EARS Specs Status Viewer

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Displays the status of EARS specification files (pending, doing, done) for the current project, a specified project, or all projects. It parses .ears.md files in the ~/.claude/specs directory and presents a summary table. Useful for quickly assessing progress and tracking specification completion across one or multiple projects.

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DevelopmentIntermediate
6/2/2026
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#specs#ears#status#project-management

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Automated summary

Displays the status of EARS specifications for a project (pending, in progress, done) with counts and metadata.

Strengths

  • Clear visualization of spec progress
  • Supports multiple projects and filtering by name
  • Automatic extraction of metadata (title, priority, date)

Limitations

  • Requires a specific folder structure (~/.claude/specs/<project>/{pending,doing,done})
  • Only recognizes .ears.md files
  • Does not directly update statuses
When to use it

When tracking the progress of EARS technical specifications in a project.

When not to use it

For unstructured specifications or those stored in a different format.

Security analysis

Safe
Quality score92/100

The skill is a read-only bash script that reads and displays metadata from spec files under a fixed directory. It does not invoke destructive or external commands, does not process untrusted input dangerously, and handles file names safely.

No concerns found

How this analysis is made

Examples

Show current project specs
/specs-status
Show specs for a specific project
/specs-status my-project
Show all projects' specs
/specs-status all

name: specs-status description: 현재 프로젝트의 EARS 스펙 상태 현황 표시 user-invocable: true

/specs-status [project|all]

현재 프로젝트 또는 지정된 프로젝트의 스펙 상태를 표시합니다.

Arguments

  • 无参数 - 현재 디렉토리명을 프로젝트명으로 사용
  • project-name - 지정된 프로젝트의 스펙만 표시
  • all - 모든 프로젝트의 스펙을 표시

Implementation

specs-status() {
    local SPECS_DIR="$HOME/.claude/specs"
    local target_project="$1"
    local projects=()

    # Determine which projects to show
    if [[ -z "$target_project" ]]; then
        # No argument: use current directory basename
        target_project="$(basename "$PWD")"
        projects=("$target_project")
    elif [[ "$target_project" == "all" ]]; then
        # Show all projects
        if [[ ! -d "$SPECS_DIR" ]]; then
            echo "No specs directory found"
            return 0
        fi
        # Get all subdirectories in specs directory
        while IFS= read -r -d '' dir; do
            projects+=("$(basename "$dir")")
        done < <(find "$SPECS_DIR" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print0 | sort -z)
    else
        # Specific project
        projects=("$target_project")
    fi

    # Exit if no projects found
    if [[ ${#projects[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
        echo "No projects found"
        return 0
    fi

    # Process each project
    for project in "${projects[@]}"; do
        local project_dir="$SPECS_DIR/$project"

        echo ""
        echo "## Specs Status: $project"
        echo ""

        # Check if project directory exists
        if [[ ! -d "$project_dir" ]]; then
            echo "No specs found for project $project"
            continue
        fi

        # Track counts
        local pending_count=0 doing_count=0 done_count=0
        local pending_specs=() doing_specs=() done_specs=()

        # Process each status directory
        for status in pending doing done; do
            local status_dir="$project_dir/$status"

            if [[ ! -d "$status_dir" ]]; then
                continue
            fi

            # Find all .ears.md files in status directory
            while IFS= read -r -d '' spec_file; do
                local spec_id
                spec_id="$(basename "$spec_file" .ears.md)"
                local title="" priority="" created=""

                # Parse metadata from file using grep for safety
                # Extract title (first line with # SPEC-ID: format, e.g., "# 001: Title")
                title="$(grep -m1 "^# *[0-9]*: " "$spec_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^# *[0-9]*: //')"
                # Extract created date
                created="$(grep '^-' "$spec_file" 2>/dev/null | grep 'created:' | sed 's/.*created: *//' | head -1)"
                # Extract priority
                priority="$(grep '^-' "$spec_file" 2>/dev/null | grep 'priority:' | sed 's/.*priority: *//' | head -1)"

                # Default values if not found
                [[ -z "$title" ]] && title="(no title)"
                [[ -z "$priority" ]] && priority="medium"
                [[ -z "$created" ]] && created="(unknown)"

                case "$status" in
                    pending)
                        ((pending_count++))
                        pending_specs+=("$spec_id|$title|$priority|$created")
                        ;;
                    doing)
                        ((doing_count++))
                        doing_specs+=("$spec_id|$title|$priority|$created")
                        ;;
                    done)
                        ((done_count++))
                        done_specs+=("$spec_id|$title|$priority|$created")
                        ;;
                esac
            done < <(find "$status_dir" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.ears.md" -print0 | sort -z)
        done

        # Display summary table
        echo "| Status  | Count |"
        echo "|---------|-------|"
        echo "| Pending | $pending_count     |"
        echo "| Doing   | $doing_count     |"
        echo "| Done    | $done_count     |"
        echo ""

        # Check if any specs found
        if [[ $pending_count -eq 0 && $doing_count -eq 0 && $done_count -eq 0 ]]; then
            echo "No specs found for project $project"
            continue
        fi

        # Display pending specs
        if [[ $pending_count -gt 0 ]]; then
            echo "### Pending"
            for spec in "${pending_specs[@]}"; do
                IFS='|' read -r spec_id spec_title spec_priority spec_created <<< "$spec"
                echo "- **$spec_id**: $spec_title ($spec_priority) - created: $spec_created"
            done
            echo ""
        fi

        # Display doing specs
        if [[ $doing_count -gt 0 ]]; then
            echo "### Doing"
            for spec in "${doing_specs[@]}"; do
                IFS='|' read -r spec_id spec_title spec_priority spec_created <<< "$spec"
                echo "- **$spec_id**: $spec_title ($spec_priority) - created: $spec_created"
            done
            echo ""
        fi

        # Display done specs
        if [[ $done_count -gt 0 ]]; then
            echo "### Done"
            for spec in "${done_specs[@]}"; do
                IFS='|' read -r spec_id spec_title spec_priority spec_created <<< "$spec"
                echo "- **$spec_id**: $spec_title ($spec_priority) - created: $spec_created"
            done
            echo ""
        fi
    done
}

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