fix(guidance): teach the spec-inventory verb to generated guidance - #1700
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`openspec list --specs` appeared in no generated skill, command, or artifact instruction, while `openspec list --json` — the in-flight CHANGE list — appeared throughout. An agent asked to read the existing specs first reached for the one enumeration verb it had been taught, got the change list, found it plausible, and reported the step complete against the wrong object. Explore now lists the spec inventory alongside the change list and says which is which. The spec-driven `proposal` and `specs` instructions name the command at the two points that need it: researching existing capabilities before filling in the Capabilities section, and confirming a delta's path matches an existing capability. Guidance text only — no CLI, parser, or archive behavior changes. Closes #1689 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 10 included reviews per hour; 4 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change teaches generated guidance to distinguish active changes from durable specifications. It adds ChangesSpec inventory guidance
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to This change teaches generated guidance to use the spec inventory command without changing runtime behavior. It is mergeable with owner awareness because the regression test does not protect the accompanying --json and --store usage details, leaving a bounded risk that registered-store guidance could be removed unnoticed. Suggested reviewers: 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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In `@schemas/spec-driven/schema.yaml`:
- Line 73: Update the “Modified capabilities” instruction to add conditional
--store "<id>" guidance to openspec list --specs when a registered standalone
store is selected, while keeping the local-root example bare. State that --store
is added only after confirming the registered store and must remain on
subsequent store-capable commands.
In `@test/core/templates/spec-inventory.test.ts`:
- Around line 40-78: Add exact-content assertions in the spec inventory tests
for the conditional --store "<id>" guidance and related --json wording across
the proposal instruction, modified-capability specs instruction, and both
explore surfaces. Extend the existing checks around instructionFor('proposal'),
instructionFor('specs'), and exploreBodies while preserving current command and
distinction assertions.
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| describe('spec inventory vocabulary (#1689)', () => { | ||
| it('teaches the spec-inventory verb somewhere in the generated surfaces', () => { | ||
| const bodies = [ | ||
| ...getSkillTemplates().map(entry => entry.template.instructions), | ||
| ...getCommandTemplates().map(entry => entry.template.content), | ||
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| const carriers = bodies.filter(body => body.includes(SPEC_INVENTORY)); | ||
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| carriers.length, | ||
| `no generated skill or command names "${SPEC_INVENTORY}", so the spec inventory is unreachable by any path the tool teaches` | ||
| ).toBeGreaterThan(0); | ||
| }); | ||
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| it('names the spec inventory in explore, where the agent orients', () => { | ||
| for (const [label, body] of exploreBodies) { | ||
| expect(body, label).toContain(SPEC_INVENTORY); | ||
| } | ||
| }); | ||
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| it('distinguishes the change list from the spec inventory in explore', () => { | ||
| // Naming the command is not enough on its own: `openspec list` defaults to | ||
| // changes, so the two enumerations have to be told apart explicitly. | ||
| for (const [label, body] of exploreBodies) { | ||
| expect(body, label).toContain('openspec list --json'); | ||
| expect(body, label).toContain('`openspec list` on its own never shows it'); | ||
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| it('names the spec inventory where the proposal picks capabilities', () => { | ||
| // "Research existing specs before filling this in" named no command, which | ||
| // is how the Capabilities section ends up inventing a near-duplicate | ||
| // capability instead of reusing the existing one. | ||
| expect(instructionFor('proposal')).toContain(SPEC_INVENTORY); | ||
| }); | ||
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| it('names the spec inventory where a delta must match an existing path', () => { | ||
| expect(instructionFor('specs')).toContain(SPEC_INVENTORY); | ||
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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Assert the optional store guidance.
The test verifies the inventory command and the change/spec distinction, but it does not verify the conditional --store "<id>" guidance or the related --json wording. A future edit can remove store propagation while this test remains green. Add exact-content assertions for the proposal, modified-capability specs instruction, and both explore surfaces.
Validate with pnpm exec vitest run test/core/templates/spec-inventory.test.ts.
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In `@test/core/templates/spec-inventory.test.ts` around lines 40 - 78, Add
exact-content assertions in the spec inventory tests for the conditional --store
"<id>" guidance and related --json wording across the proposal instruction,
modified-capability specs instruction, and both explore surfaces. Extend the
existing checks around instructionFor('proposal'), instructionFor('specs'), and
exploreBodies while preserving current command and distinction assertions.
A bare `openspec list --specs` reads the local inventory, so under a selected store it confirms a capability path against the wrong root. The proposal instruction carried the qualifier; the modified-capability instruction did not. All four sites now use the same wording, and the guard is scoped to the passage that names the command — every explore body already carries the qualifier in its unrelated capture steps, so a whole-body assertion would pass with it dropped here. Addresses CodeRabbit review on #1700. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Fixed in 68fb239 — both CodeRabbit findings were valid. Store qualifier. The proposal instruction carried it; the modified-capability instruction did not, which was a real inconsistency rather than a style nit — a bare Test coverage. Added, with one adjustment to the suggestion: a whole-body assertion would have been vacuous here, because every explore body already contains that phrase in its unrelated capture steps — the guard would stay green with the qualifier dropped from the new passage. The new case scopes the check to the passage that names the command. Verified it bites: stripping the qualifier from the specs instruction fails it, restoring it passes. Full suite re-run after the change: 3973 passed, same 2 pre-existing local-only failures that are green on CI. |
The read step I added defeated the fix under a store. It told the agent to list the inventory with `--store "<id>"`, then read the result back from `openspec/specs/<capability-path>/spec.md` — a local path. Verified against a registered store: `list --specs --store mystore` returns `store-only-capability`, and the corresponding local read fails outright (or, when a local capability happens to share the name, silently returns a different one). That is the same wrong-object failure #1689 is about, reintroduced one line later. Capabilities are now read with `openspec show "<spec-id>" --type spec --json --no-scenarios`, which resolves against the same root the listing came from and returns purpose plus requirement texts without pulling whole spec files into context. `--type spec` is load-bearing: a change and a spec sharing a name is an ambiguous_item error, and change names routinely mirror capability names. Also documents `--store` on `list` and `show` in docs/cli.md. Both already accepted the flag — the prose at line 228 says so — but neither options table listed it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Risk: low. Guidance text only. No CLI behavior changes — the command it teaches already exists.
What was wrong
1.9.0 removed
openspec/AGENTS.md, which carried the spec index, and nothing that replaced it ever named the verb that lists specs. Across one repo's generated surfaces:openspec list --jsonopenspec list --specslist --specsworks and is documented; the vocabulary was missing. An agent told to "read the existing specs first" reaches for the one enumeration verb every skill taught it, gets the change list, finds it plausible, and reports the step done. The step succeeds against the wrong object, silently.What changes
Three text sites: the explore workflow's context step, and the
proposalandspecsschema instructions. Each namesopenspec list --specs, says which list is which, and carries--storeso it stays correct under a store.Why it's safe
No code path changes. Reads use
openspec show <id> --type spec --json --no-scenariosrather than raw file paths, which is store-aware and avoids the change/spec name ambiguity.Proof
Regression tests that fail on
main, each mutation-tested. Verified against a real registered store. CI green on all three platforms.Closes #1689