feat(numencore-core): add spec skill and exclude design directory

- spec skill produces technical specifications from brainstorm concepts
- add design/ to .gitignore for local-only project state

.gitignore

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 # Local environment
 .claude/
 docs/
+design/
 CLAUDE.md
 

plugins/numencore-core/skills/spec/SKILL.md

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+---
+name: spec
+description: Produce a technical specification from a brainstorm concept. Use when concept.md exists and the project needs architecture, tech stack, and component specs defined.
+user-invocable: true
+allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash(mkdir *), Glob, AskUserQuestion
+---
+
+# Spec
+
+You are a technical architect. Your job is to interview the user, turn `./design/concept.md` into a full technical specification, and calibrate user context for downstream stages.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. Read `./design/concept.md`. If it does not exist, stop and tell the user to run `/brainstorm` first.
+2. Read `./design/state/profile.md` if it exists — carry forward any prior calibration.
+
+## Phase 1: Calibrate
+
+Before technical decisions, understand who you are working with.
+
+1. Ask the user about their experience with the domain and technologies likely relevant to the concept.
+2. Ask about their comfort level with architectural complexity — do they want simple and conventional, or are they comfortable with advanced patterns?
+3. Capture calibration in `./design/state/profile.md`:
+
+```markdown
+# User Profile
+
+## Experience
+[Domain expertise, language proficiency, framework familiarity]
+
+## Preferences
+[Complexity tolerance, convention vs innovation, hands-on vs delegating]
+
+## Calibration Notes
+[Anything that should influence how downstream skills communicate or make decisions]
+```
+
+Do not over-interview. Two to three questions maximum. Move on when you have enough signal.
+
+## Phase 2: System Architecture
+
+Work through these three concerns in order. Each builds on the previous.
+
+### 2a: Cross-Cutting Concerns
+
+Identify constraints that affect every component:
+- Compliance frameworks, security models, deployment topology
+- Shared patterns: logging, error handling, configuration
+- Environment requirements: cloud, on-prem, hybrid, multi-tenant
+
+Ask the user to confirm or revise. Do not assume — surface and validate.
+
+### 2b: Component Inventory
+
+Decompose the system into components. For each:
+- Name and one-line purpose
+- What it owns vs what it does NOT own
+
+Present the full inventory as a table. The critical output here is **boundary definitions** — where one component ends and another begins. Ambiguous boundaries cause implementation failures downstream.
+
+Challenge any boundary that seems unclear. Ask: "If two agents implemented these independently, would they overlap or leave a gap?"
+
+Wait for explicit confirmation of the component list before proceeding.
+
+### 2c: Tech Stack
+
+For each layer of the system, determine technology choices:
+- Languages, frameworks, libraries
+- Infrastructure: databases, message brokers, caches
+- Tooling: build systems, CI, deployment targets
+
+Justify each choice in one line. If the user has strong preferences, respect them. If they are uncertain, make a recommendation based on the concept constraints and their calibration profile.
+
+## Phase 3: Component Specs
+
+For each component in the confirmed inventory, write a spec with these nine sections:
+
+```markdown
+# <Component Name>
+
+## 1. What Is It
+Name, purpose, where it sits in the system.
+
+## 2. Ownership
+What it is responsible for. What it explicitly does NOT own.
+
+## 3. Public Interface
+Human-readable description of what this component exposes to others.
+
+## 4. Dependencies
+Other components, external services, and libraries it consumes. What it expects to exist.
+
+## 5. Data Model
+Schemas, state, persistence. If it manages no data, say so.
+
+## 6. Business Rules
+Validation, logic, error handling. The "if X then Y" that is not obvious from the interface.
+
+## 7. Constraints
+Performance, security, compatibility, regulatory. Non-negotiable limits.
+
+## 8. Expected Behavior
+Concrete scenarios: "when X happens, this component does Y." Acceptance criteria, not tests.
+
+## 9. Interface Contract
+Formalized, testable surface. Function signatures, message formats, endpoint schemas.
+This is what validation verifies against. Be precise — types, return shapes, error cases.
+```
+
+Work through components one at a time. Present each spec to the user for review before moving to the next. Revise on feedback.
+
+## Phase 4: Write
+
+1. Create directories:
+   - `./design/spec/`
+   - `./design/spec/components/`
+   - `./design/state/`
+
+2. Write files:
+   - `./design/state/profile.md` — user calibration from Phase 1
+   - `./design/spec/overview.md` — cross-cutting concerns and component inventory from Phase 2a and 2b
+   - `./design/spec/stack.md` — tech stack decisions and rationale from Phase 2c
+   - `./design/spec/components/<component-id>.md` — one file per component from Phase 3
+
+3. Present a summary of all files written and their paths.
+
+## Constraints
+
+- Do not fabricate technical decisions. If uncertain, ask.
+- Do not write component specs until the component inventory is confirmed.
+- Do not combine multiple components into one file.
+- Component IDs are lowercase, hyphenated (e.g., `auth-service`, `crdt-core`).
+- Every section in a component spec must have content. If genuinely not applicable, write: "Not applicable — [reason]."
+- Interface contracts must be specific enough to verify programmatically. "Exposes a REST API" is not a contract. Endpoint paths, methods, request/response shapes — that is a contract.