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Babysitter constitution-creation

Establish project governing principles including dev guidelines, code quality standards, testing policies, UX requirements, performance benchmarks, and security constraints.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/library/methodologies/spec-kit/skills/constitution-creation" ~/.claude/skills/a5c-ai-babysitter-constitution-creation && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: library/methodologies/spec-kit/skills/constitution-creation/SKILL.md
tags
#governance#code-quality#security-standards#dev-guidelines#project-structure
source content

Constitution Creation

Overview

Establish the project constitution -- the governing document that defines development principles, quality standards, and constraints for all subsequent specification and implementation work.

When to Use

  • Starting a new project that needs governance foundations
  • Formalizing existing project standards into a constitution
  • Updating governance principles for an evolving project
  • Before writing specifications for a new feature area

Distinction from Specification

  • Constitution: Defines project-wide governance (HOW the project operates)
  • Specification: Defines feature-level requirements (WHAT to build)

Process

  1. Gather context - Assess project type, audience, compliance needs, existing standards
  2. Define dev guidelines - Coding standards, branching strategy, review process
  3. Set code quality standards - Linting, formatting, complexity limits, naming conventions
  4. Establish testing policies - Coverage thresholds, test types, CI requirements
  5. Specify UX requirements - Accessibility, responsiveness, performance budgets
  6. Define performance benchmarks - Load times, throughput, memory limits
  7. Establish security constraints - Auth, data handling, vulnerability policies
  8. Document architecture principles - Modularity, dependencies, extensibility
  9. Human review - Approve constitution before proceeding

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: 

methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-specification
(constitution phase) Full pipeline: 
methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-orchestrator