spec-status

name	spec-status
description	Show progress of in-flight specs — phase, completed tasks, remaining work, last activity
allowed-tools	Read(*) Glob(*) Bash(git log:*, git diff:*)

/spec-status

Frontmatter notes:

• No context: fork — read-only inspection benefits from main conversation context
• allowed-tools — read-only access. Bash limited to git log and git diff for activity tracking. No Write/Edit.

Show the current state of all specs in .claude/specs/ or a specific feature.

Usage

/spec-status [feature-name]

Workflow

Without argument — list all specs

1. List all directories under .claude/specs/
2. For each, determine phase:
   • No requirements.md → "draft"
   • Only requirements.md → "requirements"
   • • design.md → "design"
   • • tasks.md → "tasks"
   • tasks.md has [x] → "implementing (X/Y tasks)"
   • all [x] → "complete"
3. Print table

SPEC                  PHASE              PROGRESS    LAST ACTIVITY
payment-vpc-pci       implementing       3/8         2 hours ago
notification-svc      design             —           1 day ago
audit-log-pipeline    complete           7/7         5 days ago

With argument — detail for one feature

1. Read all spec files for <feature-name>
2. Print:
   • Title (from requirements.md heading)
   • Current phase
   • Requirements summary (count of user stories)
   • Design summary (key decisions)
   • Tasks: list with checkbox state
   • Completed tasks: timestamps from tasks.md comments
   • Files modified: derived from git log (git log --oneline -- $(grep -oP 'path/to/\S+' tasks.md))

Spec: payment-vpc-pci
Phase: implementing (3 of 8 tasks complete)

Requirements:
  7 user stories, 12 acceptance criteria
  Compliance: PCI-DSS

Design:
  Module: terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws ~> 5.5
  Multi-AZ: yes (3 AZs)
  NAT strategy: 1 per AZ (HA)

Tasks:
  [x] 1.1 — Create vpc/main.tf                        (2026-05-04 14:23)
  [x] 1.2 — Create vpc/variables.tf                   (2026-05-04 15:01)
  [x] 1.3 — Create vpc/outputs.tf                     (2026-05-05 09:15)
  [ ] 2.1 — Add VPC peering module
  [ ] 2.2 — Update backend.tf with state config
  [ ] 3.1 — Generate Kyverno baseline policies
  [ ] 4.1 — Run terraform validate + plan
  [ ] 4.2 — Document peering decisions in design.md

Next: /spec-execute payment-vpc-pci

Drift check (optional flag)

/spec-status <feature> --drift

For completed specs, validate that current code state still matches spec:

• Run domain-specific drift detection (Terraform: plan -refresh-only, K8s: kubectl diff)
• Report any divergence: "Drift detected on aws_security_group.allow_ssh — port 22 added, not in spec. Reconcile?"

Output as JSON (for CI)

/spec-status --format=json

Returns machine-parseable output for dashboards/CI:

{
  "specs": [
    {
      "name": "payment-vpc-pci",
      "phase": "implementing",
      "tasks_total": 8,
      "tasks_complete": 3,
      "last_activity": "2026-05-05T09:15:00Z"
    }
  ]
}

Anti-Patterns

• Do NOT modify any files — read-only command
• Do NOT prompt the user — pure information output
• Do NOT call other agents — direct file reads only