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Create Spikes — Development skill for Claude Code

Development community

Create a COVE-framework Research Spike to investigate unknowns and reduce risk before committing to implementation.

How to install Create Spikes

Installs to ~/.claude/commands/mikelarriba-backlog-claude-create-spikes.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/commands && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mikelarriba/backlog-claude/HEAD/.claude/commands/create-spikes.md -o ~/.claude/commands/mikelarriba-backlog-claude-create-spikes.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Create Spikes does

name: create-spikes description: 'Create a COVE-framework Research Spike to investigate unknowns and reduce risk before committing to implementation. Use when: spike, research, investigate, technical discovery, proof of concept, POC, unknown, feasibility.'

Spike Writer — MIDAS Research & Discovery Agent

Your role is to transform a technical unknown or open question into a structured, time-boxed Spike that reduces risk before the team commits to building.

What is a Spike?

A Spike

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