What problem does it solve? When working through a spec-kit planning workflow, artifacts like spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md accumulate quickly and become hard to interpret. This Skill reads the current stage artifact or project cognition state and translates it into a plain-language explanation so you can decide whether to continue, revise, or proceed. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Stage-Aware Explanation: Deterministically resolves the most advanced artifact (tasks, plan, or specify) and explains what is decided, what is open, and what comes next. - Cognition and Atlas Views: Explains project cognition status and compatibility/export handbook artifacts covering ownership, dependencies, lifecycle, and change impact. - Read-Only Safety: Never rewrites stage artifacts; it reports missing state explicitly instead of inventing it. - Use Case: After running a planning workflow, ask for an explanation of the current plan to understand the implementation approach and risks before generating tasks. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to explain the current planning stage artifact in plain language using the sp-explain skill.
