Spec Kit
Spec Kit is a framework maintained by GitHub123. Its source code is public1 under the MIT License2.
Spec Kit is an open-source toolkit from GitHub that gives AI coding agents structured processes and reusable templates. Its core process, spec-driven development, turns requirements into a specification, a technical plan, and a task list before implementation; bug-fixing and idea-assessment processes are available as bundled extensions.17
- Documentation: Documentation (external site: github.github.io)
- Repository: Repository (external site: github.com)
- License: LICENSE (external site: github.com)
- Release notes: Reviewed release (external site: github.com)
Availability and license
Overall availability
Source code, templates, and documentation are public. Using the processes requires a supported AI coding agent, which is configured and licensed separately.14
Availability is separate from permission: read the license before using or redistributing.
Component reuse rights
- weights
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
- code
- Reviewed qualifying license recorded — check scope and conditions
- data
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
- documentation
- Unknown — no complete fact-level rights review
No complete system-rights review is recorded for this release.
Public materials checklist
| Item | Status | Notes and evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Source codeIs the source code publicly readable? | Public | Public repository in the github organization.1 |
| DocumentationIs user documentation published? | Public | Public documentation site with quickstarts, guides, a CLI reference, and the spec-driven development methodology.14 |
| InstallationAre installation instructions or packages publicly available? | Public | The README installs the specify-cli command-line tool with uv (Python 3.11+ required) and runs specify init with an agent integration key. The installation guide also documents pipx and PyPI installs, installs pinned to a release tag from the repository, and one-time use with uvx.14 |
| Supported platformsAre supported operating systems or hardware documented? | Public | The README states Linux, macOS, or Windows. The integrations reference lists many supported coding agents by integration key, including GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, and Cursor, plus a generic option for unlisted agents.15 |
| Release statusAre versioned releases published? | Public | Reviewed tagged release v1.0.13, published September 29, 2026. This entry describes the project rather than one release.6 |
What it is useful for
Working with an AI coding agent from a written specification, plan, and task list; keeping bug diagnosis, fixes, and verification separate; and assessing whether an idea is worth building before writing code.1
Organization context
In the news
GitHub's Spec Kit reaches version 1.0.0
GitHub's Spec Kit project published version 1.0.0 on GitHub on August 21, 2026. The release notes give instructions for installing the specify CLI from the v1.0.0 tag and list the changes in the version, which are mostly fixes and updates to extensions and presets in the community catalog, including an update of the Security Review extension to v2.0.0 and a fix that rejects duplicate template entries in presets. The change list shows the version follows the 0.16.5 release. USASI has not tested Spec Kit 1.0.0.
U.S. eligibility
Eligible · basis: U.S.-governed project
Spec Kit is published in GitHub's own github organization on GitHub, its LICENSE assigns copyright to GitHub, Inc., and its SUPPORT file says it is maintained by GitHub staff and the community. GitHub, Inc.'s privacy statement gives its postal address in San Francisco, California, and Microsoft announced that it completed its acquisition of GitHub in 2018. No foundation or multi-organization governance is documented. Eligibility rests on this maintaining entity, not on contributors.12389
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