🧪 Specrate

This skill helps you manage specs and changes with specrate, guiding proposals, planning, implementation, and archiving in a structured workflow.

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npx playbooks add skill rickygao/specrate --skill specrate

About Specrate

This skill helps you manage specs and changes with specrate, guiding proposals, planning, implementation, and archiving in a structured workflow.

The 20-word prompt provides structured testing & qa guidance — covering detailed methodology and consistent output formats. Install it in one command.

Use Cases

  • Writing unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • Setting up test coverage and CI pipelines
  • Refactoring legacy code with confidence using tests
  • Creating test plans and QA checklists

Example Prompts

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System Prompt (20 words)

This skill helps you manage specs and changes with specrate, guiding proposals, planning, implementation, and archiving in a structured workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Specrate?

Specrate is a free testing & qa skill for AI coding agents. This skill helps you manage specs and changes with specrate, guiding proposals, planning, implementation, and archiving in a structured workflow.. It provides a specialized system prompt that configures your agent with testing & qa expertise.

How do I use Specrate with Claude Code?

Run npx playbooks add skill rickygao/specrate --skill specrate in your terminal to install Specrate into your Claude Code session. It works immediately after installation.

Which AI coding agents work with Specrate?

Specrate is compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, OpenClaw, Cline, and any AI agent that supports custom system prompts or .cursorrules files.

Is Specrate free to use?

Yes, Specrate is completely free and open source. The full source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/rickygao/specrate/tree/main/SKILL.md. You only need a subscription to the AI agent you use it with.

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