Sparc Methodology

SPARC gives you a structured five-phase approach to building software: spec, architecture, test-driven implementation, review, and deployment. It bundles 17 specialized modes including orchestrator for multi-agent coordination, TDD mode for red-green-refactor cycles, and batch-executor for parallel operations. The methodology is opinionated about testing first and claims 2.8-4.4x speed improvements through concurrent agent work. Use this when you want guardrails around the development process rather than ad-hoc prompting. The multi-agent orchestration is the real differentiator here, letting you spin up researcher, architect, coder, and reviewer agents that share context through persistent memory. Heavy on process, which helps for complex projects but might feel like overkill for quick prototypes.

Install to Claude Code

npx -y skills add spencermarx/open-code-review --skill sparc-methodology --agent claude-code