speckit.specify

A command that turns a plain-language feature request into a concise feature specification and a short branch name. A branch is a separate line of Git development used to work on a change safely.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to extract the main feature idea, create a two-to-four-word branch name, and start the related specification directory.
Why use it?
It gives a feature request a consistent name and starting structure, making the work easier to track and review.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/rshade/finfocus/speckit.specify
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rshade/finfocus

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,574 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 70% 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 $0.00013 $0.02574
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.01287
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00515
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00257

Measured 3d ago against content hash 17509a74ae50, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

speckit.specify 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 3d 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

70% identical to specify — 185 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.

.claude/commands/speckit.specify.md · 245 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 245 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

User Input

$ARGUMENTS

You MUST consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).

Outline

The text the user typed after /speckit.specify in the triggering message is the feature description. Assume you always have it available in this conversation even if $ARGUMENTS appears literally below. Do not ask the user to repeat it unless they provided an empty command.

Given that feature description, do this:

  1. Generate a concise short name (2-4 words) for the branch:

    • Analyze the feature description and extract the most meaningful keywords
    • Create a 2-4 word short name that captures the essence of the feature
    • Use action-noun format when possible (e.g., "add-user-auth", "fix-payment-bug")
    • Preserve technical terms and acronyms (OAuth2, API, JWT, etc.)
    • Keep it concise but descriptive enough to understand the feature at a glance
    • Examples:
      • "I want to add user authentication" → "user-auth"
      • "Implement OAuth2 integration for the API" → "oauth2-api-integration"
      • "Create a dashboard for analytics" → "analytics-dashboard"
      • "Fix payment processing timeout bug" → "fix-payment-timeout"
  2. Create branch and spec directory using the script:

    Run the script with just the short-name (let the script auto-detect the next available number):

    .specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh --json --short-name "<short-name>" "<feature description>"
    

    Examples:

    • .specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh --json --short-name "user-auth" "Add user authentication"
    • .specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh --json --short-name "oauth2-api" "Implement OAuth2 integration"

    IMPORTANT:

    • Do NOT pass --number - the script automatically finds the highest number across ALL branches and specs globally and uses the next available number
    • The script handles: fetching remotes, scanning all branches (local + remote), scanning specs directory
    • You must only ever run this script once per feature
    • The JSON output contains BRANCH_NAME and SPEC_FILE paths - use these values
    • For single quotes in args like "I'm Groot", use escape syntax: e.g 'I'''m Groot' (or double-quote if possible: "I'm Groot")

Read the full file on GitHub · 245 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. 3d ago First seen · 245 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A 17509a74ae50

Subscribe to this mod's changes

speckit.specify is a command published in the GitHub repository rshade/finfocus (5 stars, last pushed 17d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 2,574 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 70% identical to specify, differing in 185 lines, and is treated as a copy.

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