
Ralph Specum Index
Ralph Specum Index generates and maintains a searchable inventory of your codebase under `specs/.index/`. You call it explicitly when you want Ralph to catalog controllers, services, models, and other project structures into stable markdown artifacts. It's designed to be deterministic so the output diffs cleanly and other Ralph skills can reference it for research and triage. The skill supports scoping by path, dry runs, and optional external dependency tracking. Think of it as creating a table of contents for your code that both humans and Claude can navigate. Works best when you need to orient a large or unfamiliar codebase before making changes.
- GitHub stars
- 340
- last updated
- May 19, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add tzachbon/smart-ralph --skill ralph-specum-index --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
Ralph Specum Index
Use this to generate searchable index specs for an existing codebase.
Contract
- Index output lives under
specs/.index/ - Use stable Ralph templates for
index.md, component specs, and external specs - Keep component and external entries deterministic and easy to diff
Action
- Parse the user scope such as path, types, excludes, quick mode, dry run, or force.
- Scan the requested code areas for controllers, services, models, helpers, migrations, or comparable project structures.
- Generate or update:
specs/.index/index.mdspecs/.index/components/*.mdspecs/.index/external/*.md
- Keep outputs deterministic so start, research, and triage can reuse them.
- Include external URLs, MCP endpoints, or installed skills only when the user asked for them or they are clearly relevant.
- In dry run mode, report what would be created without writing files.
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Details
- Repository
- github.com/tzachbon/smart-ralph
- Category
- Marketing & SEO
- License
- MIT
- First seen
- Jun 11, 2026
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