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CLAUDE.md

speckit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from jmanhype/speckit. It costs 4,289 tokens per session, scanned B, original, MIT.

Instructions for a specification-driven development workflow in Claude Code. They cover turning an idea into a specification, plan, task list, implementation, and review.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to define features, clarify open questions, create technical plans, generate tasks, implement changes, and validate the resulting documents.
Why use it?
They give an agent a clear process for resolving unclear requirements and keeping planning and implementation connected.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

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Needs its repository: it reads a path above its own folder, which exists only inside the repository. The line is cp -r ../speckit/.specify ./.

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CLAUDE.md · 514 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 514 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

This repository contains the Spec Kit Workflow System - a specification-driven development framework for Claude Code.

Repository Structure

This repository provides a framework that can be integrated into any software project. It is NOT a standalone application, but rather a set of tools, templates, and workflows.

Directory Layout

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├── .claude/
│   ├── settings.json          # Claude Code hooks (Beads integration)
│   ├── README.md              # Configuration documentation
│   ├── commands/              # Slash command definitions for Claude Code
│   │   ├── speckit.specify.md    # Create feature specifications
│   │   ├── speckit.clarify.md    # Resolve ambiguities
│   │   ├── speckit.plan.md       # Create technical plans
│   │   ├── speckit.tasks.md      # Generate task lists
│   │   ├── speckit.implement.md  # Execute implementation
│   │   ├── speckit.analyze.md    # Cross-artifact validation
│   │   ├── speckit.checklist.md  # Quality checklists
│   │   ├── speckit.constitution.md   # Project principles
│   │   ├── speckit.fix.md        # Quick fixes (bypasses full workflow)
│   │   ├── speckit.taskstoissues.md  # Convert tasks to GitHub issues
│   │   ├── speckit-workflow-v2.md    # Full workflow orchestration
│   │   └── speckit-orchestrate.md    # Quick workflow
│   ├── agents/                # Specialized sub-agent definitions
│   │   ├── openapi-spec-author.md    # API design and contract validation
│   │   ├── backend-api-engineer.md   # Backend TDD implementation
│   │   ├── frontend-react-engineer.md # Frontend React/TypeScript
│   │   ├── integration-tester.md     # E2E and integration testing
│   │   ├── spec-validator.md         # Spec quality validation
│   │   ├── consistency-checker.md    # Cross-artifact consistency
│   │   └── beads-sync.md             # Beads synchronization
│   └── skills/                # On-demand context skills
│       ├── spec-kit-workflow/    # Workflow phase guidance
│       ├── beads-integration/    # Persistent memory patterns
│       ├── spec-validation/      # Spec quality validation
│       └── project-standards/    # Constitution principles (on-demand)
├── .specify/
│   ├── memory/
│   │   └── constitution.md    # Template for project architectural principles
│   ├── scripts/bash/          # Automation scripts
│   │   ├── common.sh              # Shared utilities
│   │   ├── check-prerequisites.sh # Validate workflow state
│   │   ├── create-new-feature.sh  # Initialize feature branches
│   │   ├── create-beads-epic.sh   # Create Pivotal-style Beads epics
│   │   ├── create-beads-issues.sh # Bulk import tasks with dependencies
│   │   ├── setup-plan.sh          # Initialize planning artifacts
│   │   └── update-agent-context.sh # Update context files
│   └── templates/             # Document templates
│       ├── spec-template.md       # Feature specification structure
│       ├── plan-template.md       # Technical plan structure
│       ├── tasks-template.md      # Task list format
│       ├── checklist-template.md  # Quality checklist format
│       └── agent-file-template.md # Agent context file
├── README.md                  # Framework documentation
└── LICENSE                    # MIT License

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speckit CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository jmanhype/speckit (26 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,289 tokens to every session, about $0.0172 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-01.

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