kiro-spec-init

kiro-spec-init is a command for Claude Code from gotalab/cc-sdd. It costs 0 tokens per session (682 once invoked), scanned A, a copy of spec-init, MIT.

A command that starts a new specification in a spec-driven development project, where work is planned and recorded before implementation.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to name a feature, create its specification directory, initialize metadata and requirements files from templates, and prepare the project for requirements writing.
Why use it?
It creates the initial files and a unique location for a feature without mixing this setup stage with later requirements, design, or task stages.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: $ARGUMENTS substitution.

Good fit Use it to name a feature, create its specification directory, initialize metadata…

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/gotalab/cc-sdd/kiro-spec-init
About the project

cc-sdd is a spec-driven development workflow for coding agents: it turns approved software specifications into requirements, designs, task plans, and extended autonomous implementation. Developers use it across several AI coding agents, with independent review and task-level continuation for long-running work. The catalogue entries provide commands, skills, agents, and instructions for using this workflow.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/gotalab/cc-sdd

Made for: Claude Code.

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README.md
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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 682 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin 94% copy Near-identical to another mod in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00000 $0.00682
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00341
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00136
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00068

Measured 7d ago against content hash abba6aaf3a81, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-06, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

kiro-spec-init scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 7d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

This is a copy

94% identical to spec-init — 11 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

tools/cc-sdd/templates/agents/codex/commands/kiro-spec-init.md · 68 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 68 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Spec Initialization

<background_information>

  • Mission: Initialize the first phase of spec-driven development by creating directory structure and metadata for a new specification
  • Success Criteria:
    • Generate appropriate feature name from project description
    • Create unique spec structure without conflicts
    • Provide clear path to next phase (requirements generation) </background_information>

Execution Steps

  1. Check Uniqueness: Verify {{KIRO_DIR}}/specs/ for naming conflicts (append number suffix if needed)
  2. Create Directory: {{KIRO_DIR}}/specs/[feature-name]/
  3. Initialize Files Using Templates:
    • Read {{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/specs/init.json
    • Read {{KIRO_DIR}}/settings/templates/specs/requirements-init.md
    • Replace placeholders:
      • {{FEATURE_NAME}} → generated feature name
      • {{TIMESTAMP}} → current ISO 8601 timestamp
      • {{PROJECT_DESCRIPTION}} → $ARGUMENTS
    • Write spec.json and requirements.md to spec directory

Important Constraints

  • DO NOT generate requirements/design/tasks at this stage
  • Follow stage-by-stage development principles
  • Maintain strict phase separation
  • Only initialization is performed in this phase

Tool Guidance

  • Use Glob to check existing spec directories for name uniqueness
  • Use Read to fetch templates: init.json and requirements-init.md
  • Use Write to create spec.json and requirements.md after placeholder replacement
  • Perform validation before any file write operation

Output Description

Provide output in the language specified in spec.json with the following structure:

  1. Generated Feature Name: feature-name format with 1-2 sentence rationale
  2. Project Summary: Brief summary (1 sentence)
  3. Created Files: Bullet list with full paths
  4. Next Step: Command block showing /prompts:kiro-spec-requirements <feature-name>
  5. Notes: Explain why only initialization was performed (2-3 sentences on phase separation)

Read the full file on GitHub · 68 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 7d ago First seen · 68 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A abba6aaf3a81

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kiro-spec-init is a command published in the GitHub repository gotalab/cc-sdd (3,653 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 682 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 94% identical to spec-init, differing in 11 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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