira-sync	Two-way sync between increments and Jira epics/stories
jira-mapper	Bidirectional mapping (Increment → Epic + Stories + Subtasks)
jira-resource-validator	Validate and auto-create Jira projects and boards

Azure DevOps Integration (4 skills)

Skill	What it does
ado-sync	Two-way sync between increments and ADO work items
ado-mapper	Bidirectional conversion (Increment ↔ Epic/Feature/Story/Task)
ado-multi-project	Organize tasks across multiple ADO projects
ado-resource-validator	Validate and auto-create ADO projects, area paths, and teams

Media Generation (3 skills)

Skill	What it does
image	AI image generation via Google Gemini and Pollinations.ai
video	AI video generation via Google Veo 3.1 and Pollinations.ai
remotion	Programmatic video creation with React components

Documentation (1 skill)

Skill	What it does
sync-docs	Sync living docs for an increment

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AI Agents

Skills handle specific tasks. Agents are specialized AI personas that collaborate during planning:

Agent	Role
PM	Writes spec.md with user stories and acceptance criteria
Architect	Writes plan.md with architecture decisions and component design
Planner	Generates tasks.md with BDD test plans (Given/When/Then)

Skills like code-reviewer and team-lead spawn additional sub-agents internally for parallel work.

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Commands (73)

Commands are the low-level operations that skills and sync workflows invoke. Most users interact with skills directly — commands run behind the scenes for operations like github-push, jira-pull, ado-create, docs-build, release-rc, and more.

See Commands Reference for the full list.

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Extending with Domain Skills

Need capabilities beyond the built-in 45? The vskill CLI installs domain-specific skills:

npx vskill install --repo anton-abyzov/vskill --plugin <name>

Plugin	Skills	Use case
mobile	appstore	App Store Connect automation, TestFlight, certificates
marketing	slack-messaging, social-media-posting	Slack automation, cross-platform social media
google-workspace	gws	Gmail, Drive, Sheets, Docs, Calendar via CLI
productivity	survey-passing	Expert network survey automation
skills	scout	Discover and install community skills

The verified-skill.com registry hosts community-contributed skills searchable via npx vskill find "query".

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Extending with CLAUDE.md

Beyond skills, customize SpecWeave behavior through your project's CLAUDE.md file:

Area	Examples
External Sync	Add fields, transform statuses, integrate with internal tools
Quality Gates	Custom validation, linting rules, security scans
Agent Behavior	Override default prompts, add domain-specific requirements
Naming Conventions	Enforce team-specific ID formats, branch names

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Next Steps

• Getting Started — Your first SpecWeave increment
• Skills Reference — Detailed skill documentation
• vskill CLI — Install domain-specific skills
• Commands Reference — Full command list