openspec-archive-change

To archive completed OpenSpec changes, the process moves your finalized change into openspec/changes/archive/YYYY-MM-DD-<name>. It preserves the .openspec.yaml metadata and provides a clear status summary after archiving.

The change archiving process checks artifact completion and task completion statuses before finalizing. It also assesses the delta spec sync state and optionally performs a sync to ensure all specs are updated before archiving.

You should archive an OpenSpec change when the implementation is complete and requires finalization. The archiving mechanism handles changes that have been fully implemented and need to be moved to a tidy history directory.

Yes, you can sync delta specs while archiving an OpenSpec change. The archiving process assesses the delta spec sync state and optionally performs the sync operation to update specifications before moving the change to the archive directory.

To select a specific change for OpenSpec archiving, the process enforces prompts for change selection if a target is not provided initially. This ensures you explicitly choose the correct completed change to finalize and archive.