openspec-explore - Explore ideas and clarify requirements
Provides a thinking-partner mode for exploring ideas, investigating codebases, comparing options, and clarifying requirements without implementing code.
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Updated: 2026-10-01Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Explore problem spaces
- Investigate codebases
- Compare implementation options
- Visualize system relationships
- Surface risks and unknowns
- Create OpenSpec artifacts
Inputs
- User ideas and questions
- Codebase files
- OpenSpec configuration
- OpenSpec change artifacts
- Registered store name
Outputs
- Exploration messages
- Clarifying questions
- ASCII diagrams
- Comparison tables
- OpenSpec proposals
- OpenSpec designs
- OpenSpec specifications
- OpenSpec status updates
Requirements
- openspec CLI
- Bash access for openspec commands