/spk-start-here

name: spk-start-here
description: "Start here for Spec Kitty. Orient CLI users and supported agent-harness users; choose the right command, skill family, and recovery path."

spk-start-here

Orient the user by where they are working: command line or supported agent harness.

Access Model

• Command-line users run `spec-kitty` CLI commands. `spk-*` skills are not CLI

commands.

• Agent-harness users invoke installed command surfaces:

`/spec-kitty.*` in slash-command hosts, `$spec-kitty.<command>` in Codex, or the host's skill syntax for skill hosts.

• Public `spk-*` skills are agent operating guides. Use them by name in a

skill-aware harness or let natural-language intent trigger them.

• If commands or skills are missing, route to `spk-admin-setup-doctor`.

Operating Model

Spec Kitty has three visible layers:

1. Commands: `/spec-kitty.*` slash commands and CLI commands that create or advance mission artifacts. 2. Skills: `spk-*` operating guides that teach an agent how to use the product. 3. Doctrine: charter, glossary, profiles, directives, and tactics loaded on demand by the runtime or by specialist skills.

Do not turn this into a full tutorial. Identify entry mode first, then route to the smallest useful workflow.

First Route

• New project or broken install: use `spk-admin-setup-doctor`.
• New feature from scratch: use `spk-start-first-feature`.
• User wants a command list: use `spk-start-command-map`.
• User asks "will this work in Codex or Claude?": use `spk-start-agent-surface`.
• Existing mission needs advancement: use `spk-run-next`.
• Multi-mission or multi-repo program: use `spk-run-program-orchestrate`.
• Review or approval work: use `spk-run-review-wp`, then `spk-gate-accept`.
• Doctrine or governance concern: use the `spk-doctrine-*` family.
• Visual explanation or diagram request: use `spk-doctrine-show-me`.
• Unsure which skill applies: use `spk-meta-skill-map`.

Agent Behavior

State the route, load only the routed skill, and continue. Prefer commands and runtime outputs over guessing from files. If the user asks for a plan, give the shortest workflow that gets them to the next concrete Spec Kitty action.