speckit-specify - Create feature specifications from descriptions
Creates or updates a feature specification from a natural-language description, using the active Spec Kit template and validating its quality.
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Updated: 2026-10-04Capabilities
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What this skill does
- Parse feature descriptions
- Run pre-specification hooks
- Create feature directories
- Resolve specification templates
- Generate specification files
- Validate specification quality
- Write feature metadata
Inputs
- Feature description
- Spec Kit project structure
- .specify configuration files
- Active specification template
- Optional constitution file
- Optional branch settings
Outputs
- Feature specification file
- Quality checklist file
- Feature metadata file
- Hook execution messages
- Success or error status
- Git branch changes
Requirements
- Spec Kit project structure
- .specify directory
- File system write access
- Git access when hooks require it