Smart Ralph plugin for Grok Build

Name: Smart Ralph
Author: tzachbon

Community Claude Code plugin, installs in GrokPluginAutomation

Spec-driven development with smart compaction. Claude Code plugin combining Ralph Wiggum loop with structured specification workflow.

How to install Smart Ralph in Grok Build

1. Add this repo as a plugin marketplace in Grok Build (once per computer):

grok plugin marketplace add tzachbon/smart-ralph

2. Install the plugin:

grok plugin install ralph-specum@tzachbon/smart-ralph --trust

✓ Install-checked in Grok Buildchecked Oct 18, 2026

Review before you trust it. --trust lets this plugin's hooks, MCP servers and scripts run code on your computer. It's a community repo that neither xAI nor GrokStacks has reviewed, so read its code first.

This repo's marketplace has 2 plugins; we checked ralph-speckit, ralph-specum. Install another the same way: grok plugin install <name>@tzachbon/smart-ralph --trust (names under 'What it contains'). Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Inside Grok Build: type /plugins, open the Marketplace tab, press a and add tzachbon/smart-ralph, then select ralph-specum and press i.

Command format: Grok Build's plugin guide

What we checked: on Oct 18, 2026 it installed with grok 1.0.62 and Grok found 30 skills, 30 slash commands, 2 subagents. That's an install check only: we haven't run it in a live Grok session.

What it contains

Skills (30)

communication-style — This skill should be used when generating spec artifacts (research.md, requirements.md, design.md, tasks.md), formatting agent output, structuring phase results, or when any Ralph agent needs guidance on concise, scannable output formatting
interview-framework — This skill should be used when a Ralph phase must identify critical user decisions, run a layered grill, persist partial answers, obtain explicit approval, or resume an interrupted phase interview before delegating artifact work.
reality-verification — This skill should be used when the user asks to "verify a fix", "reproduce failure", "diagnose issue", "check BEFORE/AFTER state", "VF task", "reality check", "check test quality", "mock-only tests", or needs guidance on verifying fixes by
smart-ralph — This skill should be used when the user asks about "ralph arguments", "quick mode", "commit spec", "max iterations", "ralph state file", "prototype overlay", "execution modes", "ralph loop", "coordinator behavior", "delegate to subagent", o
spec-workflow — This skill should be used when the user asks to "build a feature", "create a spec", "start spec-driven development", "run research phase", "generate requirements", "create design", "plan tasks", "implement spec", "check spec status", "triag
cancel — Cancel active execution safely and optionally remove the spec
design — Generate technical design from requirements
feedback — Submit feedback or report an issue for Ralph Specum plugin.
help — Show help for Ralph Specum plugin commands and workflow.
implement — Start task execution loop
index — Index codebase components and external resources into searchable specs
new — Create new spec and start research phase
prototype — Run or resume an optional prototype
refactor — Update spec files methodically after execution (requirements -> design -> tasks)
requirements — Generate requirements from goal and research
research — Run or re-run research phase for current spec
start — Smart entry point that detects if you need a new spec or should resume existing
status — Show all specs and their current status
switch — Switch active spec
tasks — Generate implementation tasks from design
triage — Decompose a large feature into multiple dependency-aware specs (epic triage)
communication-style — Output rules for all agents - concise, scannable, actionable. Based on Matt Pocock's planning principles.
delegation-principle — Core principle that the main agent is a coordinator, not an implementer. All work must be delegated to subagents.
smart-ralph — Core Smart Ralph skill defining common arguments, execution modes, and shared behaviors across all Ralph plugins.
speckit-workflow — Comprehensive understanding of the spec-kit methodology. Constitution-driven feature development with specify, plan, tasks, and implement phases.
cancel — Cancel active execution loop and cleanup state
implement — Start task execution loop
start — Smart entry point for new features with auto ID and branch management
status — Show current feature status and progress
switch — Switch active feature

Subagents (16)

ralph-specum:architect-reviewer — This agent should be used to "create technical design", "define architecture", "design components", "create design.md", "analyze trade-offs". Expert systems architect that designs scalable, maintainab
ralph-specum:product-manager — This agent should be used to "generate requirements", "write user stories", "define acceptance criteria", "create requirements.md", "gather product requirements". Expert product manager that translate
ralph-specum:prototype-builder — Builds one bounded throwaway prototype for a Ralph Specum prototype question.
ralph-specum:qa-engineer — This agent should be used to "run verification task", "check quality gate", "verify acceptance criteria", "run [VERIFY] task", "execute quality checkpoint". QA engineer that runs verification commands
ralph-specum:refactor-specialist — This agent should be used to "update spec files", "refactor requirements", "revise design", "modify tasks after execution", "incrementally update specifications". Expert at methodically reviewing and
ralph-specum:research-analyst — This agent should be used to "research a feature", "analyze feasibility", "explore codebase", "find existing patterns", "gather context before requirements". Expert analyzer that verifies through web
ralph-specum:spec-executor — This agent should be used to "execute a task", "implement task from tasks.md", "run spec task", "complete verification task". Autonomous executor that implements one task, verifies completion, commits
ralph-specum:spec-reviewer — This agent should be used to "review artifact", "validate spec output", "check quality", "review research output", "review requirements", "review design", "review tasks", "review execution", "review p
ralph-specum:task-planner — This agent should be used to "create tasks", "break down design into tasks", "generate tasks.md", "plan implementation steps", "define quality checkpoints". Expert task planner that creates POC-first
ralph-specum:triage-analyst — This agent should be used to "decompose a large feature", "triage a big task", "break down into multiple specs", "create epic decomposition", or needs guidance on splitting large features into depende
ralph-speckit:constitution-architect — Expert in creating and maintaining project constitutions. Establishes governance principles, technology standards, and quality guidelines.
ralph-speckit:plan-architect — Technical architect for creating implementation plans from specifications. Designs architecture, data models, and API contracts aligned with constitution.
ralph-speckit:qa-engineer — QA engineer that runs verification commands and checks acceptance criteria for [VERIFY] tasks.
ralph-speckit:spec-analyst — Expert specification analyst for creating feature specs aligned with project constitution. Generates user stories, acceptance criteria, and scope definitions.
ralph-speckit:spec-executor — Autonomous task executor for spec-kit development. Executes a single task from tasks.md, verifies, commits, and signals completion.
ralph-speckit:task-planner — Expert task planner for breaking plans into executable tasks. Masters POC-first workflow, task sequencing, quality gates, and constitution alignment.

Hooks (1)

hooks — PreToolUse, SessionStart, Stop

Plugins in this marketplace (2)

ralph-specum — Spec-driven development with research, requirements, design, tasks, autonomous execution, and epic triage. Fresh context per task.
ralph-speckit — Spec-driven development using GitHub spec-kit methodology. Constitution-first approach with specify, plan, tasks, and implement phases.

About this listing

Smart Ralph is a community plugin on GitHub by tzachbon, written as a Claude Code plugin that Grok Build installs. We install-checked it in Grok; we haven't run it in a live session or reviewed its code. When we installed it, Grok found 30 skills, 16 subagents, 1 hook, 2 plugins in this marketplaces. Its license is MIT. We checked commit ac7251a0a056. It's one of 82 listings in the Automation category on GrokStacks.

Smart Ralph FAQ

How do I install Smart Ralph in Grok Build?

Add the repo as a marketplace with grok plugin marketplace add tzachbon/smart-ralph, then run grok plugin install ralph-specum@tzachbon/smart-ralph --trust. This repo's marketplace has 2 plugins; we checked ralph-speckit, ralph-specum. Install another the same way: grok plugin install <name>@tzachbon/smart-ralph --trust (names under 'What it contains'). Then start a new Grok session, or press r in /plugins, to load it.

Is Smart Ralph an official Grok Build plugin?

No. Smart Ralph is a community plugin on GitHub by tzachbon, not in xAI's official Grok Build marketplace. We checked that it installs and what Grok loads from it, but haven't run it in a live Grok session or reviewed its code.

What does Smart Ralph include?

According to what Grok loaded in our install check, Smart Ralph includes 30 skills, 16 subagents, 1 hook, 2 plugins in this marketplaces: communication-style, interview-framework, reality-verification, smart-ralph, spec-workflow, cancel….

Details

Type: Plugin
Category: Automation
Source: Community Claude Code plugin, installs in Grok
License: MIT
Author: tzachbon
Keywords: agentic-coding, ai, ai-agents, autonomous-coding, claude, claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-code-skills, claude-skills, codex-skills, coding-agent, developer-tools
Source repo: https://github.com/tzachbon/smart-ralph
Checked commit: ac7251a0a056
Checked by GrokStacks: Install-checked in Grok Build on Oct 18, 2026; not run in a live session

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