Spectastic.Explain — Testing skill for Claude Code
Explain a spec, requirement, decision, or file — a grounded, in-chat coaching read; --course generates a persistent course.
How to install Spectastic.Explain
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/spectastic-spectastic-spectastic.explain/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/spectastic-spectastic-spectastic.explain && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spectastic/spectastic/HEAD/commands/spectastic.explain.md -o ~/.claude/skills/spectastic-spectastic-spectastic.explain/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Spectastic.Explain does
description: Explain a spec, requirement, decision, or file — a grounded, in-chat coaching read; --course generates a persistent course. Extended, read-only verb. Use when you want to understand an artifact, be coached through a spec, or learn why a requirement exists — it teaches an existing artifact, it doesn't author or change one (/spectastic.spec, /spectastic.propose). argument-hint: [--proficiency=wheels|completion|independent] [--course [--keep]] triggers:
- "explain this
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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