spike
The best platform agnostic Linter for AI agent plugins and skills — validates structure, frontmatter, and token limits for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and many others!
Install / Use
npx skills add bitflight-devops/skilllintInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
Claude Commands
Claude Code slash commands
Quality Score
Category
Development & EngineeringSupported Platforms
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Our assessment of spike
spike scores 40/100 on our quality scale, 4367th of 4,595 Development & Engineering skills we index.
Its Claude Commands is 2.1 KB long, written without headings and no code examples: moderately detailed.
It has no GitHub stars yet, so there is no community track record; judge it on its content.
Maintenance, license and trust
- We could not determine when the repository was last updated.
- Our last check on 2026-10-20 found the source still online.
- No license is declared. By default that means all rights are reserved: you can read it, but reusing or redistributing it is not clearly permitted. Ask the author before building on it commercially.
- Its trust signals score 68/100, with 3 cautions from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
Safety scan
No issues foundOur scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful.
AI review by kimi-k2.7-code on 2026-09-24. Automated pattern scan on 2026-09-24. It catches known dangerous patterns, not every risk — read a skill before letting an agent act on it.
spike compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than spike; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spike (this skill)by bitflight-devops | 40 | 0 | — | Claude Commands |
| claude-memby thedotmack | 100 | 102.5k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| taste-skillby Leonxlnx | 100 | 101.6k | 3d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 101.3k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Understand-Anythingby Egonex-AI | 100 | 87.9k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install spike?
- Run
npx skills add bitflight-devops/skilllint. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does spike work with?
- It is written for Claude Code, as a Claude Commands file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is spike safe to use?
- Our scan of the whole file found no instruction hijacking, hidden characters, credential access, data exfiltration or destructive commands. An AI review of the same text found nothing harmful. It declares no license and scores 68/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is spike still maintained?
- We could not determine when the repository was last updated.
Skill content
View source on GitHubname: gsd:spike description: Spike an idea through experiential exploration, or propose what to spike next (frontier mode) argument-hint: "[idea to validate] [--quick] [--text] [--wrap-up] or [frontier]" allowed-tools:
- Read
- Write
- Edit
- Bash
- Grep
- Glob
- AskUserQuestion
- WebSearch
- WebFetch
- mcp__context7__resolve-library-id
- mcp__context7__query-docs requires: []
<objective> Spike an idea through experiential exploration — build focused experiments to feel the pieces of a future app, validate feasibility, and produce verified knowledge for the real build. Spikes live in `.planning/spikes/` and integrate with GSD commit patterns, state tracking, and handoff workflows.
Two modes:
- Idea mode (default) — describe an idea to spike
- Frontier mode (no argument or "frontier") — analyzes existing spike landscape and proposes integration and frontier spikes
Does not require prior new-project setup — auto-creates .planning/spikes/ if needed.
</objective>
<execution_context> @./.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/spike.md @./.claude/get-shit-done/workflows/spike-wrap-up.md @./.claude/get-shit-done/references/ui-brand.md </execution_context>
<runtime_note>
Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion.
</runtime_note>
Available flags:
--quick— Skip decomposition/alignment, jump straight to building. Use when you already know what to spike.--text— Use plain-text numbered lists instead of AskUserQuestion (for non-Claude runtimes).--wrap-up— Package spike findings into a persistent project skill for future build conversations. Runs the spike-wrap-up workflow. </context>
Preserve all workflow gates (prior spike check, decomposition, research, risk ordering, observability assessment, verification, MANIFEST updates, commit patterns). </process>
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.