Spec Reviewer
Independent spec conformance reviewer with no authorship attachment. Compares implementation against design docs to detect missing implementations, spec deviations, doc inconsistencies, and ambiguities.
- Type
- Subagent
- Repository
- serpro69/claude-toolbox
- GitHub stars
- 149
- License
- Not declared
- Repo last updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source file
- klaude-plugin/agents/spec-reviewer.md
- Model
- claude-opus-4-8[1m]
What Spec Reviewer is
Spec Reviewer is a subagent published in the serpro69/claude-toolbox repository on GitHub, which has about 149 stars. The repository describes itself as: “Minimal by design, explicitly multi-lang, production-ready and battle-tested collection of configs and plugins for your Claude Code agentic development workflows: mcp, configs, skills, agents and more.”
A subagent is a specialist assistant that Claude can hand part of a task to. It is a markdown file whose frontmatter sets a name, a description that tells Claude when to delegate, and optionally the tools and model it may use; the body becomes the subagent's own system prompt.
Because a subagent works in its own context, it keeps the main conversation focused: Claude can send a narrow job, such as a review or a specialised analysis, to Spec Reviewer and get back a compact result.
How to install Spec Reviewer
Claude Code
- Download spec-reviewer.md from the repository.
- Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control.
- Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Claude Cowork
- Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent.
- Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
New to extending Cowork? Our plugins guide and Customize guide explain how skills, plugins, and connectors fit together.
Inside the source file
The repository does not declare an open-source license, so we list only the outline of the file here. Read the full text on GitHub.
- What You Receive
- What You Do NOT Have
- Tool Access
- Finding Type Taxonomy
- IaC Profile Semantics
- Severity Levels
- Confidence Levels
- Review Workflow
- Mandatory ordering — spec before code
- 1) Load Feature Documents
- 2) Determine Review Scope
- 3) Per-Task Verification
- 4) Cross-Cutting Concerns
- 5) Self-Check and Confidence Assessment
Before you install
- Read the whole file first. Skills, commands, and subagents are instructions Claude will follow, so make sure they match what you want.
- Check which tools, scripts, or MCP servers it uses. Local servers and scripts run with your permissions.
- Try it in a test project or a copy of your files before pointing it at real work.
- Pin the version you tested, and review changes before updating.
- Watch for instructions that fetch web content or run shell commands; those are where prompt injection risks start. See our prompt injection guide.
FAQ
What is Spec Reviewer?
Spec Reviewer is a subagent for Claude Code and Claude Cowork from the serpro69/claude-toolbox repository on GitHub. Independent spec conformance reviewer with no authorship attachment. Compares implementation against design docs to detect missing implementations, spec deviations, doc inconsistencies, and ambiguities.
How do I install Spec Reviewer in Claude Code?
Download spec-reviewer.md from the repository. Save it to ~/.claude/agents/ to use it in every project, or to .claude/agents/ inside one project to share it through version control. Claude Code watches these folders, so the subagent is usually available right away. Ask Claude to use it by name, or @-mention it to make sure it runs.
Can I use Spec Reviewer in Claude Cowork?
Cowork loads subagents through plugins. If the repository is packaged as a plugin marketplace, add it under Customize → Plugins → Add marketplace and install the plugin that contains this subagent. Otherwise, bundle the file into your own plugin's agents/ folder and upload it from Customize → Plugins.
Is Spec Reviewer safe to install?
It is a third-party community resource, not reviewed by Anthropic or this site. Read the source file first, check which tools and connectors it uses, and install only from sources you trust.
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