Generate every artifact the schema requires before implementation can start, without pausing between them, then hand off to implementation.
Steps
- Ensure the project schema is installed. Check whether
openspec/config.yamlandopenspec/schemas/rhdh-spec-driven/already exist. Only if either is missing, invoke/rhdh-spec-driven-schemaand run its project-install step. Then confirm withopenspec schemas --json. - Get the change name or description. Derive a kebab-case name from a
description if no name was given (e.g. "add user authentication" ->
add-user-auth); do not proceed without knowing what to build. - Create the change directory (skip if it already exists — see
Guardrails):
openspec new change "<name>"(default schema fromopenspec/config.yaml, or pass--schema rhdh-spec-driven). - Get the build order:
openspec status --change "<name>" --json
Read applyRequires (artifact IDs needed before implementation) and
artifacts (status + dependencies for each). Specs and design are
siblings: after proposal, either may be ready; create them in either order
once their dependencies are satisfied.
5. Create every required artifact in dependency order. Track progress
with TodoWrite. For each artifact whose dependencies are satisfied, follow
the artifact creation loop in /rhdh-spec-driven-schema — read
dependencies, use the template,
apply context/rules without copying them into the file, write to
outputPath. Re-check status after each write; stop once every ID in
applyRequires reports status: "done".
6. If an artifact needs input the description didn't cover, ask — but
prefer a reasonable default to keep momentum; this skill exists to avoid
stopping between artifacts.
7. Show final status: openspec status --change "<name>".
Output
Change name and location, every artifact created with a one-line description,
"All artifacts created! Ready for implementation.", and: "Run
/openspec-apply-change to start working on the tasks."
Guardrails
- Create every artifact
applyRequiresneeds — not a subset. - Always read dependency artifacts before creating the next one.
- Verify each artifact file exists after writing, before moving on.
- If a change with that name already exists, do not re-scaffold or overwrite
artifacts already written. Read current status and fill only the remaining
applyRequiresartifacts in dependency order — this skill finishes an existing change as well as it starts a new one.
Completion
Complete when every artifact ID in applyRequires shows status: "done" in
openspec status, each was verified to exist on disk, and the user has been
pointed at /openspec-apply-change to start implementation.