chore: bump version to 0.12.9

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 <!-- insert new changelog below this comment -->
 
+## [0.12.9] - 2026-07-09
+
+### Changed
+
+- fix(integrations): skip Windows Store python3 alias stub in resolve_python_interpreter (#3385)
+- fix(integrations): escape control characters in SKILL.md frontmatter (#3399)
+- fix(workflows): apply chained expression filters left-to-right (#3339)
+- fix(scripts): resolve invoke_separator by parse success, not python3 availability (#3304) (#3320)
+- fix(shared-infra): refresh_shared_templates preserves recovered user files (#3378)
+- fix(agents): resolve skill placeholders in Goose (yaml) command output (#3374)
+- fix(bundler): enforce version pin on bundled preset/extension installs (#3377)
+- Update Golden Demo extension to v0.3.0 (#3394)
+- test: isolate integration test home (#3144)
+- chore: release 0.12.8, begin 0.12.9.dev0 development (#3410)
+
 ## [0.12.8] - 2026-07-08
 
 ### Changed

docs/community/extensions.md

@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ The following community-contributed extensions are available in [`catalog.commun
 | Cost Tracker | Track real LLM dollar cost across SDD workflows — per-feature budgets, per-integration comparison, and finance-ready exports | `visibility` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-cost](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-cost) |
 | Data Model Diagram | Generates Mermaid ER diagrams from Spec Kit data models after planning | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-data-model-diagram](https://github.com/benizzio/spec-kit-data-model-diagram) |
 | DocGuard — CDD Enforcement | The only doc-integrity engine with an MCP server, SARIF output, and a deterministic zero-LLM core. Validates, scores, and traces documentation against code — 24 validators, stable finding codes, GitHub Action with PR annotations, spec-kit hooks. Pure Node.js, one pinned dep. | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-docguard](https://github.com/raccioly/docguard) |
-| EARS Requirements Syntax | Author, lint, and convert requirements using EARS - the five industry-standard sentence patterns for unambiguous, testable requirements | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-ears](https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears) |
 | Extensify | Create and validate extensions and extension catalogs | `process` | Read+Write | [extensify](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-extensions/tree/main/extensify) |
 | Fix Findings | Automated analyze-fix-reanalyze loop that resolves spec findings until clean | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-fix-findings](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings) |
 | FixIt Extension | Spec-aware bug fixing — maps bugs to spec artifacts, proposes a plan, applies minimal changes | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-fixit](https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit) |

extensions/catalog.community.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": "1.0",
-  "updated_at": "2026-07-08T00:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-07-07T00:00:00Z",
   "catalog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/spec-kit/main/extensions/catalog.community.json",
   "extensions": {
     "aide": {
@@ -1180,39 +1180,6 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-13T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-13T00:00:00Z"
     },
-    "ears": {
-      "name": "EARS Requirements Syntax",
-      "id": "ears",
-      "description": "Author, lint, and convert requirements using EARS (Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax) - the five industry-standard sentence patterns for unambiguous, testable requirements.",
-      "author": "dhruv-15-03",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
-      "repository": "https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears",
-      "homepage": "https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears",
-      "documentation": "https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears/blob/main/README.md",
-      "changelog": "https://github.com/dhruv-15-03/spec-kit-ears/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "category": "docs",
-      "effect": "read-write",
-      "requires": {
-        "speckit_version": ">=0.9.0"
-      },
-      "provides": {
-        "commands": 3,
-        "hooks": 0
-      },
-      "tags": [
-        "ears",
-        "requirements",
-        "specification",
-        "quality"
-      ],
-      "verified": false,
-      "downloads": 0,
-      "stars": 0,
-      "created_at": "2026-07-08T00:00:00Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-07-08T00:00:00Z"
-    },
     "extensify": {
       "name": "Extensify",
       "id": "extensify",

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.12.9.dev0"
+version = "0.12.9"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"