Ralph Specum Status Agent Skill
This skill should be used only when the user explicitly asks to use `$ralph-specum-status`, or explicitly asks Ralph Specum in Codex for status or active spec progress.
Install
one command, takes just this skill from the repositorynpx skills add https://github.com/tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill ralph-specum-statusThe instruction itself
4 sections, as written by the authorRalph Specum Status
Use this to report Ralph state across configured spec roots.
Contract
- Read
.claude/ralph-specum.local.mdwhen present - Default specs root is
./specs .current-speclives in the default specs root- Hidden directories do not count as specs
Action
- Resolve configured roots.
- Read
.current-specto identify the active spec. - If
.current-specis missing or empty, report that there is no active spec and continue listing specs across roots. - Read
specs/.current-epicwhen present and summarize epic status. - For each spec directory, inspect:
.ralph-state.jsonresearch.mdrequirements.mddesign.mdtasks.md- If
tasks.mdexists, count completed and incomplete tasks. - Group results by spec root.
- Show the active spec, current phase, backlog state, approval state, granularity when present, and which artifacts exist.
Output
- Specs in the default root can be shown by name.
- Specs in other roots should include the root suffix for disambiguation.
- Include the next likely command when it is obvious.
- If an epic is active, include the next unblocked spec.
- If approval is pending, explicitly tell the user to approve the current artifact, request changes, or continue to the named next step.
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How to use it
Take tzachbon/ralph-specum-status from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal
use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.
The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the
same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.