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Categories/Developer Tools/OpenSpec
OpenSpec

OpenSpec

Founded by Tabish Bidiwale in 2025

Create, validate, and manage living specifications for development teams and coding agents

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Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use OpenSpec to create and maintain living software specifications that keep human developers and coding agents aligned throughout a project. It guides you through exploring codebases, drafting proposals, writing technical designs, and defining task breakdowns. Once specs are generated, you can direct coding assistants to implement the tasks and verify that code changes match your defined criteria. The open-source framework installs through standard package managers and integrates directly with modern AI coding assistants to prevent drift between planned requirements and final code.

What OpenSpec does

Draft technical proposals and specification documentsMap and analyze existing codebases using AI promptsBreak down features into actionable implementation tasksVerify implemented code against defined specification criteriaArchive completed specifications and change recordsInstall the specification framework across different developer environmentsStep-by-step workflow commands to explore codebases and define tasksStructured proposal, specification, and design markdown generationDirect compatibility with dozens of AI coding assistants and CLI toolsAutomated verification routines to check implementation against specificationsSpec archiving system to maintain a clean project historyCommand-line installation via npm, pnpm, bun, yarn, or nix

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