How do I install the Dev Validate Specs Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

ClaudSkills / Dev Tools / tools-misc

Dev Validate Specs

Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: tools-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-24

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Wrapper conversazionale per validate-spec-standards.ts. Verifica che i file specs/ rispettino gli Spec Standards v0.17 (frontmatter YAML v2, Gherkin italiano, Mermaid C4, ADR Nygard, Conventional Commits). Output friendly con suggerimenti specifici per ogni problema trovato. Usa quando l'utente dice 'valida le spec', 'controlla gli standard', 'check spec', 'validate specs', 'verifica spec standards', oppure prima di un PR/review per assicurarsi che tutto sia conforme.

From the source SKILL.md

Wrapper conversazionale su validate-spec-standards.ts. Esegue la validazione degli Spec Standards v0.17 sulla directory specs/ del progetto corrente e presenta i risultati in modo leggibile con suggerimenti azionabili per ogni problema.

What this skill does

Dev Validate Specs is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the tools-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Dev Validate Specs Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/dev-validate-specs/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/dev-validate-specs/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\dev-validate-specs\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Attribution & license

Cite this skill

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APA

MaxGiu67. (2026). Dev Validate Specs [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/dev-validate-specs/

BibTeX

@misc{dev-validate-specs-2026,
  author    = {MaxGiu67},
  title     = {Dev Validate Specs [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/dev-validate-specs/}
}

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