specstory-yak
✓Analyze your SpecStory AI coding sessions in .specstory/history for yak shaving - when your initial goal got derailed into rabbit holes. Run when user says "analyze my yak shaving", "check for rabbit holes", "how distracted was I", or "yak shave score".
Installation
SKILL.md
Analyzes your .specstory/history to detect when coding sessions drifted off track from their original goal. Produces a "yak shave score" for each session.
"I need to deploy my app, but first I need to fix CI, but first I need to update Node, but first I need to fix my shell config..."
Yak shaving is when you start with Goal A but end up deep in unrelated Task Z. This skill detects that pattern in your AI coding sessions.
Analyze your SpecStory AI coding sessions in .specstory/history for yak shaving - when your initial goal got derailed into rabbit holes. Run when user says "analyze my yak shaving", "check for rabbit holes", "how distracted was I", or "yak shave score". Source: specstoryai/agent-skills.
Facts (cite-ready)
Stable fields and commands for AI/search citations.
- Install command
npx skills add https://github.com/specstoryai/agent-skills --skill specstory-yak- Source
- specstoryai/agent-skills
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Verified
- ✓
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01
- Updated
- 2026-02-18
Quick answers
What is specstory-yak?
Analyze your SpecStory AI coding sessions in .specstory/history for yak shaving - when your initial goal got derailed into rabbit holes. Run when user says "analyze my yak shaving", "check for rabbit holes", "how distracted was I", or "yak shave score". Source: specstoryai/agent-skills.
How do I install specstory-yak?
Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/specstoryai/agent-skills --skill specstory-yak Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor
Where is the source repository?
https://github.com/specstoryai/agent-skills
Details
- Category
- </>Dev Tools
- Source
- skills.sh
- First Seen
- 2026-02-01