spec-driven-development

spec-driven-development is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from VoDaiLocz/kilo-kit-mcp. It costs 66 tokens per session (937 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A software-development method where a written specification, such as a feature description and acceptance criteria, guides implementation and verification. Acceptance criteria are the conditions that must be true for the work to be complete.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to define product requirements, system designs, API contracts, refactors, and checks that confirm the result matches the plan.
Why use it?
It reduces ambiguity and catches misunderstandings before code is written, especially for new or complex features.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to define product requirements, system designs, API contracts, refactors, and checks that confirm the result matches the plan.

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Install

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Any agent
npx skills add VoDaiLocz/kilo-kit-mcp --skill spec-driven-development
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/VoDaiLocz/kilo-kit-mcp

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When invoked 937 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 original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Opus 5 $0.00033 $0.00468
Sonnet 5 $0.00013 $0.00187
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00094

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spec-driven-development 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 5d ago.

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skills/productivity/spec-driven-development/SKILL.md · 98 lines

How it starts

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Spec-Driven Development (SDD)

SDD is the professional standard for high-assurance, agentic software engineering in 2026. It reverses the traditional "code-first" approach, elevating specifications to the primary system artifact. By ensuring code is merely a verified expression of precise specs, we eliminate ambiguity, technical debt, and misaligned requirements.

Why SDD in 2026?

As AI agents become the primary contributors to codebases, the bottleneck has shifted from writing code to defining intent. SDD provides:

  • Alignment: Ensures AI agents work on the exact problem identified by the human.
  • Traceability: Every line of code can be traced back to an acceptance criterion in a spec.
  • Verification: Specs serve as the "ground truth" for automated test suites and agent-based verification.
  • Efficiency: Reduces the need for costly refactoring by catching logic errors at the specification phase rather than the production phase.

When to Use

  • New Features: Implementing non-trivial functionality.
  • System Design: Defining architecture, data flows, or API contracts.
  • Refactoring: When changing existing systems where behavioral preservation is critical.
  • Complex Logic: When business rules are nuanced and prone to ambiguity.
  • Agent Orchestration: When directing multiple agents, specs act as the shared project language.

Core Workflow (The SDD Lifecycle)

  1. Idea → PRD: Iterate with an AI agent to clarify the problem, user value, and constraints.
  2. PRD → Spec: Translate the PRD into an executable feature specification using User Stories and Acceptance Scenarios.
  3. Spec → Implementation Plan: Derive the technical approach. Ensure every technical decision is explicitly traced to a requirement in the spec.
  4. Plan → Code Generation: Use the plan to generate, review, and integrate code.
  5. Feedback → Evolution: Feed production metrics, user behavior, and edge-case discoveries back into the spec to keep the system's "truth" updated.

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spec-driven-development is a skill published in the GitHub repository VoDaiLocz/kilo-kit-mcp (26 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 66 tokens to every session and 937 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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