spike - Run throwaway experiments to validate technical ideas
Validates technical feasibility, compares approaches, and surfaces unknown risks using disposable prototypes before full build.
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Updated: 2026-09-20Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Decompose ideas into feasibility questions
- Research candidate tools and libraries
- Build interactive disposable prototypes
- Evaluate results and render verdicts
- Compare alternative technical approaches
- Propose next candidate spikes
Inputs
- User ideas or comparison requests
- Project repository
- Library documentation or source code
Outputs
- Spikes directory with standalone code
- README files with experiment verdicts
- Head-to-head comparison tables
Requirements
- Terminal execution permissions
- File system write permissions
- Web search and extraction tools