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Jonathan Hefner debfb29c8e Fix allowed-tools to use spec-compliant space-delimited strings (#139)
* Fix `allowed-tools` to use spec-compliant space-delimited strings

Per the agentskills.io specification, `allowed-tools` must be a single
string of space-delimited patterns, not a YAML list. Converted all 23
SKILL.md files from the `- Item` list format to the correct
`"Item1 Item2"` string format. Also updated the frontmatter examples in
CLAUDE.md and the workflow-skill-design skill template to match.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Fix remaining allowed-tools format in firebase-apk-scanner and workflow-skill-design docs

- Convert firebase-apk-scanner from comma-separated to space-delimited
- Update anti-patterns.md and tool-assignment-guide.md examples from YAML lists to space-delimited strings
- Remove unnecessary quotes from SKILL.md template placeholder

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Cover commands, new SKILL.md files, and fix template placeholder

Extends the previous spec-compliance fixes:

* Convert command frontmatter (commands/*.md) — per Claude Code
  docs, command files use the same frontmatter as skills, so the
  same space-delimited rule applies.
* Convert three SKILL.md files added since the original PR:
  mutation-testing, trailmark-structural, trailmark-summary.
* Fix the placeholder in the workflow-skill-design template.
  The previous "[minimum tools needed, space-delimited]" was YAML
  flow-sequence syntax, which parses as a list — the opposite of
  what the placeholder claims. Replaced with a concrete-looking
  space-delimited example plus a comment.

Zeroize-audit agent files still use `allowed-tools:` in YAML list
form. They are intentionally excluded: per the project's own docs
(workflow-skill-design references), agents declare tools with
`tools:` (not `allowed-tools:`). Fixing those requires changing
the field name as well as the format and is out of scope for this
PR.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* zeroize-audit agents: switch allowed-tools to tools

Subagents declare their tool allowlist via `tools:` (comma-separated),
not `allowed-tools:` — see Claude Code's subagent docs and this
repo's own designing-workflow-skills/SKILL.md:47:

> Skills use `allowed-tools:` in frontmatter. Agents use `tools:`
> in frontmatter.

Before this change, the zeroize-audit agents declared their tool list
under `allowed-tools:`, which Claude Code does not read for subagents.
The field was effectively a no-op; the spawned agents had no tool
restriction enforced.

Renames the field on all 11 agents to `tools:` and reformats the YAML
list as comma-separated to match the documented format and existing
agents elsewhere in the repo (e.g. function-analyzer.md,
spec-compliance-checker.md). Tool sets are unchanged.

Behavior change: tools now actually constrain what each spawned agent
can call. The lists are the ones the original author intended.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* skill-improver: convert command allowed-tools to space-delimited

The two command files in plugins/skill-improver/commands/ still used
the JSON flow-array format (`allowed-tools: ["..."]`), which the rest
of this PR converted everywhere else. Convert them to the spec-compliant
space-delimited string form for consistency.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-authored-by: Dan Guido <dan@trailofbits.com>
2026-04-28 19:50:30 -04:00
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Spec-to-Code Compliance

Specification-to-code compliance checker for blockchain audits with evidence-based alignment analysis.

Author: Omar Inuwa

When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:

  • Verify that code implements exactly what documentation specifies
  • Find gaps between intended behavior and actual implementation
  • Audit smart contracts against whitepapers or design documents
  • Identify undocumented code behavior or unimplemented spec claims

What It Does

This skill performs deterministic, evidence-based alignment between specifications and code:

  • Documentation Discovery - Finds all spec sources (whitepapers, READMEs, design notes)
  • Spec Intent Extraction - Normalizes all intended behavior into structured format
  • Code Behavior Analysis - Line-by-line semantic analysis of actual implementation
  • Alignment Comparison - Maps spec items to code with match types and confidence scores
  • Divergence Classification - Categorizes misalignments by severity (Critical/High/Medium/Low)

Key Principle

Zero speculation. Every claim must be backed by:

  • Exact quotes from documentation (section/title)
  • Specific code references (file + line numbers)
  • Confidence scores (0-1) for all mappings

Installation

/plugin install trailofbits/skills/plugins/spec-to-code-compliance

Phases

  1. Documentation Discovery - Identify all spec sources
  2. Format Normalization - Create clean spec corpus
  3. Spec Intent IR - Extract all intended behavior
  4. Code Behavior IR - Line-by-line code analysis
  5. Alignment IR - Compare spec to code
  6. Divergence Classification - Categorize misalignments
  7. Final Report - Generate audit-grade compliance report

Match Types

  • full_match - Code exactly implements spec
  • partial_match - Incomplete implementation
  • mismatch - Spec says X, code does Y
  • missing_in_code - Spec claim not implemented
  • code_stronger_than_spec - Code adds behavior
  • code_weaker_than_spec - Code misses requirements

Anti-Hallucination Rules

  • If spec is silent: classify as UNDOCUMENTED
  • If code adds behavior: classify as UNDOCUMENTED CODE PATH
  • If unclear: classify as AMBIGUOUS
  • Every claim must quote original text or line numbers
  • context-building - Deep code understanding
  • issue-writer - Format compliance gaps as findings