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Script/Tool Spec Writer

Spec a small internal tool or script before building it: exact inputs, outputs, failure behaviour, and the edge cases that turn a quick script into a week.

Spec this internal tool/script before I build it: {{idea}} (what it should do, who runs it, how often).

Define: exact inputs (arguments, files, env — with formats), exact outputs (including exit codes), behaviour on the boring failure paths (missing file, bad input row, network hiccup, re-run after partial completion — idempotency?), permissions and secrets handling, dry-run mode (almost always worth it — say if not), and logging (what it prints normally vs verbose). Then the scope check: which edge cases from my description turn this from an afternoon into a week — and can we exclude them for v1?

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