SKILL.md
<objective> Spike an idea through experiential exploration — build focused experiments to feel the pieces of a future app, validate feasibility, and produce verified knowledge for the real build. Spikes live in .planning/spikes/ and integrate with GSD commit patterns, state tracking, and handoff workflows.
Two modes:
- Idea mode (default) — describe an idea to spike
- Frontier mode (no argument or "frontier") — analyzes existing spike landscape and proposes integration and frontier spikes
Does not require prior new-project setup — auto-creates .planning/spikes/ if needed. </objective>
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<runtimenote> Copilot (VS Code): Use vscodeaskquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion. </runtime_note>
<context> Idea: $ARGUMENTS
Available flags:
--quick— Skip decomposition/alignment, jump straight to building. Use when you already know what to spike.--text— Use plain-text numbered lists instead of AskUserQuestion (for non-Claude runtimes).--wrap-up— Package spike findings into a persistent project skill for future build conversations. Runs the spike-wrap-up workflow.
</context>
<process> Parse the first token of $ARGUMENTS:
- If it is
--wrap-up: strip the flag, execute the spike-wrap-up workflow - Otherwise: pass all of $ARGUMENTS as the idea to the spike workflow end-to-end.
Preserve all workflow gates (prior spike check, decomposition, research, risk ordering, observability assessment, verification, MANIFEST updates, commit patterns). </process>