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01

Introduction

An introductory overview of the series.

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Spec Kit Architecture: How a CLI Orchestrates AI-Driven Development

An architectural overview of GitHub's Spec Kit — a Python CLI that implements Spec-Driven Development across 25+ AI coding assistants.

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Inside `specify init`: From User Command to Scaffolded Project

A deep dive into the most important command in Spec Kit — tracing the full execution path from CLI parameters through TUI interaction to the 8-step orchestration pipeline.

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The Integration Hierarchy: One Codebase, 25+ AI Agents

Explores Spec Kit's 4-tier integration class hierarchy that adapts a single set of command templates to 25+ AI coding assistants using the Template Method pattern.

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The Spec-Driven Workflow: How Templates Instruct AI Agents

Examines the 9 slash command templates that form Spec Kit's declarative workflow engine — markdown instructions that encode a specify → plan → tasks → implement DAG.

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Extending Spec Kit: The Plugin Architecture for Extensions and Presets

Covers Spec Kit's two extensibility mechanisms: extensions (custom commands + lifecycle hooks) and presets (template overrides), with the git extension as a canonical example.

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Testing 25 Integrations: The Test Suite and Contributor Guide

How Spec Kit tests its integration system across 25+ AI agents, the extension and preset subsystems, and practical guidance for contributing new integrations.