/specd.toolbox
Open an interactive operations menu for a task. Use this when you want to jump to a specific action outside the normal flow.
/specd.toolbox [task-name]What it does
Section titled “What it does”/specd.toolbox validates the task and presents a menu of operations. You pick one and it dispatches the corresponding workflow directly — bypassing the brain’s state-based routing.
This is useful when you want to:
- Re-run research after new requirements emerge
- Discuss a specific concern without advancing the pipeline
- Manually trigger a review after making ad-hoc changes
- Jump into planning when you already know what you want
Operations
Section titled “Operations”| Operation | What it does |
|---|---|
| Discuss | Explore open questions and record decisions in CONTEXT.md and DECISIONS.md |
| Research | Spawn parallel agents for codebase integration patterns and pitfalls. Writes RESEARCH.md. |
| Plan | Create execution phases from task context. Writes ROADMAP.md. |
| Execute | Execute the next pending phase using its PLAN.md |
| Review | Review the most recently executed phase. Approve or request fixes. |
Arguments
Section titled “Arguments”| Argument | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
task-name | No | The task to operate on. If omitted and only one task exists, it’s selected automatically. If multiple exist, you’re asked to choose. |
When to use toolbox vs. continue
Section titled “When to use toolbox vs. continue”Use /specd.continue for normal day-to-day work. The brain determines the right next step automatically.
Use /specd.toolbox when:
- You want to re-run a step that already completed (e.g., research after scope change)
- You want to discuss something specific without the brain deciding to skip discussion
- You’re debugging a task that got into an unexpected state
- You want to execute a specific operation without running the full pipeline forward
Examples
Section titled “Examples”/specd.toolbox user-dashboard/specd.toolbox payment-flow/specd.toolboxRelated commands
Section titled “Related commands”/specd.continue— Normal pipeline-driven lifecycle/specd.new— Initialize a new task/specd.status— View all tasks