chore: bump version to 0.5.1

typer <0.24.0 under-constrains its click dependency (click>=8.0.0),
allowing resolvers to pick click <8.2 which lacks __class_getitem__
on click.Choice. This causes 'TypeError: type Choice is not
subscriptable' at import time on any Python version.

Pin typer>=0.24.0 (which correctly requires click>=8.2.1) and
click>=8.2.1 to prevent incompatible combinations.

Fixes #2134

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           docfx docfx.json
 
       - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v5
+        uses: actions/configure-pages@v6
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -27,35 +27,63 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check if release already exists
         id: check_release
         run: |
-          chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/check-release-exists.sh
-          .github/workflows/scripts/check-release-exists.sh ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+          if gh release view "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Release $VERSION already exists, skipping..."
+          else
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Release $VERSION does not exist, proceeding..."
+          fi
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Create release package variants
-        if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: |
-          chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh
-          .github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
-
       - name: Generate release notes
         if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        id: release_notes
         run: |
-          chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
-          # Get the previous tag for changelog generation
-          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}^ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-          # Default to v0.0.0 if no previous tag is found (e.g., first release)
+          VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+          VERSION_NO_V=${VERSION#v}
+
+          # Find previous tag
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l 'v*' --sort=-version:refname | grep -v "^${VERSION}$" | head -n 1)
           if [ -z "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]; then
-            PREVIOUS_TAG="v0.0.0"
+            PREVIOUS_TAG=""
           fi
-          .github/workflows/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }} "$PREVIOUS_TAG"
+
+          # Get commits since previous tag
+          if [ -z "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]; then
+            COMMIT_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)
+            if [ "$COMMIT_COUNT" -gt 20 ]; then
+              COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" --no-merges HEAD~20..HEAD)
+            else
+              COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" --no-merges)
+            fi
+          else
+            COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" --no-merges "$PREVIOUS_TAG"..HEAD)
+          fi
+
+          cat > release_notes.md << NOTES_EOF
+          ## Install
+
+          \`\`\`bash
+          uv tool install specify-cli --from git+https://github.com/github/spec-kit.git@${VERSION}
+          specify init my-project
+          \`\`\`
+
+          NOTES_EOF
+
+          echo "## What's Changed" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "" >> release_notes.md
+          echo "$COMMITS" >> release_notes.md
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         if: steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
         run: |
-          chmod +x .github/workflows/scripts/create-github-release.sh
-          .github/workflows/scripts/create-github-release.sh ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
+          VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+          VERSION_NO_V=${VERSION#v}
+          gh release create "$VERSION" \
+            --title "Spec Kit - $VERSION_NO_V" \
+            --notes-file release_notes.md
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

.github/workflows/scripts/check-release-exists.sh

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# check-release-exists.sh
-# Check if a GitHub release already exists for the given version
-# Usage: check-release-exists.sh <version>
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION="$1"
-
-if gh release view "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  echo "Release $VERSION already exists, skipping..."
-else
-  echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-  echo "Release $VERSION does not exist, proceeding..."
-fi

.github/workflows/scripts/create-github-release.sh

@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# create-github-release.sh
-# Create a GitHub release with all template zip files
-# Usage: create-github-release.sh <version>
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION="$1"
-
-# Remove 'v' prefix from version for release title
-VERSION_NO_V=${VERSION#v}
-
-gh release create "$VERSION" \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-copilot-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-copilot-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-claude-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-claude-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-gemini-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-gemini-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-cursor-agent-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-cursor-agent-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-opencode-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-opencode-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-qwen-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-qwen-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-windsurf-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-windsurf-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-junie-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-junie-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-codex-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-codex-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kilocode-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kilocode-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-auggie-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-auggie-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-roo-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-roo-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-codebuddy-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-codebuddy-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-qodercli-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-qodercli-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-amp-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-amp-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-shai-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-shai-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-tabnine-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-tabnine-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kiro-cli-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kiro-cli-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-agy-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-agy-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-bob-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-bob-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-vibe-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-vibe-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kimi-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-kimi-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-trae-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-trae-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-pi-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-pi-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-iflow-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-iflow-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-generic-sh-"$VERSION".zip \
-  .genreleases/spec-kit-template-generic-ps-"$VERSION".zip \
-  --title "Spec Kit Templates - $VERSION_NO_V" \
-  --notes-file release_notes.md

.github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.ps1

@@ -1,560 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
-#requires -Version 7.0
-
-<#
-.SYNOPSIS
-    Build Spec Kit template release archives for each supported AI assistant and script type.
-
-.DESCRIPTION
-    create-release-packages.ps1 (workflow-local)
-    Build Spec Kit template release archives for each supported AI assistant and script type.
-
-.PARAMETER Version
-    Version string with leading 'v' (e.g., v0.2.0)
-
-.PARAMETER Agents
-    Comma or space separated subset of agents to build (default: all)
-    Valid agents: claude, gemini, copilot, cursor-agent, qwen, opencode, windsurf, junie, codex, kilocode, auggie, roo, codebuddy, amp, kiro-cli, bob, qodercli, shai, tabnine, agy, vibe, kimi, trae, pi, iflow, generic
-
-.PARAMETER Scripts
-    Comma or space separated subset of script types to build (default: both)
-    Valid scripts: sh, ps
-
-.EXAMPLE
-    .\create-release-packages.ps1 -Version v0.2.0
-
-.EXAMPLE
-    .\create-release-packages.ps1 -Version v0.2.0 -Agents claude,copilot -Scripts sh
-
-.EXAMPLE
-    .\create-release-packages.ps1 -Version v0.2.0 -Agents claude -Scripts ps
-#>
-
-param(
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=0)]
-    [string]$Version,
-
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
-    [string]$Agents = "",
-
-    [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
-    [string]$Scripts = ""
-)
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
-
-# Validate version format
-if ($Version -notmatch '^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+$') {
-    Write-Error "Version must look like v0.0.0"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-Write-Host "Building release packages for $Version"
-
-# Create and use .genreleases directory for all build artifacts
-$GenReleasesDir = ".genreleases"
-if (Test-Path $GenReleasesDir) {
-    Remove-Item -Path $GenReleasesDir -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-}
-New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $GenReleasesDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-function Rewrite-Paths {
-    param([string]$Content)
-
-    $Content = $Content -replace '(/?)\bmemory/', '.specify/memory/'
-    $Content = $Content -replace '(/?)\bscripts/', '.specify/scripts/'
-    $Content = $Content -replace '(/?)\btemplates/', '.specify/templates/'
-    return $Content
-}
-
-function Generate-Commands {
-    param(
-        [string]$Agent,
-        [string]$Extension,
-        [string]$ArgFormat,
-        [string]$OutputDir,
-        [string]$ScriptVariant
-    )
-
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $OutputDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-    $templates = Get-ChildItem -Path "templates/commands/*.md" -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
-    foreach ($template in $templates) {
-        $name = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($template.Name)
-
-        # Read file content and normalize line endings
-        $fileContent = (Get-Content -Path $template.FullName -Raw) -replace "`r`n", "`n"
-
-        # Extract description from YAML frontmatter
-        $description = ""
-        if ($fileContent -match '(?m)^description:\s*(.+)$') {
-            $description = $matches[1]
-        }
-
-        # Extract script command from YAML frontmatter
-        $scriptCommand = ""
-        if ($fileContent -match "(?m)^\s*${ScriptVariant}:\s*(.+)$") {
-            $scriptCommand = $matches[1]
-        }
-
-        if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($scriptCommand)) {
-            Write-Warning "No script command found for $ScriptVariant in $($template.Name)"
-            $scriptCommand = "(Missing script command for $ScriptVariant)"
-        }
-
-        # Extract agent_script command from YAML frontmatter if present
-        $agentScriptCommand = ""
-        if ($fileContent -match "(?ms)agent_scripts:.*?^\s*${ScriptVariant}:\s*(.+?)$") {
-            $agentScriptCommand = $matches[1].Trim()
-        }
-
-        # Replace {SCRIPT} placeholder with the script command
-        $body = $fileContent -replace '\{SCRIPT\}', $scriptCommand
-
-        # Replace {AGENT_SCRIPT} placeholder with the agent script command if found
-        if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($agentScriptCommand)) {
-            $body = $body -replace '\{AGENT_SCRIPT\}', $agentScriptCommand
-        }
-
-        # Remove the scripts: and agent_scripts: sections from frontmatter
-        $lines = $body -split "`n"
-        $outputLines = @()
-        $inFrontmatter = $false
-        $skipScripts = $false
-        $dashCount = 0
-
-        foreach ($line in $lines) {
-            if ($line -match '^---$') {
-                $outputLines += $line
-                $dashCount++
-                if ($dashCount -eq 1) {
-                    $inFrontmatter = $true
-                } else {
-                    $inFrontmatter = $false
-                }
-                continue
-            }
-
-            if ($inFrontmatter) {
-                if ($line -match '^(scripts|agent_scripts):$') {
-                    $skipScripts = $true
-                    continue
-                }
-                if ($line -match '^[a-zA-Z].*:' -and $skipScripts) {
-                    $skipScripts = $false
-                }
-                if ($skipScripts -and $line -match '^\s+') {
-                    continue
-                }
-            }
-
-            $outputLines += $line
-        }
-
-        $body = $outputLines -join "`n"
-
-        # Apply other substitutions
-        $body = $body -replace '\{ARGS\}', $ArgFormat
-        $body = $body -replace '__AGENT__', $Agent
-        $body = Rewrite-Paths -Content $body
-
-        # Generate output file based on extension
-        $outputFile = Join-Path $OutputDir "speckit.$name.$Extension"
-
-        switch ($Extension) {
-            'toml' {
-                $body = $body -replace '\\', '\\'
-                $output = "description = `"$description`"`n`nprompt = `"`"`"`n$body`n`"`"`""
-                Set-Content -Path $outputFile -Value $output -NoNewline
-            }
-            'md' {
-                Set-Content -Path $outputFile -Value $body -NoNewline
-            }
-            'agent.md' {
-                Set-Content -Path $outputFile -Value $body -NoNewline
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-function Generate-CopilotPrompts {
-    param(
-        [string]$AgentsDir,
-        [string]$PromptsDir
-    )
-
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $PromptsDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-    $agentFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path "$AgentsDir/speckit.*.agent.md" -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
-    foreach ($agentFile in $agentFiles) {
-        $basename = $agentFile.Name -replace '\.agent\.md$', ''
-        $promptFile = Join-Path $PromptsDir "$basename.prompt.md"
-
-        $content = @"
----
-agent: $basename
----
-"@
-        Set-Content -Path $promptFile -Value $content
-    }
-}
-
-# Create skills in <skills_dir>\<name>\SKILL.md format.
-# Skills use hyphenated names (e.g. speckit-plan).
-#
-# Technical debt note:
-# Keep SKILL.md frontmatter aligned with `install_ai_skills()` and extension
-# overrides (at minimum: name/description/compatibility/metadata.{author,source}).
-function New-Skills {
-    param(
-        [string]$SkillsDir,
-        [string]$ScriptVariant,
-        [string]$AgentName,
-        [string]$Separator = '-'
-    )
-
-    $templates = Get-ChildItem -Path "templates/commands/*.md" -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
-
-    foreach ($template in $templates) {
-        $name = [System.IO.Path]::GetFileNameWithoutExtension($template.Name)
-        $skillName = "speckit${Separator}$name"
-        $skillDir = Join-Path $SkillsDir $skillName
-        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $skillDir | Out-Null
-
-        $fileContent = (Get-Content -Path $template.FullName -Raw) -replace "`r`n", "`n"
-
-        # Extract description
-        $description = "Spec Kit: $name workflow"
-        if ($fileContent -match '(?m)^description:\s*(.+)$') {
-            $description = $matches[1]
-        }
-
-        # Extract script command
-        $scriptCommand = "(Missing script command for $ScriptVariant)"
-        if ($fileContent -match "(?m)^\s*${ScriptVariant}:\s*(.+)$") {
-            $scriptCommand = $matches[1]
-        }
-
-        # Extract agent_script command from frontmatter if present
-        $agentScriptCommand = ""
-        if ($fileContent -match "(?ms)agent_scripts:.*?^\s*${ScriptVariant}:\s*(.+?)$") {
-            $agentScriptCommand = $matches[1].Trim()
-        }
-
-        # Replace {SCRIPT}, strip scripts sections, rewrite paths
-        $body = $fileContent -replace '\{SCRIPT\}', $scriptCommand
-        if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($agentScriptCommand)) {
-            $body = $body -replace '\{AGENT_SCRIPT\}', $agentScriptCommand
-        }
-
-        $lines = $body -split "`n"
-        $outputLines = @()
-        $inFrontmatter = $false
-        $skipScripts = $false
-        $dashCount = 0
-
-        foreach ($line in $lines) {
-            if ($line -match '^---$') {
-                $outputLines += $line
-                $dashCount++
-                $inFrontmatter = ($dashCount -eq 1)
-                continue
-            }
-            if ($inFrontmatter) {
-                if ($line -match '^(scripts|agent_scripts):$') { $skipScripts = $true; continue }
-                if ($line -match '^[a-zA-Z].*:' -and $skipScripts) { $skipScripts = $false }
-                if ($skipScripts -and $line -match '^\s+') { continue }
-            }
-            $outputLines += $line
-        }
-
-        $body = $outputLines -join "`n"
-        $body = $body -replace '\{ARGS\}', '$ARGUMENTS'
-        $body = $body -replace '__AGENT__', $AgentName
-        $body = Rewrite-Paths -Content $body
-
-        # Strip existing frontmatter, keep only body
-        $templateBody = ""
-        $fmCount = 0
-        $inBody = $false
-        foreach ($line in ($body -split "`n")) {
-            if ($line -match '^---$') {
-                $fmCount++
-                if ($fmCount -eq 2) { $inBody = $true }
-                continue
-            }
-            if ($inBody) { $templateBody += "$line`n" }
-        }
-
-        $skillContent = "---`nname: `"$skillName`"`ndescription: `"$description`"`ncompatibility: `"Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory`"`nmetadata:`n  author: `"github-spec-kit`"`n  source: `"templates/commands/$name.md`"`n---`n`n$templateBody"
-        Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $skillDir "SKILL.md") -Value $skillContent -NoNewline
-    }
-}
-
-function Build-Variant {
-    param(
-        [string]$Agent,
-        [string]$Script
-    )
-
-    $baseDir = Join-Path $GenReleasesDir "sdd-${Agent}-package-${Script}"
-    Write-Host "Building $Agent ($Script) package..."
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $baseDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-    # Copy base structure but filter scripts by variant
-    $specDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".specify"
-    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $specDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-    # Copy memory directory
-    if (Test-Path "memory") {
-        Copy-Item -Path "memory" -Destination $specDir -Recurse -Force
-        Write-Host "Copied memory -> .specify"
-    }
-
-    # Only copy the relevant script variant directory
-    if (Test-Path "scripts") {
-        $scriptsDestDir = Join-Path $specDir "scripts"
-        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $scriptsDestDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-        switch ($Script) {
-            'sh' {
-                if (Test-Path "scripts/bash") {
-                    Copy-Item -Path "scripts/bash" -Destination $scriptsDestDir -Recurse -Force
-                    Write-Host "Copied scripts/bash -> .specify/scripts"
-                }
-            }
-            'ps' {
-                if (Test-Path "scripts/powershell") {
-                    Copy-Item -Path "scripts/powershell" -Destination $scriptsDestDir -Recurse -Force
-                    Write-Host "Copied scripts/powershell -> .specify/scripts"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        Get-ChildItem -Path "scripts" -File -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | ForEach-Object {
-            Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $scriptsDestDir -Force
-        }
-    }
-
-    # Copy templates (excluding commands directory and vscode-settings.json)
-    if (Test-Path "templates") {
-        $templatesDestDir = Join-Path $specDir "templates"
-        New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $templatesDestDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-        Get-ChildItem -Path "templates" -Recurse -File | Where-Object {
-            $_.FullName -notmatch 'templates[/\\]commands[/\\]' -and $_.Name -ne 'vscode-settings.json'
-        } | ForEach-Object {
-            $relativePath = $_.FullName.Substring((Resolve-Path "templates").Path.Length + 1)
-            $destFile = Join-Path $templatesDestDir $relativePath
-            $destFileDir = Split-Path $destFile -Parent
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $destFileDir -Force | Out-Null
-            Copy-Item -Path $_.FullName -Destination $destFile -Force
-        }
-        Write-Host "Copied templates -> .specify/templates"
-    }
-
-    # Generate agent-specific command files
-    switch ($Agent) {
-        'claude' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".claude/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'claude' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'gemini' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".gemini/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'gemini' -Extension 'toml' -ArgFormat '{{args}}' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-            if (Test-Path "agent_templates/gemini/GEMINI.md") {
-                Copy-Item -Path "agent_templates/gemini/GEMINI.md" -Destination (Join-Path $baseDir "GEMINI.md")
-            }
-        }
-        'copilot' {
-            $agentsDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".github/agents"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'copilot' -Extension 'agent.md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $agentsDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-
-            $promptsDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".github/prompts"
-            Generate-CopilotPrompts -AgentsDir $agentsDir -PromptsDir $promptsDir
-
-            $vscodeDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".vscode"
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $vscodeDir -Force | Out-Null
-            if (Test-Path "templates/vscode-settings.json") {
-                Copy-Item -Path "templates/vscode-settings.json" -Destination (Join-Path $vscodeDir "settings.json")
-            }
-        }
-        'cursor-agent' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".cursor/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'cursor-agent' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'qwen' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".qwen/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'qwen' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-            if (Test-Path "agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md") {
-                Copy-Item -Path "agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md" -Destination (Join-Path $baseDir "QWEN.md")
-            }
-        }
-        'opencode' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".opencode/command"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'opencode' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'windsurf' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".windsurf/workflows"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'windsurf' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'junie' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".junie/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'junie' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'codex' {
-            $skillsDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".agents/skills"
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $skillsDir | Out-Null
-            New-Skills -SkillsDir $skillsDir -ScriptVariant $Script -AgentName 'codex' -Separator '-'
-        }
-        'kilocode' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".kilocode/workflows"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'kilocode' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'auggie' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".augment/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'auggie' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'roo' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".roo/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'roo' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'codebuddy' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".codebuddy/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'codebuddy' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'amp' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".agents/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'amp' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'kiro-cli' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".kiro/prompts"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'kiro-cli' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'bob' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".bob/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'bob' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'qodercli' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".qoder/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'qodercli' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'shai' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".shai/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'shai' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'tabnine' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".tabnine/agent/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'tabnine' -Extension 'toml' -ArgFormat '{{args}}' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-            $tabnineTemplate = Join-Path 'agent_templates' 'tabnine/TABNINE.md'
-            if (Test-Path $tabnineTemplate) { Copy-Item $tabnineTemplate (Join-Path $baseDir 'TABNINE.md') }
-        }
-        'agy' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".agent/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'agy' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'vibe' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".vibe/prompts"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'vibe' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'kimi' {
-            $skillsDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".kimi/skills"
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $skillsDir | Out-Null
-            New-Skills -SkillsDir $skillsDir -ScriptVariant $Script -AgentName 'kimi'
-        }
-        'trae' {
-            $rulesDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".trae/rules"
-            New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $rulesDir | Out-Null
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'trae' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $rulesDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'pi' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".pi/prompts"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'pi' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'iflow' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".iflow/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'iflow' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        'generic' {
-            $cmdDir = Join-Path $baseDir ".speckit/commands"
-            Generate-Commands -Agent 'generic' -Extension 'md' -ArgFormat '$ARGUMENTS' -OutputDir $cmdDir -ScriptVariant $Script
-        }
-        default {
-            throw "Unsupported agent '$Agent'."
-        }
-    }
-
-    # Create zip archive
-    $zipFile = Join-Path $GenReleasesDir "spec-kit-template-${Agent}-${Script}-${Version}.zip"
-    Compress-Archive -Path "$baseDir/*" -DestinationPath $zipFile -Force
-    Write-Host "Created $zipFile"
-}
-
-# Define all agents and scripts
-$AllAgents = @('claude', 'gemini', 'copilot', 'cursor-agent', 'qwen', 'opencode', 'windsurf', 'junie', 'codex', 'kilocode', 'auggie', 'roo', 'codebuddy', 'amp', 'kiro-cli', 'bob', 'qodercli', 'shai', 'tabnine', 'agy', 'vibe', 'kimi', 'trae', 'pi', 'iflow', 'generic')
-$AllScripts = @('sh', 'ps')
-
-function Normalize-List {
-    param([string]$Value)
-
-    if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Value)) {
-        return @()
-    }
-
-    $items = $Value -split '[,\s]+' | Where-Object { $_ } | Select-Object -Unique
-    return $items
-}
-
-function Validate-Subset {
-    param(
-        [string]$Type,
-        [string[]]$Allowed,
-        [string[]]$Items
-    )
-
-    $ok = $true
-    foreach ($item in $Items) {
-        if ($item -notin $Allowed) {
-            Write-Error "Unknown $Type '$item' (allowed: $($Allowed -join ', '))"
-            $ok = $false
-        }
-    }
-    return $ok
-}
-
-# Determine agent list
-if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Agents)) {
-    $AgentList = Normalize-List -Value $Agents
-    if (-not (Validate-Subset -Type 'agent' -Allowed $AllAgents -Items $AgentList)) {
-        exit 1
-    }
-} else {
-    $AgentList = $AllAgents
-}
-
-# Determine script list
-if (-not [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($Scripts)) {
-    $ScriptList = Normalize-List -Value $Scripts
-    if (-not (Validate-Subset -Type 'script' -Allowed $AllScripts -Items $ScriptList)) {
-        exit 1
-    }
-} else {
-    $ScriptList = $AllScripts
-}
-
-Write-Host "Agents: $($AgentList -join ', ')"
-Write-Host "Scripts: $($ScriptList -join ', ')"
-
-# Build all variants
-foreach ($agent in $AgentList) {
-    foreach ($script in $ScriptList) {
-        Build-Variant -Agent $agent -Script $script
-    }
-}
-
-Write-Host "`nArchives in ${GenReleasesDir}:"
-Get-ChildItem -Path $GenReleasesDir -Filter "spec-kit-template-*-${Version}.zip" | ForEach-Object {
-    Write-Host "  $($_.Name)"
-}

.github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh

@@ -1,388 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# create-release-packages.sh (workflow-local)
-# Build Spec Kit template release archives for each supported AI assistant and script type.
-# Usage: .github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh <version>
-#   Version argument should include leading 'v'.
-#   Optionally set AGENTS and/or SCRIPTS env vars to limit what gets built.
-#     AGENTS  : space or comma separated subset of: claude gemini copilot cursor-agent qwen opencode windsurf junie codex kilocode auggie roo codebuddy amp shai tabnine kiro-cli agy bob vibe qodercli kimi trae pi iflow generic (default: all)
-#     SCRIPTS : space or comma separated subset of: sh ps (default: both)
-#   Examples:
-#     AGENTS=claude SCRIPTS=sh $0 v0.2.0
-#     AGENTS="copilot,gemini" $0 v0.2.0
-#     SCRIPTS=ps $0 v0.2.0
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version-with-v-prefix>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-NEW_VERSION="$1"
-if [[ ! $NEW_VERSION =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-  echo "Version must look like v0.0.0" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Building release packages for $NEW_VERSION"
-
-# Create and use .genreleases directory for all build artifacts
-# Override via GENRELEASES_DIR env var (e.g. for tests writing to a temp dir)
-GENRELEASES_DIR="${GENRELEASES_DIR:-.genreleases}"
-
-# Guard against unsafe GENRELEASES_DIR values before cleaning
-if [[ -z "$GENRELEASES_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "GENRELEASES_DIR must not be empty" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-case "$GENRELEASES_DIR" in
-  '/'|'.'|'..')
-    echo "Refusing to use unsafe GENRELEASES_DIR value: $GENRELEASES_DIR" >&2
-    exit 1
-    ;;
-esac
-if [[ "$GENRELEASES_DIR" == *".."* ]]; then
-  echo "Refusing to use GENRELEASES_DIR containing '..' path segments: $GENRELEASES_DIR" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "$GENRELEASES_DIR"
-rm -rf "${GENRELEASES_DIR%/}/"* || true
-
-rewrite_paths() {
-  sed -E \
-    -e 's@(/?)memory/@.specify/memory/@g' \
-    -e 's@(/?)scripts/@.specify/scripts/@g' \
-    -e 's@(/?)templates/@.specify/templates/@g' \
-    -e 's@\.specify\.specify/@.specify/@g'
-}
-
-generate_commands() {
-  local agent=$1 ext=$2 arg_format=$3 output_dir=$4 script_variant=$5
-  mkdir -p "$output_dir"
-  for template in templates/commands/*.md; do
-    [[ -f "$template" ]] || continue
-    local name description script_command agent_script_command body
-    name=$(basename "$template" .md)
-
-    # Normalize line endings
-    file_content=$(tr -d '\r' < "$template")
-
-    # Extract description and script command from YAML frontmatter
-    description=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk '/^description:/ {sub(/^description:[[:space:]]*/, ""); print; exit}')
-    script_command=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk -v sv="$script_variant" '/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/ {sub(/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/, ""); print; exit}')
-
-    if [[ -z $script_command ]]; then
-      echo "Warning: no script command found for $script_variant in $template" >&2
-      script_command="(Missing script command for $script_variant)"
-    fi
-
-    # Extract agent_script command from YAML frontmatter if present
-    agent_script_command=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk '
-      /^agent_scripts:$/ { in_agent_scripts=1; next }
-      in_agent_scripts && /^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/ {
-        sub(/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/, "")
-        print
-        exit
-      }
-      in_agent_scripts && /^[a-zA-Z]/ { in_agent_scripts=0 }
-    ')
-
-    # Replace {SCRIPT} placeholder with the script command
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | sed "s|{SCRIPT}|${script_command}|g")
-
-    # Replace {AGENT_SCRIPT} placeholder with the agent script command if found
-    if [[ -n $agent_script_command ]]; then
-      body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | sed "s|{AGENT_SCRIPT}|${agent_script_command}|g")
-    fi
-
-    # Remove the scripts: and agent_scripts: sections from frontmatter while preserving YAML structure
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | awk '
-      /^---$/ { print; if (++dash_count == 1) in_frontmatter=1; else in_frontmatter=0; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^scripts:$/ { skip_scripts=1; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^agent_scripts:$/ { skip_scripts=1; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^[a-zA-Z].*:/ && skip_scripts { skip_scripts=0 }
-      in_frontmatter && skip_scripts && /^[[:space:]]/ { next }
-      { print }
-    ')
-
-    # Apply other substitutions
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | sed "s/{ARGS}/$arg_format/g" | sed "s/__AGENT__/$agent/g" | rewrite_paths)
-
-    case $ext in
-      toml)
-        body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g')
-        { echo "description = \"$description\""; echo; echo "prompt = \"\"\""; echo "$body"; echo "\"\"\""; } > "$output_dir/speckit.$name.$ext" ;;
-      md)
-        echo "$body" > "$output_dir/speckit.$name.$ext" ;;
-      agent.md)
-        echo "$body" > "$output_dir/speckit.$name.$ext" ;;
-    esac
-  done
-}
-
-generate_copilot_prompts() {
-  local agents_dir=$1 prompts_dir=$2
-  mkdir -p "$prompts_dir"
-
-  # Generate a .prompt.md file for each .agent.md file
-  for agent_file in "$agents_dir"/speckit.*.agent.md; do
-    [[ -f "$agent_file" ]] || continue
-
-    local basename=$(basename "$agent_file" .agent.md)
-    local prompt_file="$prompts_dir/${basename}.prompt.md"
-
-    cat > "$prompt_file" <<EOF
----
-agent: ${basename}
----
-EOF
-  done
-}
-
-# Create skills in <skills_dir>/<name>/SKILL.md format.
-# Skills use hyphenated names (e.g. speckit-plan).
-#
-# Technical debt note:
-# Keep SKILL.md frontmatter aligned with `install_ai_skills()` and extension
-# overrides (at minimum: name/description/compatibility/metadata.{author,source}).
-create_skills() {
-  local skills_dir="$1"
-  local script_variant="$2"
-  local agent_name="$3"
-  local separator="${4:-"-"}"
-
-  for template in templates/commands/*.md; do
-    [[ -f "$template" ]] || continue
-    local name
-    name=$(basename "$template" .md)
-    local skill_name="speckit${separator}${name}"
-    local skill_dir="${skills_dir}/${skill_name}"
-    mkdir -p "$skill_dir"
-
-    local file_content
-    file_content=$(tr -d '\r' < "$template")
-
-    # Extract description from frontmatter
-    local description
-    description=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk '/^description:/ {sub(/^description:[[:space:]]*/, ""); print; exit}')
-    [[ -z "$description" ]] && description="Spec Kit: ${name} workflow"
-
-    # Extract script command
-    local script_command
-    script_command=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk -v sv="$script_variant" '/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/ {sub(/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/, ""); print; exit}')
-    [[ -z "$script_command" ]] && script_command="(Missing script command for $script_variant)"
-
-    # Extract agent_script command from frontmatter if present
-    local agent_script_command
-    agent_script_command=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | awk '
-      /^agent_scripts:$/ { in_agent_scripts=1; next }
-      in_agent_scripts && /^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/ {
-        sub(/^[[:space:]]*'"$script_variant"':[[:space:]]*/, "")
-        print
-        exit
-      }
-      in_agent_scripts && /^[a-zA-Z]/ { in_agent_scripts=0 }
-    ')
-
-    # Build body: replace placeholders, strip scripts sections, rewrite paths
-    local body
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$file_content" | sed "s|{SCRIPT}|${script_command}|g")
-    if [[ -n $agent_script_command ]]; then
-      body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | sed "s|{AGENT_SCRIPT}|${agent_script_command}|g")
-    fi
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | awk '
-      /^---$/ { print; if (++dash_count == 1) in_frontmatter=1; else in_frontmatter=0; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^scripts:$/ { skip_scripts=1; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^agent_scripts:$/ { skip_scripts=1; next }
-      in_frontmatter && /^[a-zA-Z].*:/ && skip_scripts { skip_scripts=0 }
-      in_frontmatter && skip_scripts && /^[[:space:]]/ { next }
-      { print }
-    ')
-    body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | sed 's/{ARGS}/\$ARGUMENTS/g' | sed "s/__AGENT__/$agent_name/g" | rewrite_paths)
-
-    # Strip existing frontmatter and prepend skills frontmatter.
-    local template_body
-    template_body=$(printf '%s\n' "$body" | awk '/^---/{p++; if(p==2){found=1; next}} found')
-
-    {
-      printf -- '---\n'
-      printf 'name: "%s"\n' "$skill_name"
-      printf 'description: "%s"\n' "$description"
-      printf 'compatibility: "%s"\n' "Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory"
-      printf -- 'metadata:\n'
-      printf '  author: "%s"\n' "github-spec-kit"
-      printf '  source: "%s"\n' "templates/commands/${name}.md"
-      printf -- '---\n\n'
-      printf '%s\n' "$template_body"
-    } > "$skill_dir/SKILL.md"
-  done
-}
-
-build_variant() {
-  local agent=$1 script=$2
-  local base_dir="$GENRELEASES_DIR/sdd-${agent}-package-${script}"
-  echo "Building $agent ($script) package..."
-  mkdir -p "$base_dir"
-
-  # Copy base structure but filter scripts by variant
-  SPEC_DIR="$base_dir/.specify"
-  mkdir -p "$SPEC_DIR"
-
-  [[ -d memory ]] && { cp -r memory "$SPEC_DIR/"; echo "Copied memory -> .specify"; }
-
-  # Only copy the relevant script variant directory
-  if [[ -d scripts ]]; then
-    mkdir -p "$SPEC_DIR/scripts"
-    case $script in
-      sh)
-        [[ -d scripts/bash ]] && { cp -r scripts/bash "$SPEC_DIR/scripts/"; echo "Copied scripts/bash -> .specify/scripts"; }
-        find scripts -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec cp {} "$SPEC_DIR/scripts/" \; 2>/dev/null || true
-        ;;
-      ps)
-        [[ -d scripts/powershell ]] && { cp -r scripts/powershell "$SPEC_DIR/scripts/"; echo "Copied scripts/powershell -> .specify/scripts"; }
-        find scripts -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec cp {} "$SPEC_DIR/scripts/" \; 2>/dev/null || true
-        ;;
-    esac
-  fi
-
-  [[ -d templates ]] && { mkdir -p "$SPEC_DIR/templates"; find templates -type f -not -path "templates/commands/*" -not -name "vscode-settings.json" | while IFS= read -r f; do d="$SPEC_DIR/$(dirname "$f")"; mkdir -p "$d"; cp "$f" "$d/"; done; echo "Copied templates -> .specify/templates"; }
-
-  case $agent in
-    claude)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.claude/commands"
-      generate_commands claude md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.claude/commands" "$script" ;;
-    gemini)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.gemini/commands"
-      generate_commands gemini toml "{{args}}" "$base_dir/.gemini/commands" "$script"
-      [[ -f agent_templates/gemini/GEMINI.md ]] && cp agent_templates/gemini/GEMINI.md "$base_dir/GEMINI.md" ;;
-    copilot)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.github/agents"
-      generate_commands copilot agent.md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.github/agents" "$script"
-      generate_copilot_prompts "$base_dir/.github/agents" "$base_dir/.github/prompts"
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.vscode"
-      [[ -f templates/vscode-settings.json ]] && cp templates/vscode-settings.json "$base_dir/.vscode/settings.json"
-      ;;
-    cursor-agent)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.cursor/commands"
-      generate_commands cursor-agent md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.cursor/commands" "$script" ;;
-    qwen)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.qwen/commands"
-      generate_commands qwen md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.qwen/commands" "$script"
-      [[ -f agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md ]] && cp agent_templates/qwen/QWEN.md "$base_dir/QWEN.md" ;;
-    opencode)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.opencode/command"
-      generate_commands opencode md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.opencode/command" "$script" ;;
-    windsurf)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.windsurf/workflows"
-      generate_commands windsurf md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.windsurf/workflows" "$script" ;;
-    junie)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.junie/commands"
-      generate_commands junie md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.junie/commands" "$script" ;;
-    codex)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.agents/skills"
-      create_skills "$base_dir/.agents/skills" "$script" "codex" "-" ;;
-    kilocode)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.kilocode/workflows"
-      generate_commands kilocode md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.kilocode/workflows" "$script" ;;
-    auggie)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.augment/commands"
-      generate_commands auggie md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.augment/commands" "$script" ;;
-    roo)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.roo/commands"
-      generate_commands roo md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.roo/commands" "$script" ;;
-    codebuddy)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.codebuddy/commands"
-      generate_commands codebuddy md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.codebuddy/commands" "$script" ;;
-    qodercli)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.qoder/commands"
-      generate_commands qodercli md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.qoder/commands" "$script" ;;
-    amp)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.agents/commands"
-      generate_commands amp md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.agents/commands" "$script" ;;
-    shai)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.shai/commands"
-      generate_commands shai md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.shai/commands" "$script" ;;
-    tabnine)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.tabnine/agent/commands"
-      generate_commands tabnine toml "{{args}}" "$base_dir/.tabnine/agent/commands" "$script"
-      [[ -f agent_templates/tabnine/TABNINE.md ]] && cp agent_templates/tabnine/TABNINE.md "$base_dir/TABNINE.md" ;;
-    kiro-cli)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.kiro/prompts"
-      generate_commands kiro-cli md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.kiro/prompts" "$script" ;;
-    agy)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.agent/commands"
-      generate_commands agy md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.agent/commands" "$script" ;;
-    bob)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.bob/commands"
-      generate_commands bob md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.bob/commands" "$script" ;;
-    vibe)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.vibe/prompts"
-      generate_commands vibe md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.vibe/prompts" "$script" ;;
-    kimi)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.kimi/skills"
-      create_skills "$base_dir/.kimi/skills" "$script" "kimi" ;;
-    trae)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.trae/rules"
-      generate_commands trae md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.trae/rules" "$script" ;;
-    pi)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.pi/prompts"
-      generate_commands pi md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.pi/prompts" "$script" ;;
-    iflow)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.iflow/commands"
-      generate_commands iflow md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.iflow/commands" "$script" ;;
-    generic)
-      mkdir -p "$base_dir/.speckit/commands"
-      generate_commands generic md "\$ARGUMENTS" "$base_dir/.speckit/commands" "$script" ;;
-  esac
-  ( cd "$base_dir" && zip -r "../spec-kit-template-${agent}-${script}-${NEW_VERSION}.zip" . )
-  echo "Created $GENRELEASES_DIR/spec-kit-template-${agent}-${script}-${NEW_VERSION}.zip"
-}
-
-# Determine agent list
-ALL_AGENTS=(claude gemini copilot cursor-agent qwen opencode windsurf junie codex kilocode auggie roo codebuddy amp shai tabnine kiro-cli agy bob vibe qodercli kimi trae pi iflow generic)
-ALL_SCRIPTS=(sh ps)
-
-validate_subset() {
-  local type=$1; shift
-  local allowed_str="$1"; shift
-  local invalid=0
-  for it in "$@"; do
-    local found=0
-    for a in $allowed_str; do
-      if [[ "$it" == "$a" ]]; then found=1; break; fi
-    done
-    if [[ $found -eq 0 ]]; then
-      echo "Error: unknown $type '$it' (allowed: $allowed_str)" >&2
-      invalid=1
-    fi
-  done
-  return $invalid
-}
-
-read_list() { tr ',\n' '  ' | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++){if(!seen[$i]++){printf((out?" ":"") $i);out=1}}}END{printf("\n")}'; }
-
-if [[ -n ${AGENTS:-} ]]; then
-  read -ra AGENT_LIST <<< "$(printf '%s' "$AGENTS" | read_list)"
-  validate_subset agent "${ALL_AGENTS[*]}" "${AGENT_LIST[@]}" || exit 1
-else
-  AGENT_LIST=("${ALL_AGENTS[@]}")
-fi
-
-if [[ -n ${SCRIPTS:-} ]]; then
-  read -ra SCRIPT_LIST <<< "$(printf '%s' "$SCRIPTS" | read_list)"
-  validate_subset script "${ALL_SCRIPTS[*]}" "${SCRIPT_LIST[@]}" || exit 1
-else
-  SCRIPT_LIST=("${ALL_SCRIPTS[@]}")
-fi
-
-echo "Agents: ${AGENT_LIST[*]}"
-echo "Scripts: ${SCRIPT_LIST[*]}"
-
-for agent in "${AGENT_LIST[@]}"; do
-  for script in "${SCRIPT_LIST[@]}"; do
-    build_variant "$agent" "$script"
-  done
-done
-
-echo "Archives in $GENRELEASES_DIR:"
-ls -1 "$GENRELEASES_DIR"/spec-kit-template-*-"${NEW_VERSION}".zip

.github/workflows/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# generate-release-notes.sh
-# Generate release notes from git history
-# Usage: generate-release-notes.sh <new_version> <last_tag>
-
-if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <new_version> <last_tag>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-NEW_VERSION="$1"
-LAST_TAG="$2"
-
-# Get commits since last tag
-if [ "$LAST_TAG" = "v0.0.0" ]; then
-  # Check how many commits we have and use that as the limit
-  COMMIT_COUNT=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)
-  if [ "$COMMIT_COUNT" -gt 10 ]; then
-    COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" HEAD~10..HEAD)
-  else
-    COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" HEAD~$COMMIT_COUNT..HEAD 2>/dev/null || git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s")
-  fi
-else
-  COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" $LAST_TAG..HEAD)
-fi
-
-# Create release notes
-cat > release_notes.md << EOF
-This is the latest set of releases that you can use with your agent of choice. We recommend using the Specify CLI to scaffold your projects, however you can download these independently and manage them yourself.
-
-## Changelog
-
-$COMMITS
-
-EOF
-
-echo "Generated release notes:"
-cat release_notes.md

.github/workflows/scripts/get-next-version.sh

@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# get-next-version.sh
-# Calculate the next version based on the latest git tag and output GitHub Actions variables
-# Usage: get-next-version.sh
-
-# Get the latest tag, or use v0.0.0 if no tags exist
-LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
-echo "latest_tag=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-# Extract version number and increment
-VERSION=$(echo $LATEST_TAG | sed 's/v//')
-IFS='.' read -ra VERSION_PARTS <<< "$VERSION"
-MAJOR=${VERSION_PARTS[0]:-0}
-MINOR=${VERSION_PARTS[1]:-0}
-PATCH=${VERSION_PARTS[2]:-0}
-
-# Increment patch version
-PATCH=$((PATCH + 1))
-NEW_VERSION="v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"
-
-echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-echo "New version will be: $NEW_VERSION"

.github/workflows/scripts/simulate-release.sh

@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# simulate-release.sh
-# Simulate the release process locally without pushing to GitHub
-# Usage: simulate-release.sh [version]
-#   If version is omitted, auto-increments patch version
-
-# Colors for output
-GREEN='\033[0;32m'
-BLUE='\033[0;34m'
-YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
-RED='\033[0;31m'
-NC='\033[0m' # No Color
-
-echo -e "${BLUE}🧪 Simulating Release Process Locally${NC}"
-echo "======================================"
-echo ""
-
-# Step 1: Determine version
-if [[ -n "${1:-}" ]]; then
-  VERSION="${1#v}"
-  TAG="v$VERSION"
-  echo -e "${GREEN}📝 Using manual version: $VERSION${NC}"
-else
-  LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
-  echo -e "${BLUE}Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG${NC}"
-  
-  VERSION=$(echo $LATEST_TAG | sed 's/v//')
-  IFS='.' read -ra VERSION_PARTS <<< "$VERSION"
-  MAJOR=${VERSION_PARTS[0]:-0}
-  MINOR=${VERSION_PARTS[1]:-0}
-  PATCH=${VERSION_PARTS[2]:-0}
-  
-  PATCH=$((PATCH + 1))
-  VERSION="$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"
-  TAG="v$VERSION"
-  echo -e "${GREEN}📝 Auto-incremented to: $VERSION${NC}"
-fi
-
-echo ""
-
-# Step 2: Check if tag exists
-if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo -e "${RED}❌ Error: Tag $TAG already exists!${NC}"
-  echo "   Please use a different version or delete the tag first."
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Tag $TAG is available${NC}"
-
-# Step 3: Backup current state
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}💾 Creating backup of current state...${NC}"
-BACKUP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-cp pyproject.toml "$BACKUP_DIR/pyproject.toml.bak"
-cp CHANGELOG.md "$BACKUP_DIR/CHANGELOG.md.bak"
-echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Backup created at: $BACKUP_DIR${NC}"
-
-# Step 4: Update pyproject.toml
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}📝 Updating pyproject.toml...${NC}"
-sed -i.tmp "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$VERSION\"/" pyproject.toml
-rm -f pyproject.toml.tmp
-echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Updated pyproject.toml to version $VERSION${NC}"
-
-# Step 5: Update CHANGELOG.md
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}📝 Updating CHANGELOG.md...${NC}"
-DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-
-# Get the previous tag to compare commits
-PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-
-if [[ -n "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]]; then
-  echo "   Generating changelog from commits since $PREVIOUS_TAG"
-  # Get commits since last tag, format as bullet points
-  COMMITS=$(git log --oneline "$PREVIOUS_TAG"..HEAD --no-merges --pretty=format:"- %s" 2>/dev/null || echo "- Initial release")
-else
-  echo "   No previous tag found - this is the first release"
-  COMMITS="- Initial release"
-fi
-
-# Create temp file with new entry
-{
-  head -n 8 CHANGELOG.md
-  echo ""
-  echo "## [$VERSION] - $DATE"
-  echo ""
-  echo "### Changed"
-  echo ""
-  echo "$COMMITS"
-  echo ""
-  tail -n +9 CHANGELOG.md
-} > CHANGELOG.md.tmp
-mv CHANGELOG.md.tmp CHANGELOG.md
-echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Updated CHANGELOG.md with commits since $PREVIOUS_TAG${NC}"
-
-# Step 6: Show what would be committed
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}📋 Changes that would be committed:${NC}"
-git diff pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md
-
-# Step 7: Create temporary tag (no push)
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}🏷️  Creating temporary local tag...${NC}"
-git tag -a "$TAG" -m "Simulated release $TAG" 2>/dev/null || true
-echo -e "${GREEN}✓ Tag $TAG created locally${NC}"
-
-# Step 8: Simulate release artifact creation
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}📦 Simulating release package creation...${NC}"
-echo "   (High-level simulation only; packaging script is not executed)"
-echo ""
-
-# Check if script exists and is executable
-SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-if [[ -x "$SCRIPT_DIR/create-release-packages.sh" ]]; then
-  echo -e "${BLUE}In a real release, the following command would be run to create packages:${NC}"
-  echo "  $SCRIPT_DIR/create-release-packages.sh \"$TAG\""
-  echo ""
-  echo "This simulation does not enumerate individual package files to avoid"
-  echo "drifting from the actual behavior of create-release-packages.sh."
-else
-  echo -e "${RED}⚠️  create-release-packages.sh not found or not executable${NC}"
-fi
-
-# Step 9: Simulate release notes generation
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}📄 Simulating release notes generation...${NC}"
-echo ""
-PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 $TAG^ 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-if [[ -n "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]]; then
-  echo -e "${BLUE}Changes since $PREVIOUS_TAG:${NC}"
-  git log --oneline "$PREVIOUS_TAG".."$TAG" | head -n 10
-  echo ""
-else
-  echo -e "${BLUE}No previous tag found - this would be the first release${NC}"
-fi
-
-# Step 10: Summary
-echo ""
-echo -e "${GREEN}🎉 Simulation Complete!${NC}"
-echo "======================================"
-echo ""
-echo -e "${BLUE}Summary:${NC}"
-echo "  Version: $VERSION"
-echo "  Tag: $TAG"
-echo "  Backup: $BACKUP_DIR"
-echo ""
-echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠️  SIMULATION ONLY - NO CHANGES PUSHED${NC}"
-echo ""
-echo -e "${BLUE}Next steps:${NC}"
-echo "  1. Review the changes above"
-echo "  2. To keep changes: git add pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md && git commit"
-echo "  3. To discard changes: git checkout pyproject.toml CHANGELOG.md && git tag -d $TAG"
-echo "  4. To restore from backup: cp $BACKUP_DIR/* ."
-echo ""
-echo -e "${BLUE}To run the actual release:${NC}"
-echo "  Go to: https://github.com/github/spec-kit/actions/workflows/release-trigger.yml"
-echo "  Click 'Run workflow' and enter version: $VERSION"
-echo ""

.github/workflows/scripts/update-version.sh

@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# update-version.sh
-# Update version in pyproject.toml (for release artifacts only)
-# Usage: update-version.sh <version>
-
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version>" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION="$1"
-
-# Remove 'v' prefix for Python versioning
-PYTHON_VERSION=${VERSION#v}
-
-if [ -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
-  sed -i "s/version = \".*\"/version = \"$PYTHON_VERSION\"/" pyproject.toml
-  echo "Updated pyproject.toml version to $PYTHON_VERSION (for release artifacts only)"
-else
-  echo "Warning: pyproject.toml not found, skipping version update"
-fi

.github/workflows/stale.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch: # Allow manual triggering
 
 permissions:
+  actions: write
   issues: write
   pull-requests: write
 

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@cec208311dfd045dd5311c1add060b2062131d57 # v8.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@cec208311dfd045dd5311c1add060b2062131d57 # v8.0.0
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6

AGENTS.md

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ Specify supports multiple AI agents by generating agent-specific command files a
 | **Kimi Code**              | `.kimi/skills/`        | Markdown | `kimi`          | Kimi Code CLI (Moonshot AI) |
 | **Pi Coding Agent**        | `.pi/prompts/`         | Markdown | `pi`            | Pi terminal coding agent    |
 | **iFlow CLI**              | `.iflow/commands/`     | Markdown | `iflow`         | iFlow CLI (iflow-ai)        |
+| **Forge**                  | `.forge/commands/`     | Markdown | `forge`         | Forge CLI (forgecode.dev)   |
 | **IBM Bob**                | `.bob/commands/`       | Markdown | N/A (IDE-based) | IBM Bob IDE                 |
 | **Trae**                   | `.trae/rules/`         | Markdown | N/A (IDE-based) | Trae IDE                    |
 | **Antigravity**            | `.agent/commands/`     | Markdown | N/A (IDE-based) | Antigravity IDE (`--ai agy --ai-skills`) |
@@ -333,6 +334,7 @@ Require a command-line tool to be installed:
 - **Mistral Vibe**: `vibe` CLI
 - **Pi Coding Agent**: `pi` CLI
 - **iFlow CLI**: `iflow` CLI
+- **Forge**: `forge` CLI
 
 ### IDE-Based Agents
 
@@ -351,7 +353,7 @@ Work within integrated development environments:
 
 ### Markdown Format
 
-Used by: Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, opencode, Windsurf, Junie, Kiro CLI, Amp, SHAI, IBM Bob, Kimi Code, Qwen, Pi, Codex, Auggie, CodeBuddy, Qoder, Roo Code, Kilo Code, Trae, Antigravity, Mistral Vibe, iFlow
+Used by: Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, opencode, Windsurf, Junie, Kiro CLI, Amp, SHAI, IBM Bob, Kimi Code, Qwen, Pi, Codex, Auggie, CodeBuddy, Qoder, Roo Code, Kilo Code, Trae, Antigravity, Mistral Vibe, iFlow, Forge
 
 **Standard format:**
 
@@ -419,9 +421,49 @@ Different agents use different argument placeholders:
 
 - **Markdown/prompt-based**: `$ARGUMENTS`
 - **TOML-based**: `{{args}}`
+- **Forge-specific**: `{{parameters}}` (uses custom parameter syntax)
 - **Script placeholders**: `{SCRIPT}` (replaced with actual script path)
 - **Agent placeholders**: `__AGENT__` (replaced with agent name)
 
+## Special Processing Requirements
+
+Some agents require custom processing beyond the standard template transformations:
+
+### Copilot Integration
+
+GitHub Copilot has unique requirements:
+- Commands use `.agent.md` extension (not `.md`)
+- Each command gets a companion `.prompt.md` file in `.github/prompts/`
+- Installs `.vscode/settings.json` with prompt file recommendations
+- Context file lives at `.github/copilot-instructions.md`
+
+Implementation: Extends `IntegrationBase` with custom `setup()` method that:
+1. Processes templates with `process_template()`
+2. Generates companion `.prompt.md` files
+3. Merges VS Code settings
+
+### Forge Integration
+
+Forge has special frontmatter and argument requirements:
+- Uses `{{parameters}}` instead of `$ARGUMENTS`
+- Strips `handoffs` frontmatter key (Forge-specific collaboration feature)
+- Injects `name` field into frontmatter when missing
+
+Implementation: Extends `MarkdownIntegration` with custom `setup()` method that:
+1. Inherits standard template processing from `MarkdownIntegration`
+2. Adds extra `$ARGUMENTS` → `{{parameters}}` replacement after template processing
+3. Applies Forge-specific transformations via `_apply_forge_transformations()`
+4. Strips `handoffs` frontmatter key
+5. Injects missing `name` fields
+6. Ensures the shared `update-agent-context.*` scripts include a `forge` case that maps context updates to `AGENTS.md` (similar to `opencode`/`codex`/`pi`) and lists `forge` in their usage/help text
+
+### Standard Markdown Agents
+
+Most agents (Bob, Claude, Windsurf, etc.) use `MarkdownIntegration`:
+- Simple subclass with just `key`, `config`, `registrar_config` set
+- Inherits standard processing from `MarkdownIntegration.setup()`
+- No custom processing needed
+
 ## Testing New Agent Integration
 
 1. **Build test**: Run package creation script locally

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,102 @@
 
 <!-- insert new changelog below this comment -->
 
+## [0.5.1] - 2026-04-08
+
+### Changed
+
+- fix: pin typer>=0.24.0 and click>=8.2.1 to fix import crash (#2136)
+- feat: update fleet extension to v1.1.0 (#2029)
+- fix(forge): use hyphen notation in frontmatter name field (#2075)
+- fix(bash): sed replacement escaping, BSD portability, dead cleanup in update-agent-context.sh (#2090)
+- Add Spec Diagram community extension to catalog and README (#2129)
+- feat: Git extension stage 2 — GIT_BRANCH_NAME override, --force for existing dirs, auto-install tests (#1940) (#2117)
+- fix(git): surface checkout errors for existing branches (#2122)
+- Add Branch Convention community extension to catalog and README (#2128)
+- docs: lighten March 2026 newsletter for readability (#2127)
+- fix: restore alias compatibility for community extensions (#2110) (#2125)
+- Added March 2026 newsletter (#2124)
+- Add Spec Refine community extension to catalog and README (#2118)
+- Add explicit-task-dependencies community preset to catalog and README (#2091)
+- Add toc-navigation community preset to catalog and README (#2080)
+- fix: prevent ambiguous TOML closing quotes when body ends with `"` (#2113) (#2115)
+- fix speckit issue for trae (#2112)
+- feat: Git extension stage 1 — bundled `extensions/git` with hooks on all core commands (#1941)
+- Upgraded confluence extension to v.1.1.1 (#2109)
+- Update V-Model Extension Pack to v0.5.0 (#2108)
+- Add canon extension and canon-core preset. (#2022)
+- [stage2] fix: serialize multiline descriptions in legacy TOML renderer (#2097)
+- [stage1] fix: strip YAML frontmatter from TOML integration prompts (#2096)
+- Add Confluence extension (#2028)
+- fix: accept 4+ digit spec numbers in tests and docs (#2094)
+- fix(scripts): improve git branch creation error handling (#2089)
+- Add optimize extension to community catalog (#2088)
+- feat: add "VS Code Ask Questions" preset (#2086)
+- Add security-review v1.1.1 to community extensions catalog (#2073)
+- Add `specify integration` subcommand for post-init integration management (#2083)
+- Remove template version info from CLI, fix Claude user-invocable, cleanup dead code (#2081)
+- fix: add user-invocable: true to skill frontmatter (#2077)
+- fix: add actions:write permission to stale workflow (#2079)
+- feat: add argument-hint frontmatter to Claude Code commands (#1951) (#2059)
+- Update conduct extension to v1.0.1 (#2078)
+- chore(deps): bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.6.0 to 8.0.0 (#2072)
+- chore(deps): bump actions/configure-pages from 5 to 6 (#2071)
+- feat: add spec-kit-fixit extension to community catalog (#2024)
+- chore: release 0.5.0, begin 0.5.1.dev0 development (#2070)
+- feat: add Forgecode agent support (#2034)
+
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-04-02
+
+### Changed
+
+- Introduces DEVELOPMENT.md (#2069)
+- Update cc-sdd reference to cc-spex in Community Friends (#2007)
+- chore: release 0.4.5, begin 0.4.6.dev0 development (#2064)
+
+## [0.4.5] - 2026-04-02
+
+### Changed
+
+- Stage 6: Complete migration — remove legacy scaffold path (#1924) (#2063)
+- Install Claude Code as native skills and align preset/integration flows (#2051)
+- Add repoindex 0402 (#2062)
+- Stage 5: Skills, Generic & Option-Driven Integrations (#1924) (#2052)
+- feat(scripts): add --dry-run flag to create-new-feature (#1998)
+- fix: support feature branch numbers with 4+ digits (#2040)
+- Add community content disclaimers (#2058)
+- docs: add community extensions website link to README and extensions docs (#2014)
+- docs: remove dead Cognitive Squad and Understanding extension links and from extensions/catalog.community.json (#2057)
+- Add fix-findings extension to community catalog (#2039)
+- Stage 4: TOML integrations — gemini and tabnine migrated to plugin architecture (#2050)
+- feat: add 5 lifecycle extensions to community catalog (#2049)
+- Stage 3: Standard markdown integrations — 19 agents migrated to plugin architecture (#2038)
+- chore: release 0.4.4, begin 0.4.5.dev0 development (#2048)
+
+## [0.4.4] - 2026-04-01
+
+### Changed
+
+- Stage 2: Copilot integration — proof of concept with shared template primitives (#2035)
+- docs: sync AGENTS.md with AGENT_CONFIG for missing agents (#2025)
+- docs: ensure manual tests use local specify (#2020)
+- Stage 1: Integration foundation — base classes, manifest system, and registry (#1925)
+- fix: harden GitHub Actions workflows (#2021)
+- chore: use PEP 440 .dev0 versions on main after releases (#2032)
+- feat: add superpowers bridge extension to community catalog (#2023)
+- feat: add product-forge extension to community catalog (#2012)
+- feat(scripts): add --allow-existing-branch flag to create-new-feature (#1999)
+- fix(scripts): add correct path for copilot-instructions.md (#1997)
+- Update README.md (#1995)
+- fix: prevent extension command shadowing (#1994)
+- Fix Claude Code CLI detection for npm-local installs (#1978)
+- fix(scripts): honor PowerShell agent and script filters (#1969)
+- feat: add MAQA extension suite (7 extensions) to community catalog (#1981)
+- feat: add spec-kit-onboard extension to community catalog (#1991)
+- Add plan-review-gate to community catalog (#1993)
+- chore(deps): bump actions/deploy-pages from 4 to 5 (#1990)
+- chore(deps): bump DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action from 19 to 23 (#1989)
+- chore: bump version to 0.4.3 (#1986)
+
 ## [0.4.3] - 2026-03-26
 
 ### Changed

DEVELOPMENT.md

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Development Notes
+
+Spec Kit is a toolkit for spec-driven development. At its core, it is a coordinated set of prompts, templates, scripts, and CLI/integration assets that define and deliver a spec-driven workflow for AI coding agents. This document is a starting point for people modifying Spec Kit itself, with a compact orientation to the key project documents and repository organization.
+
+**Essential project documents:**
+
+| Document                                                   | Role                                                                                  |
+| ---------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| [README.md](README.md)                                     | Primary user-facing overview of Spec Kit and its workflow.                            |
+| [DEVELOPMENT.md](DEVELOPMENT.md)                           | This document.                                                                        |
+| [spec-driven.md](spec-driven.md)                           | End-to-end explanation of the Spec-Driven Development workflow supported by Spec Kit. |
+| [RELEASE-PROCESS.md](.github/workflows/RELEASE-PROCESS.md) | Release workflow, versioning rules, and changelog generation process.                 |
+| [docs/index.md](docs/index.md)                             | Entry point to the `docs/` documentation set.                                         |
+| [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)                         | Contribution process, review expectations, and required development practices.        |
+| [TESTING.md](TESTING.md)                                   | Validation strategy and testing procedures.                                           |
+
+**Main repository components:**
+
+| Directory          | Role                                                                                        |
+| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+| `templates/`       | Prompt assets and templates that define the core workflow behavior and generated artifacts. |
+| `scripts/`         | Supporting scripts used by the workflow, setup, and repository tooling.                     |
+| `src/specify_cli/` | Python source for the `specify` CLI, including agent-specific assets.                       |
+| `extensions/`      | Extension-related docs, catalogs, and supporting assets.                                    |
+| `presets/`         | Preset-related docs, catalogs, and supporting assets.                                       |

README.md

@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ Want to see Spec Kit in action? Watch our [video overview](https://www.youtube.c
 
 ## 🧩 Community Extensions
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community extensions are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. GitHub and the Spec Kit maintainers may review pull requests that add entries to the community catalog for formatting, catalog structure, or policy compliance, but they do **not review, audit, endorse, or support the extension code itself**. The Community Extensions website is also a third-party resource. Review extension source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
+🔍 **Browse and search community extensions on the [Community Extensions website](https://speckit-community.github.io/extensions/).**
+
 The following community-contributed extensions are available in [`catalog.community.json`](extensions/catalog.community.json):
 
 **Categories:**
@@ -180,12 +185,16 @@ The following community-contributed extensions are available in [`catalog.commun
 | AI-Driven Engineering (AIDE) | A structured 7-step workflow for building new projects from scratch with AI assistants — from vision through implementation | `process` | Read+Write | [aide](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-extensions/tree/main/aide) |
 | Archive Extension | Archive merged features into main project memory. | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-archive](https://github.com/stn1slv/spec-kit-archive) |
 | Azure DevOps Integration | Sync user stories and tasks to Azure DevOps work items using OAuth authentication | `integration` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-azure-devops](https://github.com/pragya247/spec-kit-azure-devops) |
+| Branch Convention | Configurable branch and folder naming conventions for /specify with presets and custom patterns | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-branch-convention](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention) |
+| Canon | Adds canon-driven (baseline-driven) workflows: spec-first, code-first, spec-drift. Requires Canon Core preset installation. | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-canon](https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/tree/master/extension) |
 | Checkpoint Extension | Commit the changes made during the middle of the implementation, so you don't end up with just one very large commit at the end | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-checkpoint](https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-checkpoint) |
 | Cleanup Extension | Post-implementation quality gate that reviews changes, fixes small issues (scout rule), creates tasks for medium issues, and generates analysis for large issues | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-cleanup](https://github.com/dsrednicki/spec-kit-cleanup) |
-| Cognitive Squad | Multi-agent cognitive system with Triadic Model: understanding, internalization, application — with quality gates, backpropagation verification, and self-healing | `docs` | Read+Write | [cognitive-squad](https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad) |
 | Conduct Extension | Orchestrates spec-kit phases via sub-agent delegation to reduce context pollution. | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-conduct-ext](https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext) |
+| Confluence Extension | Create a doc in Confluence summarizing the specifications and planning files | `integration` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-confluence](https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence) |
 | DocGuard — CDD Enforcement | Canonical-Driven Development enforcement. Validates, scores, and traces project documentation with automated checks, AI-driven workflows, and spec-kit hooks. Zero NPM runtime dependencies. | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-docguard](https://github.com/raccioly/docguard) |
 | 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) |
 | Fleet Orchestrator | Orchestrate a full feature lifecycle with human-in-the-loop gates across all SpecKit phases | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-fleet](https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet) |
 | Iterate | Iterate on spec documents with a two-phase define-and-apply workflow — refine specs mid-implementation and go straight back to building | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-iterate](https://github.com/imviancagrace/spec-kit-iterate) |
 | Jira Integration | Create Jira Epics, Stories, and Issues from spec-kit specifications and task breakdowns with configurable hierarchy and custom field support | `integration` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-jira](https://github.com/mbachorik/spec-kit-jira) |
@@ -198,19 +207,28 @@ The following community-contributed extensions are available in [`catalog.commun
 | MAQA Linear Integration | Linear integration for MAQA — syncs issues and sub-issues across workflow states as features progress | `integration` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-maqa-linear](https://github.com/GenieRobot/spec-kit-maqa-linear) |
 | MAQA Trello Integration | Trello board integration for MAQA — populates board from specs, moves cards, real-time checklist ticking | `integration` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-maqa-trello](https://github.com/GenieRobot/spec-kit-maqa-trello) |
 | Onboard | Contextual onboarding and progressive growth for developers new to spec-kit projects. Explains specs, maps dependencies, validates understanding, and guides the next step | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-onboard](https://github.com/dmux/spec-kit-onboard) |
+| Optimize | Audit and optimize AI governance for context efficiency — token budgets, rule health, interpretability, compression, coherence, and echo detection | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-optimize](https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize) |
 | Plan Review Gate | Require spec.md and plan.md to be merged via MR/PR before allowing task generation | `process` | Read-only | [spec-kit-plan-review-gate](https://github.com/luno/spec-kit-plan-review-gate) |
 | Presetify | Create and validate presets and preset catalogs | `process` | Read+Write | [presetify](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-extensions/tree/main/presetify) |
 | Product Forge | Full product lifecycle: research → product spec → SpecKit → implement → verify → test | `process` | Read+Write | [speckit-product-forge](https://github.com/VaiYav/speckit-product-forge) |
 | Project Health Check | Diagnose a Spec Kit project and report health issues across structure, agents, features, scripts, extensions, and git | `visibility` | Read-only | [spec-kit-doctor](https://github.com/KhawarHabibKhan/spec-kit-doctor) |
 | Project Status | Show current SDD workflow progress — active feature, artifact status, task completion, workflow phase, and extensions summary | `visibility` | Read-only | [spec-kit-status](https://github.com/KhawarHabibKhan/spec-kit-status) |
+| QA Testing Extension | Systematic QA testing with browser-driven or CLI-based validation of acceptance criteria from spec | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-qa](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa) |
 | Ralph Loop | Autonomous implementation loop using AI agent CLI | `code` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-ralph](https://github.com/Rubiss/spec-kit-ralph) |
 | Reconcile Extension | Reconcile implementation drift by surgically updating feature artifacts. | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-reconcile](https://github.com/stn1slv/spec-kit-reconcile) |
+| Repository Index | Generate index for existing repo for overview, architecture and module level. | `docs` | Read-only | [spec-kit-repoindex](https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex) |
+| Retro Extension | Sprint retrospective analysis with metrics, spec accuracy assessment, and improvement suggestions | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-retro](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro) |
 | Retrospective Extension | Post-implementation retrospective with spec adherence scoring, drift analysis, and human-gated spec updates | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-retrospective](https://github.com/emi-dm/spec-kit-retrospective) |
 | Review Extension | Post-implementation comprehensive code review with specialized agents for code quality, comments, tests, error handling, type design, and simplification | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-review](https://github.com/ismaelJimenez/spec-kit-review) |
 | SDD Utilities | Resume interrupted workflows, validate project health, and verify spec-to-task traceability | `process` | Read+Write | [speckit-utils](https://github.com/mvanhorn/speckit-utils) |
-| Superpowers Bridge | Orchestrates obra/superpowers skills within the spec-kit SDD workflow across the full lifecycle (clarification, TDD, review, verification, critique, debugging, branch completion) | `process` | Read+Write | [superpowers-bridge](https://github.com/RbBtSn0w/spec-kit-extensions/tree/main/superpowers-bridge) |
+| Security Review | Comprehensive security audit of codebases using AI-powered DevSecOps analysis | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-security-review](https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review) |
+| Ship Release Extension | Automates release pipeline: pre-flight checks, branch sync, changelog generation, CI verification, and PR creation | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-ship](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship) |
+| Spec Critique Extension | Dual-lens critical review of spec and plan from product strategy and engineering risk perspectives | `docs` | Read-only | [spec-kit-critique](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique) |
+| Spec Diagram | Auto-generate Mermaid diagrams of SDD workflow state, feature progress, and task dependencies | `visibility` | Read-only | [spec-kit-diagram-](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-) |
+| Spec Refine | Update specs in-place, propagate changes to plan and tasks, and diff impact across artifacts | `process` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-refine](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine) |
 | Spec Sync | Detect and resolve drift between specs and implementation. AI-assisted resolution with human approval | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-sync](https://github.com/bgervin/spec-kit-sync) |
-| Understanding | Automated requirements quality analysis — 31 deterministic metrics against IEEE/ISO standards with experimental energy-based ambiguity detection | `docs` | Read-only | [understanding](https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding) |
+| Staff Review Extension | Staff-engineer-level code review that validates implementation against spec, checks security, performance, and test coverage | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-staff-review](https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review) |
+| Superpowers Bridge | Orchestrates obra/superpowers skills within the spec-kit SDD workflow across the full lifecycle (clarification, TDD, review, verification, critique, debugging, branch completion) | `process` | Read+Write | [superpowers-bridge](https://github.com/RbBtSn0w/spec-kit-extensions/tree/main/superpowers-bridge) |
 | V-Model Extension Pack | Enforces V-Model paired generation of development specs and test specs with full traceability | `docs` | Read+Write | [spec-kit-v-model](https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model) |
 | Verify Extension | Post-implementation quality gate that validates implemented code against specification artifacts | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-verify](https://github.com/ismaelJimenez/spec-kit-verify) |
 | Verify Tasks Extension | Detect phantom completions: tasks marked [X] in tasks.md with no real implementation | `code` | Read-only | [spec-kit-verify-tasks](https://github.com/datastone-inc/spec-kit-verify-tasks) |
@@ -219,17 +237,27 @@ To submit your own extension, see the [Extension Publishing Guide](extensions/EX
 
 ## 🎨 Community Presets
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community presets are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. GitHub and the Spec Kit maintainers may review pull requests that add entries to the community catalog for formatting, catalog structure, or policy compliance, but they do **not review, audit, endorse, or support the preset code itself**. Review preset source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
 The following community-contributed presets customize how Spec Kit behaves — overriding templates, commands, and terminology without changing any tooling. Presets are available in [`catalog.community.json`](presets/catalog.community.json):
 
 | Preset | Purpose | Provides | Requires | URL |
 |--------|---------|----------|----------|-----|
 | AIDE In-Place Migration | Adapts the AIDE extension workflow for in-place technology migrations (X → Y pattern) — adds migration objectives, verification gates, knowledge documents, and behavioral equivalence criteria | 2 templates, 8 commands | AIDE extension | [spec-kit-presets](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-presets) |
+| Canon Core | Adapts original Spec Kit workflow to work together with Canon extension | 2 templates, 8 commands | — | [spec-kit-canon](https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon) |
+| Explicit Task Dependencies | Adds explicit `(depends on T###)` dependency declarations and an Execution Wave DAG to tasks.md for parallel scheduling | 1 template, 1 command | — | [spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies) |
 | Pirate Speak (Full) | Transforms all Spec Kit output into pirate speak — specs become "Voyage Manifests", plans become "Battle Plans", tasks become "Crew Assignments" | 6 templates, 9 commands | — | [spec-kit-presets](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-presets) |
+| Table of Contents Navigation | Adds a navigable Table of Contents to generated spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md documents | 3 templates, 3 commands | — | [spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation](https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation) |
+| VS Code Ask Questions | Enhances the clarify command to use `vscode/askQuestions` for batched interactive questioning. | 1 command | — | [spec-kit-presets](https://github.com/fdcastel/spec-kit-presets) |
 
 To build and publish your own preset, see the [Presets Publishing Guide](presets/PUBLISHING.md).
 
 ## 🚶 Community Walkthroughs
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community walkthroughs are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. They are **not reviewed, nor endorsed, nor supported by GitHub**. Review their content before following along and use at your own discretion.
+
 See Spec-Driven Development in action across different scenarios with these community-contributed walkthroughs:
 
 - **[Greenfield .NET CLI tool](https://github.com/mnriem/spec-kit-dotnet-cli-demo)** — Builds a Timezone Utility as a .NET single-binary CLI tool from a blank directory, covering the full spec-kit workflow: constitution, specify, plan, tasks, and multi-pass implement using GitHub Copilot agents.
@@ -248,9 +276,12 @@ See Spec-Driven Development in action across different scenarios with these comm
 
 ## 🛠️ Community Friends
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community projects listed here are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. They are **not reviewed, nor endorsed, nor supported by GitHub**. Review their source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
 Community projects that extend, visualize, or build on Spec Kit:
 
-- **[cc-sdd](https://github.com/rhuss/cc-sdd)** - A Claude Code plugin that adds composable traits on top of Spec Kit with [Superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers)-based quality gates, spec/code review, git worktree isolation, and parallel implementation via agent teams.
+- **[cc-spex](https://github.com/rhuss/cc-spex)** - A Claude Code plugin that adds composable traits on top of Spec Kit with [Superpowers](https://github.com/obra/superpowers)-based quality gates, spec/code review, git worktree isolation, and parallel implementation via agent teams.
 
 - **[Spec Kit Assistant](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=rfsales.speckit-assistant)** — A VS Code extension that provides a visual orchestrator for the full SDD workflow (constitution → specification → planning → tasks → implementation) with phase status visualization, an interactive task checklist, DAG visualization, and support for Claude, Gemini, GitHub Copilot, and OpenAI backends. Requires the `specify` CLI in your PATH.
 
@@ -262,10 +293,11 @@ Community projects that extend, visualize, or build on Spec Kit:
 | [Kiro CLI](https://kiro.dev/docs/cli/)                                               | ✅      | Use `--ai kiro-cli` (alias: `--ai kiro`)                                                                                                 |
 | [Amp](https://ampcode.com/)                                                          | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
 | [Auggie CLI](https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/overview)                              | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
-| [Claude Code](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code)                                 | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
+| [Claude Code](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code)                                 | ✅      | Installs skills in `.claude/skills`; invoke spec-kit as `/speckit-constitution`, `/speckit-plan`, etc.                                  |
 | [CodeBuddy CLI](https://www.codebuddy.ai/cli)                                        | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
 | [Codex CLI](https://github.com/openai/codex)                                         | ✅      | Requires `--ai-skills`. Codex recommends [skills](https://developers.openai.com/codex/skills) and treats [custom prompts](https://developers.openai.com/codex/custom-prompts) as deprecated. Spec-kit installs Codex skills into `.agents/skills` and invokes them as `$speckit-<command>`. |
 | [Cursor](https://cursor.sh/)                                                         | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
+| [Forge](https://forgecode.dev/)                                                      | ✅      | CLI tool: `forge`                                                                                                                         |
 | [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli)                            | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
 | [GitHub Copilot](https://code.visualstudio.com/)                                     | ✅      |                                                                                                                                           |
 | [IBM Bob](https://www.ibm.com/products/bob)                                          | ✅      | IDE-based agent with slash command support                                                                                                |
@@ -295,14 +327,14 @@ The `specify` command supports the following options:
 | Command | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | ------- |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `init`  | Initialize a new Specify project from the latest template                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
-| `check` | Check for installed tools: `git` plus all CLI-based agents configured in `AGENT_CONFIG` (for example: `claude`, `gemini`, `code`/`code-insiders`, `cursor-agent`, `windsurf`, `junie`, `qwen`, `opencode`, `codex`, `kiro-cli`, `shai`, `qodercli`, `vibe`, `kimi`, `iflow`, `pi`, etc.) |
+| `check` | Check for installed tools: `git` plus all CLI-based agents configured in `AGENT_CONFIG` (for example: `claude`, `gemini`, `code`/`code-insiders`, `cursor-agent`, `windsurf`, `junie`, `qwen`, `opencode`, `codex`, `kiro-cli`, `shai`, `qodercli`, `vibe`, `kimi`, `iflow`, `pi`, `forge`, etc.) |
 
 ### `specify init` Arguments & Options
 
 | Argument/Option        | Type     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | ---------------------- | -------- |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `<project-name>`       | Argument | Name for your new project directory (optional if using `--here`, or use `.` for current directory)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
-| `--ai`                 | Option   | AI assistant to use (see `AGENT_CONFIG` for the full, up-to-date list). Common options include: `claude`, `gemini`, `copilot`, `cursor-agent`, `qwen`, `opencode`, `codex`, `windsurf`, `junie`, `kilocode`, `auggie`, `roo`, `codebuddy`, `amp`, `shai`, `kiro-cli` (`kiro` alias), `agy`, `bob`, `qodercli`, `vibe`, `kimi`, `iflow`, `pi`, or `generic` (requires `--ai-commands-dir`) |
+| `--ai`                 | Option   | AI assistant to use (see `AGENT_CONFIG` for the full, up-to-date list). Common options include: `claude`, `gemini`, `copilot`, `cursor-agent`, `qwen`, `opencode`, `codex`, `windsurf`, `junie`, `kilocode`, `auggie`, `roo`, `codebuddy`, `amp`, `shai`, `kiro-cli` (`kiro` alias), `agy`, `bob`, `qodercli`, `vibe`, `kimi`, `iflow`, `pi`, `forge`, or `generic` (requires `--ai-commands-dir`) |
 | `--ai-commands-dir`    | Option   | Directory for agent command files (required with `--ai generic`, e.g. `.myagent/commands/`)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `--script`             | Option   | Script variant to use: `sh` (bash/zsh) or `ps` (PowerShell)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
 | `--ignore-agent-tools` | Flag     | Skip checks for AI agent tools like Claude Code                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
@@ -313,7 +345,7 @@ The `specify` command supports the following options:
 | `--debug`              | Flag     | Enable detailed debug output for troubleshooting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | `--github-token`       | Option   | GitHub token for API requests (or set GH_TOKEN/GITHUB_TOKEN env variable)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | `--ai-skills`          | Flag     | Install Prompt.MD templates as agent skills in agent-specific `skills/` directory (requires `--ai`). Extension commands are also auto-registered as skills when extensions are added later.                                                                                                                                                                                               |
-| `--branch-numbering`   | Option   | Branch numbering strategy: `sequential` (default — `001`, `002`, `003`) or `timestamp` (`YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS`). Timestamp mode is useful for distributed teams to avoid numbering conflicts                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
+| `--branch-numbering`   | Option   | Branch numbering strategy: `sequential` (default — `001`, `002`, `003`, …, `1000`, … — expands beyond 3 digits automatically) or `timestamp` (`YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS`). Timestamp mode is useful for distributed teams to avoid numbering conflicts                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 
 ### Examples
 
@@ -357,6 +389,9 @@ specify init my-project --ai codex --ai-skills
 # Initialize with Antigravity support
 specify init my-project --ai agy --ai-skills
 
+# Initialize with Forge support
+specify init my-project --ai forge
+
 # Initialize with an unsupported agent (generic / bring your own agent)
 specify init my-project --ai generic --ai-commands-dir .myagent/commands/
 
@@ -382,8 +417,8 @@ specify init my-project --ai claude --debug
 # Use GitHub token for API requests (helpful for corporate environments)
 specify init my-project --ai claude --github-token ghp_your_token_here
 
-# Install agent skills with the project
-specify init my-project --ai claude --ai-skills
+# Claude Code installs skills with the project by default
+specify init my-project --ai claude
 
 # Initialize in current directory with agent skills
 specify init --here --ai gemini --ai-skills
@@ -397,7 +432,11 @@ specify check
 
 ### Available Slash Commands
 
-After running `specify init`, your AI coding agent will have access to these slash commands for structured development.
+After running `specify init`, your AI coding agent will have access to these structured development commands.
+
+Most agents expose the traditional dotted slash commands shown below, like `/speckit.plan`.
+
+Claude Code installs spec-kit as skills and invokes them as `/speckit-constitution`, `/speckit-specify`, `/speckit-plan`, `/speckit-tasks`, and `/speckit-implement`.
 
 For Codex CLI, `--ai-skills` installs spec-kit as agent skills instead of slash-command prompt files. In Codex skills mode, invoke spec-kit as `$speckit-constitution`, `$speckit-specify`, `$speckit-plan`, `$speckit-tasks`, and `$speckit-implement`.
 
@@ -598,7 +637,7 @@ specify init . --force --ai claude
 specify init --here --force --ai claude
 ```
 
-The CLI will check if you have Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor CLI, Qwen CLI, opencode, Codex CLI, Qoder CLI, Tabnine CLI, Kiro CLI, Pi, or Mistral Vibe installed. If you do not, or you prefer to get the templates without checking for the right tools, use `--ignore-agent-tools` with your command:
+The CLI will check if you have Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor CLI, Qwen CLI, opencode, Codex CLI, Qoder CLI, Tabnine CLI, Kiro CLI, Pi, Forge, or Mistral Vibe installed. If you do not, or you prefer to get the templates without checking for the right tools, use `--ignore-agent-tools` with your command:
 
 ```bash
 specify init <project_name> --ai claude --ignore-agent-tools

extensions/EXTENSION-API-REFERENCE.md

@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ defaults:                # Optional, default configuration values
 #### `hooks`
 
 - **Type**: object
-- **Keys**: Event names (e.g., `after_specify`, `after_plan`, `after_tasks`, `after_implement`, `before_commit`)
+- **Keys**: Event names (e.g., `after_specify`, `after_plan`, `after_tasks`, `after_implement`, `before_analyze`)
 - **Description**: Hooks that execute at lifecycle events
 - **Events**: Defined by core spec-kit commands
 
@@ -559,8 +559,16 @@ Standard events (defined by core):
 - `after_tasks` - After task generation
 - `before_implement` - Before implementation
 - `after_implement` - After implementation
-- `before_commit` - Before git commit *(planned - not yet wired into core templates)*
-- `after_commit` - After git commit *(planned - not yet wired into core templates)*
+- `before_analyze` - Before cross-artifact analysis
+- `after_analyze` - After cross-artifact analysis
+- `before_checklist` - Before checklist generation
+- `after_checklist` - After checklist generation
+- `before_clarify` - Before spec clarification
+- `after_clarify` - After spec clarification
+- `before_constitution` - Before constitution update
+- `after_constitution` - After constitution update
+- `before_taskstoissues` - Before tasks-to-issues conversion
+- `after_taskstoissues` - After tasks-to-issues conversion
 
 ### Hook Configuration
 

extensions/EXTENSION-DEVELOPMENT-GUIDE.md

@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ Compatibility requirements.
 
 What the extension provides.
 
-**Required sub-fields**:
+**Optional sub-fields**:
 
-- `commands`: Array of command objects (must have at least one)
+- `commands`: Array of command objects (at least one command or hook is required)
 
 **Command object**:
 
@@ -196,12 +196,19 @@ Integration hooks for automatic execution.
 
 Available hook points:
 
-- `after_tasks`: After `/speckit.tasks` completes
-- `after_implement`: After `/speckit.implement` completes (future)
+- `before_specify` / `after_specify`: Before/after specification generation
+- `before_plan` / `after_plan`: Before/after implementation planning
+- `before_tasks` / `after_tasks`: Before/after task generation
+- `before_implement` / `after_implement`: Before/after implementation
+- `before_analyze` / `after_analyze`: Before/after cross-artifact analysis
+- `before_checklist` / `after_checklist`: Before/after checklist generation
+- `before_clarify` / `after_clarify`: Before/after spec clarification
+- `before_constitution` / `after_constitution`: Before/after constitution update
+- `before_taskstoissues` / `after_taskstoissues`: Before/after tasks-to-issues conversion
 
 Hook object:
 
-- `command`: Command to execute (must be in `provides.commands`)
+- `command`: Command to execute (typically from `provides.commands`, but can reference any registered command)
 - `optional`: If true, prompt user before executing
 - `prompt`: Prompt text for optional hooks
 - `description`: Hook description

extensions/EXTENSION-USER-GUIDE.md

@@ -403,8 +403,10 @@ settings:
 
 # Hook configuration
 # Available events: before_specify, after_specify, before_plan, after_plan,
-#                   before_tasks, after_tasks, before_implement, after_implement
-# Planned (not yet wired into core templates): before_commit, after_commit
+#                   before_tasks, after_tasks, before_implement, after_implement,
+#                   before_analyze, after_analyze, before_checklist, after_checklist,
+#                   before_clarify, after_clarify, before_constitution, after_constitution,
+#                   before_taskstoissues, after_taskstoissues
 hooks:
   after_tasks:
     - extension: jira

extensions/README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ specify extension search  # Now uses your organization's catalog instead of the
 
 ### Community Reference Catalog (`catalog.community.json`)
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community extensions are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. GitHub and the Spec Kit maintainers may review pull requests that add entries to the community catalog for formatting, catalog structure, or policy compliance, but they do **not review, audit, endorse, or support the extension code itself**. Review extension source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
 - **Purpose**: Browse available community-contributed extensions
 - **Status**: Active - contains extensions submitted by the community
 - **Location**: `extensions/catalog.community.json`
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ specify extension add <extension-name> --from https://github.com/org/spec-kit-ex
 
 ## Available Community Extensions
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community extensions are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. GitHub and the Spec Kit maintainers may review pull requests that add entries to the community catalog for formatting, catalog structure, or policy compliance, but they do **not review, audit, endorse, or support the extension code itself**. The Community Extensions website is also a third-party resource. Review extension source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
+🔍 **Browse and search community extensions on the [Community Extensions website](https://speckit-community.github.io/extensions/).**
+
 See the [Community Extensions](../README.md#-community-extensions) section in the main README for the full list of available community-contributed extensions.
 
 For the raw catalog data, see [`catalog.community.json`](catalog.community.json).

extensions/catalog.community.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": "1.0",
-  "updated_at": "2026-03-30T00:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z",
   "catalog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/spec-kit/main/extensions/catalog.community.json",
   "extensions": {
     "aide": {
@@ -106,6 +106,73 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-03T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-03T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "branch-convention": {
+      "name": "Branch Convention",
+      "id": "branch-convention",
+      "description": "Configurable branch and folder naming conventions for /specify with presets and custom patterns.",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-branch-convention/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 3,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "branch",
+        "naming",
+        "convention",
+        "gitflow",
+        "workflow"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z"
+    },
+    "canon": {
+      "name": "Canon",
+      "id": "canon",
+      "description": "Adds canon-driven (baseline-driven) workflows: spec-first, code-first, spec-drift. Requires Canon Core preset installation.",
+      "author": "Maxim Stupakov",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/releases/download/v0.1.0/spec-kit-canon-v0.1.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/blob/master/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.3"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 16,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "process",
+        "baseline",
+        "canon",
+        "drift",
+        "spec-first",
+        "code-first",
+        "spec-drift",
+        "vibecoding"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-03-29T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-03-29T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "checkpoint": {
       "name": "Checkpoint Extension",
       "id": "checkpoint",
@@ -167,57 +234,13 @@
       "created_at": "2026-02-22T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-02-22T00:00:00Z"
     },
-    "cognitive-squad": {
-      "name": "Cognitive Squad",
-      "id": "cognitive-squad",
-      "description": "Multi-agent cognitive system with Triadic Model: understanding, internalization, application — with quality gates, backpropagation verification, and self-healing",
-      "author": "Testimonial",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad/archive/refs/tags/v0.1.0.zip",
-      "repository": "https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad",
-      "homepage": "https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad",
-      "documentation": "https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad/blob/main/README.md",
-      "changelog": "https://github.com/Testimonial/cognitive-squad/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "requires": {
-        "speckit_version": ">=0.3.0",
-        "tools": [
-          {
-            "name": "understanding",
-            "version": ">=3.4.0",
-            "required": false
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "spec-kit-reverse-eng",
-            "version": ">=1.0.0",
-            "required": false
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      "provides": {
-        "commands": 10,
-        "hooks": 1
-      },
-      "tags": [
-        "ai-agents",
-        "cognitive",
-        "full-lifecycle",
-        "verification",
-        "multi-agent"
-      ],
-      "verified": false,
-      "downloads": 0,
-      "stars": 0,
-      "created_at": "2026-03-16T00:00:00Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z"
-    },
     "conduct": {
       "name": "Conduct Extension",
       "id": "conduct",
       "description": "Executes a single spec-kit phase via sub-agent delegation to reduce context pollution.",
       "author": "twbrandon7",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.1.zip",
       "repository": "https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext",
       "homepage": "https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext",
       "documentation": "https://github.com/twbrandon7/spec-kit-conduct-ext/blob/main/README.md",
@@ -239,7 +262,97 @@
       "downloads": 0,
       "stars": 0,
       "created_at": "2026-03-19T12:08:20Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-03-19T12:08:20Z"
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-03T12:35:01Z"
+    },
+    "critique": {
+      "name": "Spec Critique Extension",
+      "id": "critique",
+      "description": "Dual-lens critical review of spec and plan from product strategy and engineering risk perspectives.",
+      "author": "arunt14",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-critique/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "docs",
+        "review",
+        "planning"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
+    "confluence": {
+      "name": "Confluence Extension",
+      "id": "confluence",
+      "description": "Create, read, and update Confluence docs for your project",
+      "author": "aaronrsun",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.1.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/aaronrsun/spec-kit-confluence/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "confluence"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-03-29T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-03-29T00:00:00Z"
+    },
+    "diagram": {
+      "name": "Spec Diagram",
+      "id": "diagram",
+      "description": "Auto-generate Mermaid diagrams of SDD workflow state, feature progress, and task dependencies.",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-diagram-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 3,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "diagram",
+        "mermaid",
+        "visualization",
+        "workflow",
+        "dependencies"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z"
     },
     "docguard": {
       "name": "DocGuard — CDD Enforcement",
@@ -345,13 +458,76 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "fix-findings": {
+      "name": "Fix Findings",
+      "id": "fix-findings",
+      "description": "Automated analyze-fix-reanalyze loop that resolves spec findings until clean.",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-fix-findings/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "code",
+        "analysis",
+        "quality",
+        "automation",
+        "findings"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
+    "fixit": {
+      "name": "FixIt Extension",
+      "id": "fixit",
+      "description": "Spec-aware bug fixing: maps bugs to spec artifacts, proposes a plan, applies minimal changes.",
+      "author": "ismaelJimenez",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/speckit-community/spec-kit-fixit/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "debugging",
+        "fixit",
+        "spec-alignment",
+        "post-implementation"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-03-30T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-03-30T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "fleet": {
       "name": "Fleet Orchestrator",
       "id": "fleet",
       "description": "Orchestrate a full feature lifecycle with human-in-the-loop gates across all SpecKit phases.",
       "author": "sharathsatish",
-      "version": "1.0.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.0.zip",
       "repository": "https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet",
       "homepage": "https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet",
       "documentation": "https://github.com/sharathsatish/spec-kit-fleet/blob/main/README.md",
@@ -374,7 +550,7 @@
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       "stars": 0,
       "created_at": "2026-03-06T00:00:00Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-03-06T00:00:00Z"
+      "updated_at": "2026-03-31T00:00:00Z"
     },
     "iterate": {
       "name": "Iterate",
@@ -727,6 +903,38 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-26T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "optimize": {
+      "name": "Optimize Extension",
+      "id": "optimize",
+      "description": "Audits and optimizes AI governance for context efficiency",
+      "author": "sakitA",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/sakitA/spec-kit-optimize/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 3,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "constitution",
+        "optimization",
+        "token-budget",
+        "governance",
+        "audit"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-03T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-03T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "plan-review-gate": {
       "name": "Plan Review Gate",
       "id": "plan-review-gate",
@@ -792,7 +1000,7 @@
     "product-forge": {
       "name": "Product Forge",
       "id": "product-forge",
-      "description": "Full product lifecycle: research \u2192 product spec \u2192 SpecKit \u2192 implement \u2192 verify \u2192 test",
+      "description": "Full product lifecycle: research → product spec → SpecKit → implement → verify → test",
       "author": "VaiYav",
       "version": "1.1.1",
       "download_url": "https://github.com/VaiYav/speckit-product-forge/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.1.zip",
@@ -821,6 +1029,36 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-28T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-28T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "qa": {
+      "name": "QA Testing Extension",
+      "id": "qa",
+      "description": "Systematic QA testing with browser-driven or CLI-based validation of acceptance criteria from spec.",
+      "author": "arunt14",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-qa/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "code",
+        "testing",
+        "qa"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "ralph": {
       "name": "Ralph Loop",
       "id": "ralph",
@@ -893,6 +1131,105 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-14T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-14T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "refine": {
+      "name": "Spec Refine",
+      "id": "refine",
+      "description": "Update specs in-place, propagate changes to plan and tasks, and diff impact across artifacts.",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-refine/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 4,
+        "hooks": 2
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "refine",
+        "iterate",
+        "propagation",
+        "workflow",
+        "specifications"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-08T00:00:00Z"
+    },
+    "repoindex": {
+      "name": "Repository Index",
+      "id": "repoindex",
+      "description": "Generate index of your repo for overview, architecture and module",
+      "author": "Yiyu Liu",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex/tree/main/docs",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/liuyiyu/spec-kit-repoindex/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0",
+        "tools": [
+          {
+            "name": "no need",
+            "version": ">=1.0.0",
+            "required": false
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 3,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "utility",
+        "brownfield",
+        "analysis"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-03-23T13:30:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-03-23T13:30:00Z"
+    },
+    "retro": {
+      "name": "Retro Extension",
+      "id": "retro",
+      "description": "Sprint retrospective analysis with metrics, spec accuracy assessment, and improvement suggestions.",
+      "author": "arunt14",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-retro/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "process",
+        "retrospective",
+        "metrics"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "retrospective": {
       "name": "Retrospective Extension",
       "id": "retrospective",
@@ -959,6 +1296,68 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-06T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-06T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "security-review": {
+      "name": "Security Review",
+      "id": "security-review",
+      "description": "Comprehensive security audit of codebases using AI-powered DevSecOps analysis",
+      "author": "DyanGalih",
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review/archive/refs/tags/v1.1.1.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/DyanGalih/spec-kit-security-review/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 3,
+        "hooks": 0
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "security",
+        "devsecops",
+        "audit",
+        "owasp",
+        "compliance"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-03T03:24:03Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-03T04:15:00Z"
+    },
+    "ship": {
+      "name": "Ship Release Extension",
+      "id": "ship",
+      "description": "Automates release pipeline: pre-flight checks, branch sync, changelog generation, CI verification, and PR creation.",
+      "author": "arunt14",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-ship/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "process",
+        "release",
+        "automation"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "speckit-utils": {
       "name": "SDD Utilities",
       "id": "speckit-utils",
@@ -991,6 +1390,36 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z"
     },
+    "staff-review": {
+      "name": "Staff Review Extension",
+      "id": "staff-review",
+      "description": "Staff-engineer-level code review that validates implementation against spec, checks security, performance, and test coverage.",
+      "author": "arunt14",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review/blob/main/README.md",
+      "changelog": "https://github.com/arunt14/spec-kit-staff-review/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "commands": 1,
+        "hooks": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "code",
+        "review",
+        "quality"
+      ],
+      "verified": false,
+      "downloads": 0,
+      "stars": 0,
+      "created_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z",
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00Z"
+    },
     "status": {
       "name": "Project Status",
       "id": "status",
@@ -1098,54 +1527,13 @@
       "created_at": "2026-03-02T00:00:00Z",
       "updated_at": "2026-03-02T00:00:00Z"
     },
-    "understanding": {
-      "name": "Understanding",
-      "id": "understanding",
-      "description": "Automated requirements quality analysis — validates specs against IEEE/ISO standards using 31 deterministic metrics. Catches ambiguity, missing testability, and structural issues before they reach implementation. Includes experimental energy-based ambiguity detection using local LM token perplexity.",
-      "author": "Ladislav Bihari",
-      "version": "3.4.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding/archive/refs/tags/v3.4.0.zip",
-      "repository": "https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding",
-      "homepage": "https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding",
-      "documentation": "https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding/blob/main/extension/README.md",
-      "changelog": "https://github.com/Testimonial/understanding/blob/main/extension/CHANGELOG.md",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "requires": {
-        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0",
-        "tools": [
-          {
-            "name": "understanding",
-            "version": ">=3.4.0",
-            "required": true
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      "provides": {
-        "commands": 3,
-        "hooks": 1
-      },
-      "tags": [
-        "quality",
-        "metrics",
-        "requirements",
-        "validation",
-        "readability",
-        "IEEE-830",
-        "ISO-29148"
-      ],
-      "verified": false,
-      "downloads": 0,
-      "stars": 0,
-      "created_at": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-03-07T00:00:00Z"
-    },
     "v-model": {
       "name": "V-Model Extension Pack",
       "id": "v-model",
       "description": "Enforces V-Model paired generation of development specs and test specs with full traceability.",
       "author": "leocamello",
-      "version": "0.4.0",
-      "download_url": "https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model/archive/refs/tags/v0.4.0.zip",
+      "version": "0.5.0",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.0.zip",
       "repository": "https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model",
       "homepage": "https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model",
       "documentation": "https://github.com/leocamello/spec-kit-v-model/blob/main/README.md",
@@ -1155,7 +1543,7 @@
         "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
       },
       "provides": {
-        "commands": 9,
+        "commands": 14,
         "hooks": 1
       },
       "tags": [
@@ -1169,7 +1557,7 @@
       "downloads": 0,
       "stars": 0,
       "created_at": "2026-02-20T00:00:00Z",
-      "updated_at": "2026-02-22T00:00:00Z"
+      "updated_at": "2026-04-06T00:00:00Z"
     },
     "verify": {
       "name": "Verify Extension",

extensions/catalog.json

@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
 {
   "schema_version": "1.0",
-  "updated_at": "2026-03-10T00:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-04-06T00:00:00Z",
   "catalog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/spec-kit/main/extensions/catalog.json",
   "extensions": {
+    "git": {
+      "name": "Git Branching Workflow",
+      "id": "git",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "Feature branch creation, numbering (sequential/timestamp), validation, and Git remote detection",
+      "author": "spec-kit-core",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/github/spec-kit",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases/download/ext-git-v1.0.0/git.zip",
+      "tags": [
+        "git",
+        "branching",
+        "workflow",
+        "core"
+      ]
+    },
     "selftest": {
       "name": "Spec Kit Self-Test Utility",
       "id": "selftest",

extensions/git/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# Git Branching Workflow Extension
+
+Git repository initialization, feature branch creation, numbering (sequential/timestamp), validation, remote detection, and auto-commit for Spec Kit.
+
+## Overview
+
+This extension provides Git operations as an optional, self-contained module. It manages:
+
+- **Repository initialization** with configurable commit messages
+- **Feature branch creation** with sequential (`001-feature-name`) or timestamp (`20260319-143022-feature-name`) numbering
+- **Branch validation** to ensure branches follow naming conventions
+- **Git remote detection** for GitHub integration (e.g., issue creation)
+- **Auto-commit** after core commands (configurable per-command with custom messages)
+
+## Commands
+
+| Command | Description |
+|---------|-------------|
+| `speckit.git.initialize` | Initialize a Git repository with a configurable commit message |
+| `speckit.git.feature` | Create a feature branch with sequential or timestamp numbering |
+| `speckit.git.validate` | Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions |
+| `speckit.git.remote` | Detect Git remote URL for GitHub integration |
+| `speckit.git.commit` | Auto-commit changes (configurable per-command enable/disable and messages) |
+
+## Hooks
+
+| Event | Command | Optional | Description |
+|-------|---------|----------|-------------|
+| `before_constitution` | `speckit.git.initialize` | No | Init git repo before constitution |
+| `before_specify` | `speckit.git.feature` | No | Create feature branch before specification |
+| `before_clarify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before clarification |
+| `before_plan` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before planning |
+| `before_tasks` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before task generation |
+| `before_implement` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before implementation |
+| `before_checklist` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before checklist |
+| `before_analyze` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before analysis |
+| `before_taskstoissues` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Commit outstanding changes before issue sync |
+| `after_constitution` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after constitution update |
+| `after_specify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after specification |
+| `after_clarify` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after clarification |
+| `after_plan` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after planning |
+| `after_tasks` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after task generation |
+| `after_implement` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after implementation |
+| `after_checklist` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after checklist |
+| `after_analyze` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after analysis |
+| `after_taskstoissues` | `speckit.git.commit` | Yes | Auto-commit after issue sync |
+
+## Configuration
+
+Configuration is stored in `.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+# Branch numbering strategy: "sequential" or "timestamp"
+branch_numbering: sequential
+
+# Custom commit message for git init
+init_commit_message: "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
+
+# Auto-commit per command (all disabled by default)
+# Example: enable auto-commit after specify
+auto_commit:
+  default: false
+  after_specify:
+    enabled: true
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add specification"
+```
+
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+# Install the bundled git extension (no network required)
+specify extension add git
+```
+
+## Disabling
+
+```bash
+# Disable the git extension (spec creation continues without branching)
+specify extension disable git
+
+# Re-enable it
+specify extension enable git
+```
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+When Git is not installed or the directory is not a Git repository:
+- Spec directories are still created under `specs/`
+- Branch creation is skipped with a warning
+- Branch validation is skipped with a warning
+- Remote detection returns empty results
+
+## Scripts
+
+The extension bundles cross-platform scripts:
+
+- `scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh` — Bash implementation
+- `scripts/bash/git-common.sh` — Shared Git utilities (Bash)
+- `scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1` — PowerShell implementation
+- `scripts/powershell/git-common.ps1` — Shared Git utilities (PowerShell)

extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.commit.md

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+---
+description: "Auto-commit changes after a Spec Kit command completes"
+---
+
+# Auto-Commit Changes
+
+Automatically stage and commit all changes after a Spec Kit command completes.
+
+## Behavior
+
+This command is invoked as a hook after (or before) core commands. It:
+
+1. Determines the event name from the hook context (e.g., if invoked as an `after_specify` hook, the event is `after_specify`; if `before_plan`, the event is `before_plan`)
+2. Checks `.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml` for the `auto_commit` section
+3. Looks up the specific event key to see if auto-commit is enabled
+4. Falls back to `auto_commit.default` if no event-specific key exists
+5. Uses the per-command `message` if configured, otherwise a default message
+6. If enabled and there are uncommitted changes, runs `git add .` + `git commit`
+
+## Execution
+
+Determine the event name from the hook that triggered this command, then run the script:
+
+- **Bash**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh <event_name>`
+- **PowerShell**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/powershell/auto-commit.ps1 <event_name>`
+
+Replace `<event_name>` with the actual hook event (e.g., `after_specify`, `before_plan`, `after_implement`).
+
+## Configuration
+
+In `.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml`:
+
+```yaml
+auto_commit:
+  default: false          # Global toggle — set true to enable for all commands
+  after_specify:
+    enabled: true          # Override per-command
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add specification"
+  after_plan:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add implementation plan"
+```
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+- If Git is not available or the current directory is not a repository: skips with a warning
+- If no config file exists: skips (disabled by default)
+- If no changes to commit: skips with a message

extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.feature.md

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+---
+description: "Create a feature branch with sequential or timestamp numbering"
+---
+
+# Create Feature Branch
+
+Create and switch to a new git feature branch for the given specification. This command handles **branch creation only** — the spec directory and files are created by the core `/speckit.specify` workflow.
+
+## User Input
+
+```text
+$ARGUMENTS
+```
+
+You **MUST** consider the user input before proceeding (if not empty).
+
+## Environment Variable Override
+
+If the user explicitly provided `GIT_BRANCH_NAME` (e.g., via environment variable, argument, or in their request), pass it through to the script by setting the `GIT_BRANCH_NAME` environment variable before invoking the script. When `GIT_BRANCH_NAME` is set:
+- The script uses the exact value as the branch name, bypassing all prefix/suffix generation
+- `--short-name`, `--number`, and `--timestamp` flags are ignored
+- `FEATURE_NUM` is extracted from the name if it starts with a numeric prefix, otherwise set to the full branch name
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Verify Git is available by running `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null`
+- If Git is not available, warn the user and skip branch creation
+
+## Branch Numbering Mode
+
+Determine the branch numbering strategy by checking configuration in this order:
+
+1. Check `.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml` for `branch_numbering` value
+2. Check `.specify/init-options.json` for `branch_numbering` value (backward compatibility)
+3. Default to `sequential` if neither exists
+
+## Execution
+
+Generate a concise short name (2-4 words) for the branch:
+- Analyze the feature description and extract the most meaningful keywords
+- Use action-noun format when possible (e.g., "add-user-auth", "fix-payment-bug")
+- Preserve technical terms and acronyms (OAuth2, API, JWT, etc.)
+
+Run the appropriate script based on your platform:
+
+- **Bash**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh --json --short-name "<short-name>" "<feature description>"`
+- **Bash (timestamp)**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh --json --timestamp --short-name "<short-name>" "<feature description>"`
+- **PowerShell**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1 -Json -ShortName "<short-name>" "<feature description>"`
+- **PowerShell (timestamp)**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1 -Json -Timestamp -ShortName "<short-name>" "<feature description>"`
+
+**IMPORTANT**:
+- Do NOT pass `--number` — the script determines the correct next number automatically
+- Always include the JSON flag (`--json` for Bash, `-Json` for PowerShell) so the output can be parsed reliably
+- You must only ever run this script once per feature
+- The JSON output will contain `BRANCH_NAME` and `FEATURE_NUM`
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+If Git is not installed or the current directory is not a Git repository:
+- Branch creation is skipped with a warning: `[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation`
+- The script still outputs `BRANCH_NAME` and `FEATURE_NUM` so the caller can reference them
+
+## Output
+
+The script outputs JSON with:
+- `BRANCH_NAME`: The branch name (e.g., `003-user-auth` or `20260319-143022-user-auth`)
+- `FEATURE_NUM`: The numeric or timestamp prefix used

extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.initialize.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+description: "Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit"
+---
+
+# Initialize Git Repository
+
+Initialize a Git repository in the current project directory if one does not already exist.
+
+## Execution
+
+Run the appropriate script from the project root:
+
+- **Bash**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/bash/initialize-repo.sh`
+- **PowerShell**: `.specify/extensions/git/scripts/powershell/initialize-repo.ps1`
+
+If the extension scripts are not found, fall back to:
+- **Bash**: `git init && git add . && git commit -m "Initial commit from Specify template"`
+- **PowerShell**: `git init; git add .; git commit -m "Initial commit from Specify template"`
+
+The script handles all checks internally:
+- Skips if Git is not available
+- Skips if already inside a Git repository
+- Runs `git init`, `git add .`, and `git commit` with an initial commit message
+
+## Customization
+
+Replace the script to add project-specific Git initialization steps:
+- Custom `.gitignore` templates
+- Default branch naming (`git config init.defaultBranch`)
+- Git LFS setup
+- Git hooks installation
+- Commit signing configuration
+- Git Flow initialization
+
+## Output
+
+On success:
+- `✓ Git repository initialized`
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+If Git is not installed:
+- Warn the user
+- Skip repository initialization
+- The project continues to function without Git (specs can still be created under `specs/`)
+
+If Git is installed but `git init`, `git add .`, or `git commit` fails:
+- Surface the error to the user
+- Stop this command rather than continuing with a partially initialized repository

extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.remote.md

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+---
+description: "Detect Git remote URL for GitHub integration"
+---
+
+# Detect Git Remote URL
+
+Detect the Git remote URL for integration with GitHub services (e.g., issue creation).
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Check if Git is available by running `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null`
+- If Git is not available, output a warning and return empty:
+  ```
+  [specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; cannot determine remote URL
+  ```
+
+## Execution
+
+Run the following command to get the remote URL:
+
+```bash
+git config --get remote.origin.url
+```
+
+## Output
+
+Parse the remote URL and determine:
+
+1. **Repository owner**: Extract from the URL (e.g., `github` from `https://github.com/github/spec-kit.git`)
+2. **Repository name**: Extract from the URL (e.g., `spec-kit` from `https://github.com/github/spec-kit.git`)
+3. **Is GitHub**: Whether the remote points to a GitHub repository
+
+Supported URL formats:
+- HTTPS: `https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>.git`
+- SSH: `git@github.com:<owner>/<repo>.git`
+
+> [!CAUTION]
+> ONLY report a GitHub repository if the remote URL actually points to github.com.
+> Do NOT assume the remote is GitHub if the URL format doesn't match.
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+If Git is not installed, the directory is not a Git repository, or no remote is configured:
+- Return an empty result
+- Do NOT error — other workflows should continue without Git remote information

extensions/git/commands/speckit.git.validate.md

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+description: "Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions"
+---
+
+# Validate Feature Branch
+
+Validate that the current Git branch follows the expected feature branch naming conventions.
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Check if Git is available by running `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>/dev/null`
+- If Git is not available, output a warning and skip validation:
+  ```
+  [specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch validation
+  ```
+
+## Validation Rules
+
+Get the current branch name:
+
+```bash
+git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
+```
+
+The branch name must match one of these patterns:
+
+1. **Sequential**: `^[0-9]{3,}-` (e.g., `001-feature-name`, `042-fix-bug`, `1000-big-feature`)
+2. **Timestamp**: `^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-` (e.g., `20260319-143022-feature-name`)
+
+## Execution
+
+If on a feature branch (matches either pattern):
+- Output: `✓ On feature branch: <branch-name>`
+- Check if the corresponding spec directory exists under `specs/`:
+  - For sequential branches, look for `specs/<prefix>-*` where prefix matches the numeric portion
+  - For timestamp branches, look for `specs/<prefix>-*` where prefix matches the `YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS` portion
+- If spec directory exists: `✓ Spec directory found: <path>`
+- If spec directory missing: `⚠ No spec directory found for prefix <prefix>`
+
+If NOT on a feature branch:
+- Output: `✗ Not on a feature branch. Current branch: <branch-name>`
+- Output: `Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name`
+
+## Graceful Degradation
+
+If Git is not installed or the directory is not a Git repository:
+- Check the `SPECIFY_FEATURE` environment variable as a fallback
+- If set, validate that value against the naming patterns
+- If not set, skip validation with a warning

extensions/git/config-template.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Git Branching Workflow Extension Configuration
+# Copied to .specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml on install
+
+# Branch numbering strategy: "sequential" (001, 002, ...) or "timestamp" (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS)
+branch_numbering: sequential
+
+# Commit message used by `git commit` during repository initialization
+init_commit_message: "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
+
+# Auto-commit before/after core commands.
+# Set "default" to enable for all commands, then override per-command.
+# Each key can be true/false. Message is customizable per-command.
+auto_commit:
+  default: false
+  before_clarify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before clarification"
+  before_plan:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before planning"
+  before_tasks:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before task generation"
+  before_implement:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before implementation"
+  before_checklist:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before checklist"
+  before_analyze:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before analysis"
+  before_taskstoissues:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before issue sync"
+  after_constitution:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add project constitution"
+  after_specify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add specification"
+  after_clarify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Clarify specification"
+  after_plan:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add implementation plan"
+  after_tasks:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add tasks"
+  after_implement:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Implementation progress"
+  after_checklist:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add checklist"
+  after_analyze:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add analysis report"
+  after_taskstoissues:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Sync tasks to issues"

extensions/git/extension.yml

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+schema_version: "1.0"
+
+extension:
+  id: git
+  name: "Git Branching Workflow"
+  version: "1.0.0"
+  description: "Feature branch creation, numbering (sequential/timestamp), validation, and Git remote detection"
+  author: spec-kit-core
+  repository: https://github.com/github/spec-kit
+  license: MIT
+
+requires:
+  speckit_version: ">=0.2.0"
+  tools:
+    - name: git
+      required: false
+
+provides:
+  commands:
+    - name: speckit.git.feature
+      file: commands/speckit.git.feature.md
+      description: "Create a feature branch with sequential or timestamp numbering"
+    - name: speckit.git.validate
+      file: commands/speckit.git.validate.md
+      description: "Validate current branch follows feature branch naming conventions"
+    - name: speckit.git.remote
+      file: commands/speckit.git.remote.md
+      description: "Detect Git remote URL for GitHub integration"
+    - name: speckit.git.initialize
+      file: commands/speckit.git.initialize.md
+      description: "Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit"
+    - name: speckit.git.commit
+      file: commands/speckit.git.commit.md
+      description: "Auto-commit changes after a Spec Kit command completes"
+
+  config:
+    - name: "git-config.yml"
+      template: "config-template.yml"
+      description: "Git branching configuration"
+      required: false
+
+hooks:
+  before_constitution:
+    command: speckit.git.initialize
+    optional: false
+    description: "Initialize Git repository before constitution setup"
+  before_specify:
+    command: speckit.git.feature
+    optional: false
+    description: "Create feature branch before specification"
+  before_clarify:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before clarification?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before spec clarification"
+  before_plan:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before planning?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before implementation planning"
+  before_tasks:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before task generation?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before task generation"
+  before_implement:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before implementation?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before implementation"
+  before_checklist:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before checklist?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before checklist generation"
+  before_analyze:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before analysis?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before analysis"
+  before_taskstoissues:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit outstanding changes before issue sync?"
+    description: "Auto-commit before tasks-to-issues conversion"
+  after_constitution:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit constitution changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after constitution update"
+  after_specify:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit specification changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after specification"
+  after_clarify:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit clarification changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after spec clarification"
+  after_plan:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit plan changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after implementation planning"
+  after_tasks:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit task changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after task generation"
+  after_implement:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit implementation changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after implementation"
+  after_checklist:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit checklist changes?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after checklist generation"
+  after_analyze:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit analysis results?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after analysis"
+  after_taskstoissues:
+    command: speckit.git.commit
+    optional: true
+    prompt: "Commit after syncing issues?"
+    description: "Auto-commit after tasks-to-issues conversion"
+
+tags:
+  - "git"
+  - "branching"
+  - "workflow"
+
+config:
+  defaults:
+    branch_numbering: sequential
+    init_commit_message: "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"

extensions/git/git-config.yml

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+# Git Branching Workflow Extension Configuration
+# Copied to .specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml on install
+
+# Branch numbering strategy: "sequential" (001, 002, ...) or "timestamp" (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS)
+branch_numbering: sequential
+
+# Commit message used by `git commit` during repository initialization
+init_commit_message: "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
+
+# Auto-commit before/after core commands.
+# Set "default" to enable for all commands, then override per-command.
+# Each key can be true/false. Message is customizable per-command.
+auto_commit:
+  default: false
+  before_clarify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before clarification"
+  before_plan:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before planning"
+  before_tasks:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before task generation"
+  before_implement:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before implementation"
+  before_checklist:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before checklist"
+  before_analyze:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before analysis"
+  before_taskstoissues:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Save progress before issue sync"
+  after_constitution:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add project constitution"
+  after_specify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add specification"
+  after_clarify:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Clarify specification"
+  after_plan:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add implementation plan"
+  after_tasks:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add tasks"
+  after_implement:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Implementation progress"
+  after_checklist:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add checklist"
+  after_analyze:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Add analysis report"
+  after_taskstoissues:
+    enabled: false
+    message: "[Spec Kit] Sync tasks to issues"

extensions/git/scripts/bash/auto-commit.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Git extension: auto-commit.sh
+# Automatically commit changes after a Spec Kit command completes.
+# Checks per-command config keys in git-config.yml before committing.
+#
+# Usage: auto-commit.sh <event_name>
+#   e.g.: auto-commit.sh after_specify
+
+set -e
+
+EVENT_NAME="${1:-}"
+if [ -z "$EVENT_NAME" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <event_name>" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH="" cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+_find_project_root() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    while [ "$dir" != "/" ]; do
+        if [ -d "$dir/.specify" ] || [ -d "$dir/.git" ]; then
+            echo "$dir"
+            return 0
+        fi
+        dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(_find_project_root "$SCRIPT_DIR") || REPO_ROOT="$(pwd)"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+# Check if git is available
+if ! command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[specify] Warning: Git not found; skipped auto-commit" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[specify] Warning: Not a Git repository; skipped auto-commit" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Read per-command config from git-config.yml
+_config_file="$REPO_ROOT/.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml"
+_enabled=false
+_commit_msg=""
+
+if [ -f "$_config_file" ]; then
+    # Parse the auto_commit section for this event.
+    # Look for auto_commit.<event_name>.enabled and .message
+    # Also check auto_commit.default as fallback.
+    _in_auto_commit=false
+    _in_event=false
+    _default_enabled=false
+
+    while IFS= read -r _line; do
+        # Detect auto_commit: section
+        if echo "$_line" | grep -q '^auto_commit:'; then
+            _in_auto_commit=true
+            _in_event=false
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        # Exit auto_commit section on next top-level key
+        if $_in_auto_commit && echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '^[a-z]'; then
+            break
+        fi
+
+        if $_in_auto_commit; then
+            # Check default key
+            if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]+default:[[:space:]]"; then
+                _val=$(echo "$_line" | sed 's/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//' | tr -d '[:space:]' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+                [ "$_val" = "true" ] && _default_enabled=true
+            fi
+
+            # Detect our event subsection
+            if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq "^[[:space:]]+${EVENT_NAME}:"; then
+                _in_event=true
+                continue
+            fi
+
+            # Inside our event subsection
+            if $_in_event; then
+                # Exit on next sibling key (same indent level as event name)
+                if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]{2}[a-z]' && ! echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '^[[:space:]]{4}'; then
+                    _in_event=false
+                    continue
+                fi
+                if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '[[:space:]]+enabled:'; then
+                    _val=$(echo "$_line" | sed 's/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//' | tr -d '[:space:]' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+                    [ "$_val" = "true" ] && _enabled=true
+                    [ "$_val" = "false" ] && _enabled=false
+                fi
+                if echo "$_line" | grep -Eq '[[:space:]]+message:'; then
+                    _commit_msg=$(echo "$_line" | sed 's/^[^:]*:[[:space:]]*//' | sed 's/^["'\'']//' | sed 's/["'\'']*$//')
+                fi
+            fi
+        fi
+    done < "$_config_file"
+
+    # If event-specific key not found, use default
+    if [ "$_enabled" = "false" ] && [ "$_default_enabled" = "true" ]; then
+        # Only use default if the event wasn't explicitly set to false
+        # Check if event section existed at all
+        if ! grep -q "^[[:space:]]*${EVENT_NAME}:" "$_config_file" 2>/dev/null; then
+            _enabled=true
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    # No config file — auto-commit disabled by default
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$_enabled" != "true" ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check if there are changes to commit
+if git diff --quiet HEAD 2>/dev/null && git diff --cached --quiet 2>/dev/null && [ -z "$(git ls-files --others --exclude-standard 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+    echo "[specify] No changes to commit after $EVENT_NAME" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Derive a human-readable command name from the event
+# e.g., after_specify -> specify, before_plan -> plan
+_command_name=$(echo "$EVENT_NAME" | sed 's/^after_//' | sed 's/^before_//')
+_phase=$(echo "$EVENT_NAME" | grep -q '^before_' && echo 'before' || echo 'after')
+
+# Use custom message if configured, otherwise default
+if [ -z "$_commit_msg" ]; then
+    _commit_msg="[Spec Kit] Auto-commit ${_phase} ${_command_name}"
+fi
+
+# Stage and commit
+_git_out=$(git add . 2>&1) || { echo "[specify] Error: git add failed: $_git_out" >&2; exit 1; }
+_git_out=$(git commit -q -m "$_commit_msg" 2>&1) || { echo "[specify] Error: git commit failed: $_git_out" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "✓ Changes committed ${_phase} ${_command_name}" >&2

extensions/git/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Git extension: create-new-feature.sh
+# Adapted from core scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh for extension layout.
+# Sources common.sh from the project's installed scripts, falling back to
+# git-common.sh for minimal git helpers.
+
+set -e
+
+JSON_MODE=false
+DRY_RUN=false
+ALLOW_EXISTING=false
+SHORT_NAME=""
+BRANCH_NUMBER=""
+USE_TIMESTAMP=false
+ARGS=()
+i=1
+while [ $i -le $# ]; do
+    arg="${!i}"
+    case "$arg" in
+        --json)
+            JSON_MODE=true
+            ;;
+        --dry-run)
+            DRY_RUN=true
+            ;;
+        --allow-existing-branch)
+            ALLOW_EXISTING=true
+            ;;
+        --short-name)
+            if [ $((i + 1)) -gt $# ]; then
+                echo 'Error: --short-name requires a value' >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            i=$((i + 1))
+            next_arg="${!i}"
+            if [[ "$next_arg" == --* ]]; then
+                echo 'Error: --short-name requires a value' >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            SHORT_NAME="$next_arg"
+            ;;
+        --number)
+            if [ $((i + 1)) -gt $# ]; then
+                echo 'Error: --number requires a value' >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            i=$((i + 1))
+            next_arg="${!i}"
+            if [[ "$next_arg" == --* ]]; then
+                echo 'Error: --number requires a value' >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            BRANCH_NUMBER="$next_arg"
+            if [[ ! "$BRANCH_NUMBER" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+                echo 'Error: --number must be a non-negative integer' >&2
+                exit 1
+            fi
+            ;;
+        --timestamp)
+            USE_TIMESTAMP=true
+            ;;
+        --help|-h)
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--dry-run] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Options:"
+            echo "  --json              Output in JSON format"
+            echo "  --dry-run           Compute branch name without creating the branch"
+            echo "  --allow-existing-branch  Switch to branch if it already exists instead of failing"
+            echo "  --short-name <name> Provide a custom short name (2-4 words) for the branch"
+            echo "  --number N          Specify branch number manually (overrides auto-detection)"
+            echo "  --timestamp         Use timestamp prefix (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS) instead of sequential numbering"
+            echo "  --help, -h          Show this help message"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Environment variables:"
+            echo "  GIT_BRANCH_NAME     Use this exact branch name, bypassing all prefix/suffix generation"
+            echo ""
+            echo "Examples:"
+            echo "  $0 'Add user authentication system' --short-name 'user-auth'"
+            echo "  $0 'Implement OAuth2 integration for API' --number 5"
+            echo "  $0 --timestamp --short-name 'user-auth' 'Add user authentication'"
+            echo "  GIT_BRANCH_NAME=my-branch $0 'feature description'"
+            exit 0
+            ;;
+        *)
+            ARGS+=("$arg")
+            ;;
+    esac
+    i=$((i + 1))
+done
+
+FEATURE_DESCRIPTION="${ARGS[*]}"
+if [ -z "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--dry-run] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Trim whitespace and validate description is not empty
+FEATURE_DESCRIPTION=$(echo "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" | xargs)
+if [ -z "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Feature description cannot be empty or contain only whitespace" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Function to get highest number from specs directory
+get_highest_from_specs() {
+    local specs_dir="$1"
+    local highest=0
+
+    if [ -d "$specs_dir" ]; then
+        for dir in "$specs_dir"/*; do
+            [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
+            dirname=$(basename "$dir")
+            # Match sequential prefixes (>=3 digits), but skip timestamp dirs.
+            if echo "$dirname" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$dirname" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
+                number=$(echo "$dirname" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+')
+                number=$((10#$number))
+                if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
+                    highest=$number
+                fi
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+
+    echo "$highest"
+}
+
+# Function to get highest number from git branches
+get_highest_from_branches() {
+    git branch -a 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[* ]*//; s|^remotes/[^/]*/||' | _extract_highest_number
+}
+
+# Extract the highest sequential feature number from a list of ref names (one per line).
+_extract_highest_number() {
+    local highest=0
+    while IFS= read -r name; do
+        [ -z "$name" ] && continue
+        if echo "$name" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$name" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
+            number=$(echo "$name" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+' || echo "0")
+            number=$((10#$number))
+            if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
+                highest=$number
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+    echo "$highest"
+}
+
+# Function to get highest number from remote branches without fetching (side-effect-free)
+get_highest_from_remote_refs() {
+    local highest=0
+
+    for remote in $(git remote 2>/dev/null); do
+        local remote_highest
+        remote_highest=$(GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git ls-remote --heads "$remote" 2>/dev/null | sed 's|.*refs/heads/||' | _extract_highest_number)
+        if [ "$remote_highest" -gt "$highest" ]; then
+            highest=$remote_highest
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo "$highest"
+}
+
+# Function to check existing branches and return next available number.
+check_existing_branches() {
+    local specs_dir="$1"
+    local skip_fetch="${2:-false}"
+
+    if [ "$skip_fetch" = true ]; then
+        local highest_remote=$(get_highest_from_remote_refs)
+        local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
+        if [ "$highest_remote" -gt "$highest_branch" ]; then
+            highest_branch=$highest_remote
+        fi
+    else
+        git fetch --all --prune >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+        local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
+    fi
+
+    local highest_spec=$(get_highest_from_specs "$specs_dir")
+
+    local max_num=$highest_branch
+    if [ "$highest_spec" -gt "$max_num" ]; then
+        max_num=$highest_spec
+    fi
+
+    echo $((max_num + 1))
+}
+
+# Function to clean and format a branch name
+clean_branch_name() {
+    local name="$1"
+    echo "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Source common.sh for resolve_template, json_escape, get_repo_root, has_git.
+#
+# Search locations in priority order:
+#  1. .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh under the project root (installed project)
+#  2. scripts/bash/common.sh under the project root (source checkout fallback)
+#  3. git-common.sh next to this script (minimal fallback — lacks resolve_template)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH="" cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# Find project root by walking up from the script location
+_find_project_root() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    while [ "$dir" != "/" ]; do
+        if [ -d "$dir/.specify" ] || [ -d "$dir/.git" ]; then
+            echo "$dir"
+            return 0
+        fi
+        dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+_common_loaded=false
+_PROJECT_ROOT=$(_find_project_root "$SCRIPT_DIR") || true
+
+if [ -n "$_PROJECT_ROOT" ] && [ -f "$_PROJECT_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/common.sh" ]; then
+    source "$_PROJECT_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/common.sh"
+    _common_loaded=true
+elif [ -n "$_PROJECT_ROOT" ] && [ -f "$_PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/bash/common.sh" ]; then
+    source "$_PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/bash/common.sh"
+    _common_loaded=true
+elif [ -f "$SCRIPT_DIR/git-common.sh" ]; then
+    source "$SCRIPT_DIR/git-common.sh"
+    _common_loaded=true
+fi
+
+if [ "$_common_loaded" != "true" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not locate common.sh or git-common.sh. Please ensure the Specify core scripts are installed." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Resolve repository root
+if type get_repo_root >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    REPO_ROOT=$(get_repo_root)
+elif git rev-parse --show-toplevel >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+elif [ -n "$_PROJECT_ROOT" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_PROJECT_ROOT"
+else
+    echo "Error: Could not determine repository root." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if git is available at this repo root
+if type has_git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if has_git "$REPO_ROOT"; then
+        HAS_GIT=true
+    else
+        HAS_GIT=false
+    fi
+elif git -C "$REPO_ROOT" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    HAS_GIT=true
+else
+    HAS_GIT=false
+fi
+
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+SPECS_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/specs"
+
+# Function to generate branch name with stop word filtering
+generate_branch_name() {
+    local description="$1"
+
+    local stop_words="^(i|a|an|the|to|for|of|in|on|at|by|with|from|is|are|was|were|be|been|being|have|has|had|do|does|did|will|would|should|could|can|may|might|must|shall|this|that|these|those|my|your|our|their|want|need|add|get|set)$"
+
+    local clean_name=$(echo "$description" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/ /g')
+
+    local meaningful_words=()
+    for word in $clean_name; do
+        [ -z "$word" ] && continue
+        if ! echo "$word" | grep -qiE "$stop_words"; then
+            if [ ${#word} -ge 3 ]; then
+                meaningful_words+=("$word")
+            elif echo "$description" | grep -qw -- "${word^^}"; then
+                meaningful_words+=("$word")
+            fi
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [ ${#meaningful_words[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+        local max_words=3
+        if [ ${#meaningful_words[@]} -eq 4 ]; then max_words=4; fi
+
+        local result=""
+        local count=0
+        for word in "${meaningful_words[@]}"; do
+            if [ $count -ge $max_words ]; then break; fi
+            if [ -n "$result" ]; then result="$result-"; fi
+            result="$result$word"
+            count=$((count + 1))
+        done
+        echo "$result"
+    else
+        local cleaned=$(clean_branch_name "$description")
+        echo "$cleaned" | tr '-' '\n' | grep -v '^$' | head -3 | tr '\n' '-' | sed 's/-$//'
+    fi
+}
+
+# Check for GIT_BRANCH_NAME env var override (exact branch name, no prefix/suffix)
+if [ -n "${GIT_BRANCH_NAME:-}" ]; then
+    BRANCH_NAME="$GIT_BRANCH_NAME"
+    # Extract FEATURE_NUM from the branch name if it starts with a numeric prefix
+    # Check timestamp pattern first (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-) since it also matches the simpler ^[0-9]+ pattern
+    if echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
+        FEATURE_NUM=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}')
+        BRANCH_SUFFIX="${BRANCH_NAME#${FEATURE_NUM}-}"
+    elif echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]+-'; then
+        FEATURE_NUM=$(echo "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+')
+        BRANCH_SUFFIX="${BRANCH_NAME#${FEATURE_NUM}-}"
+    else
+        FEATURE_NUM="$BRANCH_NAME"
+        BRANCH_SUFFIX="$BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
+else
+    # Generate branch name
+    if [ -n "$SHORT_NAME" ]; then
+        BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(clean_branch_name "$SHORT_NAME")
+    else
+        BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(generate_branch_name "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION")
+    fi
+
+    # Warn if --number and --timestamp are both specified
+    if [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ] && [ -n "$BRANCH_NUMBER" ]; then
+        >&2 echo "[specify] Warning: --number is ignored when --timestamp is used"
+        BRANCH_NUMBER=""
+    fi
+
+    # Determine branch prefix
+    if [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
+        FEATURE_NUM=$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S)
+        BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${BRANCH_SUFFIX}"
+    else
+        if [ -z "$BRANCH_NUMBER" ]; then
+            if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ] && [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+                BRANCH_NUMBER=$(check_existing_branches "$SPECS_DIR" true)
+            elif [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+                HIGHEST=$(get_highest_from_specs "$SPECS_DIR")
+                BRANCH_NUMBER=$((HIGHEST + 1))
+            elif [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+                BRANCH_NUMBER=$(check_existing_branches "$SPECS_DIR")
+            else
+                HIGHEST=$(get_highest_from_specs "$SPECS_DIR")
+                BRANCH_NUMBER=$((HIGHEST + 1))
+            fi
+        fi
+
+        FEATURE_NUM=$(printf "%03d" "$((10#$BRANCH_NUMBER))")
+        BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${BRANCH_SUFFIX}"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# GitHub enforces a 244-byte limit on branch names
+MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH=244
+_byte_length() { printf '%s' "$1" | LC_ALL=C wc -c | tr -d ' '; }
+BRANCH_BYTE_LEN=$(_byte_length "$BRANCH_NAME")
+if [ -n "${GIT_BRANCH_NAME:-}" ] && [ "$BRANCH_BYTE_LEN" -gt $MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH ]; then
+    >&2 echo "Error: GIT_BRANCH_NAME must be 244 bytes or fewer in UTF-8. Provided value is ${BRANCH_BYTE_LEN} bytes."
+    exit 1
+elif [ "$BRANCH_BYTE_LEN" -gt $MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH ]; then
+    PREFIX_LENGTH=$(( ${#FEATURE_NUM} + 1 ))
+    MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH=$((MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH - PREFIX_LENGTH))
+
+    TRUNCATED_SUFFIX=$(echo "$BRANCH_SUFFIX" | cut -c1-$MAX_SUFFIX_LENGTH)
+    TRUNCATED_SUFFIX=$(echo "$TRUNCATED_SUFFIX" | sed 's/-$//')
+
+    ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME="$BRANCH_NAME"
+    BRANCH_NAME="${FEATURE_NUM}-${TRUNCATED_SUFFIX}"
+
+    >&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Branch name exceeded GitHub's 244-byte limit"
+    >&2 echo "[specify] Original: $ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME (${#ORIGINAL_BRANCH_NAME} bytes)"
+    >&2 echo "[specify] Truncated to: $BRANCH_NAME (${#BRANCH_NAME} bytes)"
+fi
+
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" != true ]; then
+    if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+        branch_create_error=""
+        if ! branch_create_error=$(git checkout -q -b "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>&1); then
+            current_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
+            if git branch --list "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q .; then
+                if [ "$ALLOW_EXISTING" = true ]; then
+                    if [ "$current_branch" = "$BRANCH_NAME" ]; then
+                        :
+                    elif ! switch_branch_error=$(git checkout -q "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>&1); then
+                        >&2 echo "Error: Failed to switch to existing branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please resolve any local changes or conflicts and try again."
+                        if [ -n "$switch_branch_error" ]; then
+                            >&2 printf '%s\n' "$switch_branch_error"
+                        fi
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                elif [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
+                    >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different --short-name."
+                    exit 1
+                else
+                    >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with --number."
+                    exit 1
+                fi
+            else
+                >&2 echo "Error: Failed to create git branch '$BRANCH_NAME'."
+                if [ -n "$branch_create_error" ]; then
+                    >&2 printf '%s\n' "$branch_create_error"
+                else
+                    >&2 echo "Please check your git configuration and try again."
+                fi
+                exit 1
+            fi
+        fi
+    else
+        >&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
+
+    printf '# To persist: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME" >&2
+fi
+
+if $JSON_MODE; then
+    if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+            jq -cn \
+                --arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
+                --arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
+                '{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num,DRY_RUN:true}'
+        else
+            jq -cn \
+                --arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
+                --arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
+                '{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num}'
+        fi
+    else
+        if type json_escape >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            _je_branch=$(json_escape "$BRANCH_NAME")
+            _je_num=$(json_escape "$FEATURE_NUM")
+        else
+            _je_branch="$BRANCH_NAME"
+            _je_num="$FEATURE_NUM"
+        fi
+        if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+            printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s","DRY_RUN":true}\n' "$_je_branch" "$_je_num"
+        else
+            printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s"}\n' "$_je_branch" "$_je_num"
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    echo "BRANCH_NAME: $BRANCH_NAME"
+    echo "FEATURE_NUM: $FEATURE_NUM"
+    if [ "$DRY_RUN" != true ]; then
+        printf '# To persist in your shell: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
+fi

extensions/git/scripts/bash/git-common.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Git-specific common functions for the git extension.
+# Extracted from scripts/bash/common.sh — contains only git-specific
+# branch validation and detection logic.
+
+# Check if we have git available at the repo root
+has_git() {
+    local repo_root="${1:-$(pwd)}"
+    { [ -d "$repo_root/.git" ] || [ -f "$repo_root/.git" ]; } && \
+        command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1 && \
+        git -C "$repo_root" rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+# Validate that a branch name matches the expected feature branch pattern.
+# Accepts sequential (###-* with >=3 digits) or timestamp (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-*) formats.
+check_feature_branch() {
+    local branch="$1"
+    local has_git_repo="$2"
+
+    # For non-git repos, we can't enforce branch naming but still provide output
+    if [[ "$has_git_repo" != "true" ]]; then
+        echo "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch validation" >&2
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    # Reject malformed timestamps (7-digit date, 8-digit date without trailing slug, or 7-digit with slug)
+    if [[ "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{7}-[0-9]{6} ]] || [[ "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}$ ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $branch" >&2
+        echo "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name" >&2
+        return 1
+    fi
+
+    # Accept sequential (>=3 digits followed by hyphen) or timestamp (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-*)
+    if [[ "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{3,}- ]] || [[ "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}- ]]; then
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    echo "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $branch" >&2
+    echo "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name" >&2
+    return 1
+}

extensions/git/scripts/bash/initialize-repo.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Git extension: initialize-repo.sh
+# Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit.
+# Customizable — replace this script to add .gitignore templates,
+# default branch config, git-flow, LFS, signing, etc.
+
+set -e
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(CDPATH="" cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+# Find project root
+_find_project_root() {
+    local dir="$1"
+    while [ "$dir" != "/" ]; do
+        if [ -d "$dir/.specify" ] || [ -d "$dir/.git" ]; then
+            echo "$dir"
+            return 0
+        fi
+        dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+    done
+    return 1
+}
+
+REPO_ROOT=$(_find_project_root "$SCRIPT_DIR") || REPO_ROOT="$(pwd)"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+# Read commit message from extension config, fall back to default
+COMMIT_MSG="[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
+_config_file="$REPO_ROOT/.specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml"
+if [ -f "$_config_file" ]; then
+    _msg=$(grep '^init_commit_message:' "$_config_file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^init_commit_message:[[:space:]]*//' | sed 's/^["'\'']//' | sed 's/["'\'']*$//')
+    if [ -n "$_msg" ]; then
+        COMMIT_MSG="$_msg"
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Check if git is available
+if ! command -v git >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[specify] Warning: Git not found; skipped repository initialization" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Check if already a git repo
+if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "[specify] Git repository already initialized; skipping" >&2
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Initialize
+_git_out=$(git init -q 2>&1) || { echo "[specify] Error: git init failed: $_git_out" >&2; exit 1; }
+_git_out=$(git add . 2>&1) || { echo "[specify] Error: git add failed: $_git_out" >&2; exit 1; }
+_git_out=$(git commit --allow-empty -q -m "$COMMIT_MSG" 2>&1) || { echo "[specify] Error: git commit failed: $_git_out" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "✓ Git repository initialized" >&2

extensions/git/scripts/powershell/auto-commit.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# Git extension: auto-commit.ps1
+# Automatically commit changes after a Spec Kit command completes.
+# Checks per-command config keys in git-config.yml before committing.
+#
+# Usage: auto-commit.ps1 <event_name>
+#   e.g.: auto-commit.ps1 after_specify
+param(
+    [Parameter(Position = 0, Mandatory = $true)]
+    [string]$EventName
+)
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+function Find-ProjectRoot {
+    param([string]$StartDir)
+    $current = Resolve-Path $StartDir
+    while ($true) {
+        foreach ($marker in @('.specify', '.git')) {
+            if (Test-Path (Join-Path $current $marker)) {
+                return $current
+            }
+        }
+        $parent = Split-Path $current -Parent
+        if ($parent -eq $current) { return $null }
+        $current = $parent
+    }
+}
+
+$repoRoot = Find-ProjectRoot -StartDir $PSScriptRoot
+if (-not $repoRoot) { $repoRoot = Get-Location }
+Set-Location $repoRoot
+
+# Check if git is available
+if (-not (Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git not found; skipped auto-commit"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+try {
+    git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null | Out-Null
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "not a repo" }
+} catch {
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Not a Git repository; skipped auto-commit"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+# Read per-command config from git-config.yml
+$configFile = Join-Path $repoRoot ".specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml"
+$enabled = $false
+$commitMsg = ""
+
+if (Test-Path $configFile) {
+    # Parse YAML to find auto_commit section
+    $inAutoCommit = $false
+    $inEvent = $false
+    $defaultEnabled = $false
+
+    foreach ($line in Get-Content $configFile) {
+        # Detect auto_commit: section
+        if ($line -match '^auto_commit:') {
+            $inAutoCommit = $true
+            $inEvent = $false
+            continue
+        }
+
+        # Exit auto_commit section on next top-level key
+        if ($inAutoCommit -and $line -match '^[a-z]') {
+            break
+        }
+
+        if ($inAutoCommit) {
+            # Check default key
+            if ($line -match '^\s+default:\s*(.+)$') {
+                $val = $matches[1].Trim().ToLower()
+                if ($val -eq 'true') { $defaultEnabled = $true }
+            }
+
+            # Detect our event subsection
+            if ($line -match "^\s+${EventName}:") {
+                $inEvent = $true
+                continue
+            }
+
+            # Inside our event subsection
+            if ($inEvent) {
+                # Exit on next sibling key (2-space indent, not 4+)
+                if ($line -match '^\s{2}[a-z]' -and $line -notmatch '^\s{4}') {
+                    $inEvent = $false
+                    continue
+                }
+                if ($line -match '\s+enabled:\s*(.+)$') {
+                    $val = $matches[1].Trim().ToLower()
+                    if ($val -eq 'true') { $enabled = $true }
+                    if ($val -eq 'false') { $enabled = $false }
+                }
+                if ($line -match '\s+message:\s*(.+)$') {
+                    $commitMsg = $matches[1].Trim() -replace '^["'']' -replace '["'']$'
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    # If event-specific key not found, use default
+    if (-not $enabled -and $defaultEnabled) {
+        $hasEventKey = Select-String -Path $configFile -Pattern "^\s*${EventName}:" -Quiet
+        if (-not $hasEventKey) {
+            $enabled = $true
+        }
+    }
+} else {
+    # No config file — auto-commit disabled by default
+    exit 0
+}
+
+if (-not $enabled) {
+    exit 0
+}
+
+# Check if there are changes to commit
+$diffHead = git diff --quiet HEAD 2>$null; $d1 = $LASTEXITCODE
+$diffCached = git diff --cached --quiet 2>$null; $d2 = $LASTEXITCODE
+$untracked = git ls-files --others --exclude-standard 2>$null
+
+if ($d1 -eq 0 -and $d2 -eq 0 -and -not $untracked) {
+    Write-Host "[specify] No changes to commit after $EventName" -ForegroundColor DarkGray
+    exit 0
+}
+
+# Derive a human-readable command name from the event
+$commandName = $EventName -replace '^after_', '' -replace '^before_', ''
+$phase = if ($EventName -match '^before_') { 'before' } else { 'after' }
+
+# Use custom message if configured, otherwise default
+if (-not $commitMsg) {
+    $commitMsg = "[Spec Kit] Auto-commit $phase $commandName"
+}
+
+# Stage and commit
+try {
+    $out = git add . 2>&1 | Out-String
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git add failed: $out" }
+    $out = git commit -q -m $commitMsg 2>&1 | Out-String
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git commit failed: $out" }
+} catch {
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Error: $_"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+Write-Host "✓ Changes committed $phase $commandName"

extensions/git/scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,403 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# Git extension: create-new-feature.ps1
+# Adapted from core scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1 for extension layout.
+# Sources common.ps1 from the project's installed scripts, falling back to
+# git-common.ps1 for minimal git helpers.
+[CmdletBinding()]
+param(
+    [switch]$Json,
+    [switch]$AllowExistingBranch,
+    [switch]$DryRun,
+    [string]$ShortName,
+    [Parameter()]
+    [long]$Number = 0,
+    [switch]$Timestamp,
+    [switch]$Help,
+    [Parameter(Position = 0, ValueFromRemainingArguments = $true)]
+    [string[]]$FeatureDescription
+)
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+if ($Help) {
+    Write-Host "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-DryRun] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
+    Write-Host ""
+    Write-Host "Options:"
+    Write-Host "  -Json               Output in JSON format"
+    Write-Host "  -DryRun             Compute branch name without creating the branch"
+    Write-Host "  -AllowExistingBranch  Switch to branch if it already exists instead of failing"
+    Write-Host "  -ShortName <name>   Provide a custom short name (2-4 words) for the branch"
+    Write-Host "  -Number N           Specify branch number manually (overrides auto-detection)"
+    Write-Host "  -Timestamp          Use timestamp prefix (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS) instead of sequential numbering"
+    Write-Host "  -Help               Show this help message"
+    Write-Host ""
+    Write-Host "Environment variables:"
+    Write-Host "  GIT_BRANCH_NAME     Use this exact branch name, bypassing all prefix/suffix generation"
+    Write-Host ""
+    exit 0
+}
+
+if (-not $FeatureDescription -or $FeatureDescription.Count -eq 0) {
+    Write-Error "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-DryRun] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$featureDesc = ($FeatureDescription -join ' ').Trim()
+
+if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($featureDesc)) {
+    Write-Error "Error: Feature description cannot be empty or contain only whitespace"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs {
+    param([string]$SpecsDir)
+
+    [long]$highest = 0
+    if (Test-Path $SpecsDir) {
+        Get-ChildItem -Path $SpecsDir -Directory | ForEach-Object {
+            if ($_.Name -match '^(\d{3,})-' -and $_.Name -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
+                [long]$num = 0
+                if ([long]::TryParse($matches[1], [ref]$num) -and $num -gt $highest) {
+                    $highest = $num
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $highest
+}
+
+function Get-HighestNumberFromNames {
+    param([string[]]$Names)
+
+    [long]$highest = 0
+    foreach ($name in $Names) {
+        if ($name -match '^(\d{3,})-' -and $name -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
+            [long]$num = 0
+            if ([long]::TryParse($matches[1], [ref]$num) -and $num -gt $highest) {
+                $highest = $num
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    return $highest
+}
+
+function Get-HighestNumberFromBranches {
+    param()
+
+    try {
+        $branches = git branch -a 2>$null
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $branches) {
+            $cleanNames = $branches | ForEach-Object {
+                $_.Trim() -replace '^\*?\s+', '' -replace '^remotes/[^/]+/', ''
+            }
+            return Get-HighestNumberFromNames -Names $cleanNames
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Write-Verbose "Could not check Git branches: $_"
+    }
+    return 0
+}
+
+function Get-HighestNumberFromRemoteRefs {
+    [long]$highest = 0
+    try {
+        $remotes = git remote 2>$null
+        if ($remotes) {
+            foreach ($remote in $remotes) {
+                $env:GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = '0'
+                $refs = git ls-remote --heads $remote 2>$null
+                $env:GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = $null
+                if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $refs) {
+                    $refNames = $refs | ForEach-Object {
+                        if ($_ -match 'refs/heads/(.+)$') { $matches[1] }
+                    } | Where-Object { $_ }
+                    $remoteHighest = Get-HighestNumberFromNames -Names $refNames
+                    if ($remoteHighest -gt $highest) { $highest = $remoteHighest }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Write-Verbose "Could not query remote refs: $_"
+    }
+    return $highest
+}
+
+function Get-NextBranchNumber {
+    param(
+        [string]$SpecsDir,
+        [switch]$SkipFetch
+    )
+
+    if ($SkipFetch) {
+        $highestBranch = Get-HighestNumberFromBranches
+        $highestRemote = Get-HighestNumberFromRemoteRefs
+        $highestBranch = [Math]::Max($highestBranch, $highestRemote)
+    } else {
+        try {
+            git fetch --all --prune 2>$null | Out-Null
+        } catch { }
+        $highestBranch = Get-HighestNumberFromBranches
+    }
+
+    $highestSpec = Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs -SpecsDir $SpecsDir
+    $maxNum = [Math]::Max($highestBranch, $highestSpec)
+    return $maxNum + 1
+}
+
+function ConvertTo-CleanBranchName {
+    param([string]$Name)
+    return $Name.ToLower() -replace '[^a-z0-9]', '-' -replace '-{2,}', '-' -replace '^-', '' -replace '-$', ''
+}
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Source common.ps1 from the project's installed scripts.
+# Search locations in priority order:
+#  1. .specify/scripts/powershell/common.ps1 under the project root
+#  2. scripts/powershell/common.ps1 under the project root (source checkout)
+#  3. git-common.ps1 next to this script (minimal fallback)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function Find-ProjectRoot {
+    param([string]$StartDir)
+    $current = Resolve-Path $StartDir
+    while ($true) {
+        foreach ($marker in @('.specify', '.git')) {
+            if (Test-Path (Join-Path $current $marker)) {
+                return $current
+            }
+        }
+        $parent = Split-Path $current -Parent
+        if ($parent -eq $current) { return $null }
+        $current = $parent
+    }
+}
+
+$projectRoot = Find-ProjectRoot -StartDir $PSScriptRoot
+$commonLoaded = $false
+
+if ($projectRoot) {
+    $candidates = @(
+        (Join-Path $projectRoot ".specify/scripts/powershell/common.ps1"),
+        (Join-Path $projectRoot "scripts/powershell/common.ps1")
+    )
+    foreach ($candidate in $candidates) {
+        if (Test-Path $candidate) {
+            . $candidate
+            $commonLoaded = $true
+            break
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+if (-not $commonLoaded -and (Test-Path "$PSScriptRoot/git-common.ps1")) {
+    . "$PSScriptRoot/git-common.ps1"
+    $commonLoaded = $true
+}
+
+if (-not $commonLoaded) {
+    throw "Unable to locate common script file. Please ensure the Specify core scripts are installed."
+}
+
+# Resolve repository root
+if (Get-Command Get-RepoRoot -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+    $repoRoot = Get-RepoRoot
+} elseif ($projectRoot) {
+    $repoRoot = $projectRoot
+} else {
+    throw "Could not determine repository root."
+}
+
+# Check if git is available
+if (Get-Command Test-HasGit -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
+    # Call without parameters for compatibility with core common.ps1 (no -RepoRoot param)
+    # and git-common.ps1 (has -RepoRoot param with default).
+    $hasGit = Test-HasGit
+} else {
+    try {
+        git -C $repoRoot rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null | Out-Null
+        $hasGit = ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0)
+    } catch {
+        $hasGit = $false
+    }
+}
+
+Set-Location $repoRoot
+
+$specsDir = Join-Path $repoRoot 'specs'
+
+function Get-BranchName {
+    param([string]$Description)
+
+    $stopWords = @(
+        'i', 'a', 'an', 'the', 'to', 'for', 'of', 'in', 'on', 'at', 'by', 'with', 'from',
+        'is', 'are', 'was', 'were', 'be', 'been', 'being', 'have', 'has', 'had',
+        'do', 'does', 'did', 'will', 'would', 'should', 'could', 'can', 'may', 'might', 'must', 'shall',
+        'this', 'that', 'these', 'those', 'my', 'your', 'our', 'their',
+        'want', 'need', 'add', 'get', 'set'
+    )
+
+    $cleanName = $Description.ToLower() -replace '[^a-z0-9\s]', ' '
+    $words = $cleanName -split '\s+' | Where-Object { $_ }
+
+    $meaningfulWords = @()
+    foreach ($word in $words) {
+        if ($stopWords -contains $word) { continue }
+        if ($word.Length -ge 3) {
+            $meaningfulWords += $word
+        } elseif ($Description -match "\b$($word.ToUpper())\b") {
+            $meaningfulWords += $word
+        }
+    }
+
+    if ($meaningfulWords.Count -gt 0) {
+        $maxWords = if ($meaningfulWords.Count -eq 4) { 4 } else { 3 }
+        $result = ($meaningfulWords | Select-Object -First $maxWords) -join '-'
+        return $result
+    } else {
+        $result = ConvertTo-CleanBranchName -Name $Description
+        $fallbackWords = ($result -split '-') | Where-Object { $_ } | Select-Object -First 3
+        return [string]::Join('-', $fallbackWords)
+    }
+}
+
+# Check for GIT_BRANCH_NAME env var override (exact branch name, no prefix/suffix)
+if ($env:GIT_BRANCH_NAME) {
+    $branchName = $env:GIT_BRANCH_NAME
+    # Check 244-byte limit (UTF-8) for override names
+    $branchNameUtf8ByteCount = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetByteCount($branchName)
+    if ($branchNameUtf8ByteCount -gt 244) {
+        throw "GIT_BRANCH_NAME must be 244 bytes or fewer in UTF-8. Provided value is $branchNameUtf8ByteCount bytes; please supply a shorter override branch name."
+    }
+    # Extract FEATURE_NUM from the branch name if it starts with a numeric prefix
+    # Check timestamp pattern first (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-) since it also matches the simpler ^\d+ pattern
+    if ($branchName -match '^(\d{8}-\d{6})-') {
+        $featureNum = $matches[1]
+    } elseif ($branchName -match '^(\d+)-') {
+        $featureNum = $matches[1]
+    } else {
+        $featureNum = $branchName
+    }
+} else {
+    if ($ShortName) {
+        $branchSuffix = ConvertTo-CleanBranchName -Name $ShortName
+    } else {
+        $branchSuffix = Get-BranchName -Description $featureDesc
+    }
+
+    if ($Timestamp -and $Number -ne 0) {
+        Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: -Number is ignored when -Timestamp is used"
+        $Number = 0
+    }
+
+    if ($Timestamp) {
+        $featureNum = Get-Date -Format 'yyyyMMdd-HHmmss'
+        $branchName = "$featureNum-$branchSuffix"
+    } else {
+        if ($Number -eq 0) {
+            if ($DryRun -and $hasGit) {
+                $Number = Get-NextBranchNumber -SpecsDir $specsDir -SkipFetch
+            } elseif ($DryRun) {
+                $Number = (Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs -SpecsDir $specsDir) + 1
+            } elseif ($hasGit) {
+                $Number = Get-NextBranchNumber -SpecsDir $specsDir
+            } else {
+                $Number = (Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs -SpecsDir $specsDir) + 1
+            }
+        }
+
+        $featureNum = ('{0:000}' -f $Number)
+        $branchName = "$featureNum-$branchSuffix"
+    }
+}
+
+$maxBranchLength = 244
+if ($branchName.Length -gt $maxBranchLength) {
+    $prefixLength = $featureNum.Length + 1
+    $maxSuffixLength = $maxBranchLength - $prefixLength
+
+    $truncatedSuffix = $branchSuffix.Substring(0, [Math]::Min($branchSuffix.Length, $maxSuffixLength))
+    $truncatedSuffix = $truncatedSuffix -replace '-$', ''
+
+    $originalBranchName = $branchName
+    $branchName = "$featureNum-$truncatedSuffix"
+
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Branch name exceeded GitHub's 244-byte limit"
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Original: $originalBranchName ($($originalBranchName.Length) bytes)"
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Truncated to: $branchName ($($branchName.Length) bytes)"
+}
+
+if (-not $DryRun) {
+    if ($hasGit) {
+        $branchCreated = $false
+        $branchCreateError = ''
+        try {
+            $branchCreateError = git checkout -q -b $branchName 2>&1 | Out-String
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
+                $branchCreated = $true
+            }
+        } catch {
+            $branchCreateError = $_.Exception.Message
+        }
+
+        if (-not $branchCreated) {
+            $currentBranch = ''
+            try { $currentBranch = (git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>$null).Trim() } catch {}
+            $existingBranch = git branch --list $branchName 2>$null
+            if ($existingBranch) {
+                if ($AllowExistingBranch) {
+                    if ($currentBranch -eq $branchName) {
+                        # Already on the target branch
+                    } else {
+                        $switchBranchError = git checkout -q $branchName 2>&1 | Out-String
+                        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+                            if ($switchBranchError) {
+                                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' exists but could not be checked out.`n$($switchBranchError.Trim())"
+                            } else {
+                                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' exists but could not be checked out. Resolve any uncommitted changes or conflicts and try again."
+                            }
+                            exit 1
+                        }
+                    }
+                } elseif ($Timestamp) {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different -ShortName."
+                    exit 1
+                } else {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with -Number."
+                    exit 1
+                }
+            } else {
+                if ($branchCreateError) {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Failed to create git branch '$branchName'.`n$($branchCreateError.Trim())"
+                } else {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Failed to create git branch '$branchName'. Please check your git configuration and try again."
+                }
+                exit 1
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        if ($Json) {
+            [Console]::Error.WriteLine("[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $branchName")
+        } else {
+            Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $branchName"
+        }
+    }
+
+    $env:SPECIFY_FEATURE = $branchName
+}
+
+if ($Json) {
+    $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{
+        BRANCH_NAME = $branchName
+        FEATURE_NUM = $featureNum
+        HAS_GIT = $hasGit
+    }
+    if ($DryRun) {
+        $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'DRY_RUN' -NotePropertyValue $true
+    }
+    $obj | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
+} else {
+    Write-Output "BRANCH_NAME: $branchName"
+    Write-Output "FEATURE_NUM: $featureNum"
+    Write-Output "HAS_GIT: $hasGit"
+    if (-not $DryRun) {
+        Write-Output "SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable set to: $branchName"
+    }
+}

extensions/git/scripts/powershell/git-common.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# Git-specific common functions for the git extension.
+# Extracted from scripts/powershell/common.ps1 — contains only git-specific
+# branch validation and detection logic.
+
+function Test-HasGit {
+    param([string]$RepoRoot = (Get-Location))
+    try {
+        if (-not (Test-Path (Join-Path $RepoRoot '.git'))) { return $false }
+        if (-not (Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) { return $false }
+        git -C $RepoRoot rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null | Out-Null
+        return ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0)
+    } catch {
+        return $false
+    }
+}
+
+function Test-FeatureBranch {
+    param(
+        [string]$Branch,
+        [bool]$HasGit = $true
+    )
+
+    # For non-git repos, we can't enforce branch naming but still provide output
+    if (-not $HasGit) {
+        Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch validation"
+        return $true
+    }
+
+    # Reject malformed timestamps (7-digit date or no trailing slug)
+    $hasMalformedTimestamp = ($Branch -match '^[0-9]{7}-[0-9]{6}-') -or
+                            ($Branch -match '^(?:\d{7}|\d{8})-\d{6}$')
+    if ($hasMalformedTimestamp) {
+        Write-Output "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $Branch"
+        Write-Output "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name"
+        return $false
+    }
+
+    # Accept sequential (>=3 digits followed by hyphen) or timestamp (YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-*)
+    $isSequential = ($Branch -match '^[0-9]{3,}-') -and (-not $hasMalformedTimestamp)
+    $isTimestamp = $Branch -match '^\d{8}-\d{6}-'
+
+    if ($isSequential -or $isTimestamp) {
+        return $true
+    }
+
+    Write-Output "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $Branch"
+    Write-Output "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name"
+    return $false
+}

extensions/git/scripts/powershell/initialize-repo.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+# Git extension: initialize-repo.ps1
+# Initialize a Git repository with an initial commit.
+# Customizable — replace this script to add .gitignore templates,
+# default branch config, git-flow, LFS, signing, etc.
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Find project root
+function Find-ProjectRoot {
+    param([string]$StartDir)
+    $current = Resolve-Path $StartDir
+    while ($true) {
+        foreach ($marker in @('.specify', '.git')) {
+            if (Test-Path (Join-Path $current $marker)) {
+                return $current
+            }
+        }
+        $parent = Split-Path $current -Parent
+        if ($parent -eq $current) { return $null }
+        $current = $parent
+    }
+}
+
+$repoRoot = Find-ProjectRoot -StartDir $PSScriptRoot
+if (-not $repoRoot) { $repoRoot = Get-Location }
+Set-Location $repoRoot
+
+# Read commit message from extension config, fall back to default
+$commitMsg = "[Spec Kit] Initial commit"
+$configFile = Join-Path $repoRoot ".specify/extensions/git/git-config.yml"
+if (Test-Path $configFile) {
+    foreach ($line in Get-Content $configFile) {
+        if ($line -match '^init_commit_message:\s*(.+)$') {
+            $val = $matches[1].Trim() -replace '^["'']' -replace '["'']$'
+            if ($val) { $commitMsg = $val }
+            break
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+# Check if git is available
+if (-not (Get-Command git -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git not found; skipped repository initialization"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+# Check if already a git repo
+try {
+    git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2>$null | Out-Null
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
+        Write-Warning "[specify] Git repository already initialized; skipping"
+        exit 0
+    }
+} catch { }
+
+# Initialize
+try {
+    $out = git init -q 2>&1 | Out-String
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git init failed: $out" }
+    $out = git add . 2>&1 | Out-String
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git add failed: $out" }
+    $out = git commit --allow-empty -q -m $commitMsg 2>&1 | Out-String
+    if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) { throw "git commit failed: $out" }
+} catch {
+    Write-Warning "[specify] Error: $_"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+Write-Host "✓ Git repository initialized"

newsletters/2026-March.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# Spec Kit - March 2026 Newsletter
+
+This edition covers Spec Kit activity in March 2026. Nine releases shipped (v0.2.0 through v0.4.3), introducing a pluggable preset system, air-gapped deployment, automatic skill registration, and seven new AI agent integrations. The community extension catalog grew past 20 entries, independent walkthroughs and blog posts proliferated, and industry coverage debated whether "vibe coding" is dead. A summary is in the table below, followed by details.
+
+| **Spec Kit Core (Mar 2026)** | **Community & Content** | **SDD Ecosystem & Next** |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| Nine releases shipped with major features: multi-catalog extensions, pluggable presets, air-gapped deployment, and auto-registration of extension skills. Seven new agents added. The repo grew from ~71k to **82,616 stars**. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases) | Walkthroughs by Tiago Valverde, Alfredo Perez, and Sergey Golubev. Over 20 community extensions. The Spec Kit Assistant VS Code extension was recognized as a Community Friend. A Microsoft Learn training module became available. | ByteIota reported AWS pushing SDD as the new standard. Augment Code published a Spec Kit vs. Intent comparison. Competitors differentiate on orchestration depth and living specs; Spec Kit leads in agent breadth and portability. |
+
+***
+
+## Spec Kit Project Updates
+
+### Releases Overview
+
+**v0.2.0** (March 10) opened the month with **simultaneous multi-catalog support**, enabling both core and community extension catalogs at the same time. It added **Tabnine CLI** and **Kimi Code CLI** agents, four community extensions (Understanding, Ralph, Review, Fleet Orchestrator), and `.extensionignore` support. Patch **v0.2.1** fixed broken quickstart links and added catalog CLI help. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+**v0.3.0** (mid-March) delivered the **pluggable preset system** with catalog, resolver, and skills propagation. Presets let teams override default templates with their own conventions, using priority-based stacking. The release also added a **/selftest.extension** for testing extensions, **Mistral Vibe CLI**, migrated **Qwen Code CLI** from TOML to Markdown, and hardened bash scripts against shell injection. New community extensions included DocGuard CDD, Archive & Reconcile, specify-status, and specify-doctor. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+**v0.3.1** added before/after hook events, JSONC deep-merge for `settings.json`, and the **Trae IDE** agent. **v0.3.2** added **Junie**, **iFlow CLI**, and **Pi Coding Agent**, plus a preset submission template and an Extension Comparison Guide. Community extensions continued arriving: verify-tasks, conduct, cognitive-squad, speckit-utils, spec-kit-iterate, and spec-kit-learn. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+**v0.4.0** (late March) introduced **auto-registration of extension skills** — installed extensions' commands are now automatically exposed as agent skills. It also delivered **air-gapped/offline deployment** by embedding core templates in the CLI wheel and added timestamp-based branch naming. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+Three patches closed the month. **v0.4.1** fixed a missing Assumptions section in the spec template and improved repo root detection. **v0.4.2** added AIDE, Extensify, and Presetify to the community catalog, moved the community extensions table into the main README, and recognized the **Spec Kit Assistant VS Code extension** as a Community Friend. **v0.4.3** unified skill naming conventions and restored **PowerShell 5.1 compatibility**. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+### Bug Fixes and Security Hardening
+
+The most significant fix was **shell injection hardening** of bash scripts, addressing potential vulnerabilities from unsanitized git branch names and environment variables. Other fixes included switching to **global branch numbering** for consistent sequencing, suppressing git checkout exceptions and fetch stdout leaks, properly encoding JSON control characters, and adding explicit PowerShell positional binding. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+### The Extension Ecosystem
+
+By late March, over **20 community extensions** had been built for Spec Kit. Thulasi Rajasekaran's LinkedIn article *"The Feature That Turns Spec Kit Into a Platform"* highlighted standouts: **Conduct** (orchestrates SDD phases via sub-agents to avoid context pollution), **Verify Tasks** (catches "phantom completions" — tasks marked done with no real code), **Understanding** (31 quality metrics against specs based on IEEE/ISO standards), and the **Jira and Azure DevOps integrations**. [\[linkedin.com\]](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/feature-turns-spec-kit-platform-extensions-presets-rajasekaran-3ejgc)
+
+Rajasekaran argued the real significance of presets is what they enable: the same machinery that turned "User Stories" into pirate-speak "Crew Tales" could enforce compliance requirements, add mandatory threat-model sections, or require test tasks before implementation tasks. Organizations can curate available extensions by hosting custom catalog URLs. [\[linkedin.com\]](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/feature-turns-spec-kit-platform-extensions-presets-rajasekaran-3ejgc)
+
+## Community & Content
+
+### Developer Walkthroughs and Blog Posts
+
+March produced a wave of independent content as developers explored SDD in practice.
+
+**Tiago Valverde** published *"Spec-Driven Development in Practice: A Walkthrough with Spec Kit"* on March 14. He documents building an Instagram-style photo mural feature using the full Spec Kit workflow, contrasting it with previous ad-hoc prompting: while directly prompting Claude worked for small changes, complex work led to scope creep, ambiguous requirements discovered too late, and no artifacts left behind. Valverde recommends being specific in the initial prompt, reviewing `spec.md` immediately, and highlights the clarify step as particularly valuable. A shorter companion piece, *"The Shift from Vibe Coding to Spec-Driven Development,"* appeared on March 8. [\[tiagovalverde.com\]](https://www.tiagovalverde.com/posts/spec-driven-development-in-practice-a-walkthrough-with-spec-kit)
+
+**Alfredo Perez** published *"Build Your Own SDD Workflow"* on March 21, taking a deliberately contrarian approach. He praises SDD in principle but argues the full seven-step workflow carries too much ceremony for smaller tasks. His solution is a lean **4-step custom workflow** — `specify → plan → tasks → implement` — dropping constitution, clarify, and review, wired into the **SpecKit Companion** VS Code extension. The article highlights an important tradeoff: full rigor vs. lightweight adoption. Perez also presented this workflow at an **Angular Community Meetup** on March 25. [\[alfredo-perez.dev\]](https://www.alfredo-perez.dev/blog/2026-03-21-build-your-own-sdd-workflow)
+
+**Sergey Golubev** of prodfeat.ai published *"20+ SDD Frameworks: A Catalog for AI Development"* on March 17. The catalog organizes **20+ frameworks in 6 categories**, highlighting **BMAD-METHOD** (~41k stars, simulates an agile team from AI roles), **QuintCode + FPF** (preserves decision rationale via a 5-phase ADI Cycle), and **cc-sdd** (~2.9k stars, enforced SDD workflow for 8 tools). Golubev presents a three-level maturity model: *Spec-First* (spec per task, discarded after), *Spec-Anchored* (living document), and *Spec-as-Source* (spec is the only artifact). His conclusion: "SDD is not a fad… AI agents generate good code when the task is well-defined. Without a spec — you're rolling the dice." [\[prodfeat.ai\]](https://www.prodfeat.ai/en/blog/2026-03-17-sdd-frameworks-catalog)
+
+### Community Tools and Documentation
+
+The **Spec Kit Assistant VS Code extension** was formally recognized as a Community Friend and added to the README. The README was reorganized: community extensions table moved into the main page for discoverability, a community presets section was added, and the publishing guide gained Category and Effect columns. New walkthroughs included Java brownfield, Go/React brownfield dashboard, and the Spring Boot pirate-speak preset demo. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+
+A notable community project appeared: **speckit-pipeline** by iandeherdt — a pipeline atop Spec Kit with a **design loop** (designer + critic agents iterating in a browser) and a **build loop** (developer + evaluator agents verifying against acceptance criteria). An open issue (#1966) requests a built-in pipeline command, suggesting this pattern may eventually reach core.
+
+A public **Microsoft Learn** training module, *"Implement Spec-Driven Development using the GitHub Spec Kit"* (3 hours, 13 units), provided an onboarding path for enterprise developers.
+
+## SDD Ecosystem & Industry Trends
+
+### The "Vibe Coding Is Dead" Narrative
+
+*ByteIota* published *"Spec-Driven Development Kills 'Vibe Coding'"* on March 20, reporting AWS pushing SDD as the new standard. Key claims: over 100,000 developers adopting SDD approaches in early tool previews, AWS demonstrating a two-week feature completed in two days using Kiro IDE, and WEF research indicating 65% of developers expect their role to shift toward spec-first workflows in 2026. [\[byteiota.com\]](https://byteiota.com/spec-driven-development-kills-vibe-coding-march-2026/)
+
+Critics got equal space. *Marmelab* called SDD "the exact mistakes Agile was designed to solve." An *Isoform* controlled test found SDD took 33 minutes for 689 lines vs. 8 minutes with iterative prompting, with no measured quality improvement. The emerging consensus favored hybrids — a Red Hat developer captured it: "Use the vibes to explore. Use specifications to build." Other independent articles appeared from Shimon Ifrah, Raul Proenza (Cox Automotive), CGI, and Vishal Mysore. ByteIota also raised an underappreciated concern: if specs replace coding, how do juniors build the judgment to write good specs or review AI-generated code? [\[byteiota.com\]](https://byteiota.com/spec-driven-development-kills-vibe-coding-march-2026/)
+
+### Competitive Landscape
+
+**Augment Code** published *"Intent vs GitHub Spec Kit (2026): Platform or Framework?"* on March 31. The core tradeoff: Spec Kit's strength is **portability** across 22+ agents; Intent offers **living specs** with automated drift detection. The comparison surfaced spec drift as a key architectural concern — Spec Kit's specs can become stale post-implementation, and while community extensions address this, native real-time drift detection is not yet in core. [\[augmentcode.com\]](https://www.augmentcode.com/tools/intent-vs-github)
+
+The broader landscape continued evolving. OpenSpec held ~29.3k stars, BMAD-METHOD grew to ~41k, and Tessl continued in private beta. While Spec Kit leads in GitHub popularity and agent breadth, alternatives differentiate on orchestration depth (Intent, BMAD), enforced discipline (cc-sdd), decision trails (QuintCode), and spec-as-source vision (Tessl). [\[prodfeat.ai\]](https://www.prodfeat.ai/en/blog/2026-03-17-sdd-frameworks-catalog)
+
+## Roadmap
+
+Areas under discussion or in progress for future development:
+
+- **Spec lifecycle management** -- supporting longer-lived specifications that evolve across multiple iterations. The Augment Code comparison and community commentary highlighted "spec drift" as a key concern. The Archive & Reconcile extension (#1844) is a community step; a core solution is expected to be a focus area. [\[augmentcode.com\]](https://www.augmentcode.com/tools/intent-vs-github) [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+- **CI/CD integration** -- incorporating Spec Kit verification into pull request workflows and failing builds when specs are out of alignment. The Jira and Azure DevOps extensions (#1764, #1734) are a first step. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+- **End-to-end workflow automation** -- an open issue (#1966) proposes a built-in pipeline command. The community-built **speckit-pipeline** by iandeherdt already demonstrates multi-agent loops with browser verification. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/iandeherdt/speckit-pipeline)
+- **Continued agent expansion** -- seven new agents were added in March alone. The agent-agnostic design means support for emerging tools can be added by anyone. [\[byteiota.com\]](https://byteiota.com/spec-driven-development-kills-vibe-coding-march-2026/)
+- **Experience simplification** -- the preset system, custom workflows, and growing walkthrough library lower the learning curve, but extension discoverability will need a more robust solution as the catalog grows. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/releases)
+- **Toward a stable release** -- nine releases in one month reflects pre-1.0 momentum. Reaching 1.0 will require stabilizing the extension and preset APIs and ensuring backward compatibility across the agent and extension surface area. [\[github.com\]](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/blob/main/newsletters/2026-February.md)
+
+

presets/README.md

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ Presets **override**, they don't merge. If two presets both provide `spec-templa
 
 Presets are discovered through catalogs. By default, Spec Kit uses the official and community catalogs:
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> Community presets are independently created and maintained by their respective authors. GitHub and the Spec Kit maintainers may review pull requests that add entries to the community catalog for formatting, catalog structure, or policy compliance, but they do **not review, audit, endorse, or support the preset code itself**. Review preset source code before installation and use at your own discretion.
+
 ```bash
 # List active catalogs
 specify preset catalog list

presets/catalog.community.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "schema_version": "1.0",
-  "updated_at": "2026-03-24T00:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-04-06T06:30:00Z",
   "catalog_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/spec-kit/main/presets/catalog.community.json",
   "presets": {
     "aide-in-place": {
@@ -29,6 +29,55 @@
         "aide"
       ]
     },
+    "canon-core": {
+      "name": "Canon Core",
+      "id": "canon-core",
+      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "description": "Adapts original Spec Kit workflow to work together with Canon extension.",
+      "author": "Maxim Stupakov",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/releases/download/v0.1.0/spec-kit-canon-core-v0.1.0.zip",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/maximiliamus/spec-kit-canon/blob/master/README.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.3"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "templates": 2,
+        "commands": 8
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "baseline",
+        "canon",
+        "spec-first"
+      ]
+    },
+    "explicit-task-dependencies": {
+      "name": "Explicit Task Dependencies",
+      "id": "explicit-task-dependencies",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "Adds explicit (depends on T###) dependency declarations and an Execution Wave DAG to tasks.md for dependency-resolved parallel scheduling",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-explicit-task-dependencies/blob/main/README.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "templates": 1,
+        "commands": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "dependencies",
+        "parallel",
+        "scheduling",
+        "wave-dag"
+      ]
+    },
     "pirate": {
       "name": "Pirate Speak (Full)",
       "id": "pirate",
@@ -53,6 +102,55 @@
         "fun",
         "experimental"
       ]
+    },
+    "toc-navigation": {
+      "name": "Table of Contents Navigation",
+      "id": "toc-navigation",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "Adds a navigable Table of Contents to generated spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md documents",
+      "author": "Quratulain-bilal",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation/archive/refs/tags/v1.0.0.zip",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/Quratulain-bilal/spec-kit-preset-toc-navigation/blob/main/README.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.4.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "templates": 3,
+        "commands": 3
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "navigation",
+        "toc",
+        "documentation"
+      ]
+    },
+    "vscode-ask-questions": {
+      "name": "VS Code Ask Questions",
+      "id": "vscode-ask-questions",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "Enhances the clarify command to use vscode/askQuestions for batched interactive questioning, reducing API request costs in GitHub Copilot.",
+      "author": "fdcastel",
+      "repository": "https://github.com/fdcastel/spec-kit-presets",
+      "download_url": "https://github.com/fdcastel/spec-kit-presets/releases/download/vscode-ask-questions-v1.0.0/vscode-ask-questions.zip",
+      "homepage": "https://github.com/fdcastel/spec-kit-presets",
+      "documentation": "https://github.com/fdcastel/spec-kit-presets/blob/main/vscode-ask-questions/README.md",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "requires": {
+        "speckit_version": ">=0.1.0"
+      },
+      "provides": {
+        "templates": 0,
+        "commands": 1
+      },
+      "tags": [
+        "vscode",
+        "askquestions",
+        "clarify",
+        "interactive"
+      ]
     }
   }
 }

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.4.4.dev0"
+version = "0.5.1"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
-    "typer",
-    "click>=8.1",
+    "typer>=0.24.0",
+    "click>=8.2.1",
     "rich",
-    "httpx[socks]",
     "platformdirs",
     "readchar",
-    "truststore>=0.10.4",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "packaging>=23.0",
     "pathspec>=0.12.0",
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ packages = ["src/specify_cli"]
 "templates/commands" = "specify_cli/core_pack/commands"
 "scripts/bash" = "specify_cli/core_pack/scripts/bash"
 "scripts/powershell" = "specify_cli/core_pack/scripts/powershell"
-".github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.sh" = "specify_cli/core_pack/release_scripts/create-release-packages.sh"
-".github/workflows/scripts/create-release-packages.ps1" = "specify_cli/core_pack/release_scripts/create-release-packages.ps1"
+# Bundled extensions (installable via `specify extension add <name>`)
+"extensions/git" = "specify_cli/core_pack/extensions/git"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [

scripts/bash/common.sh

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ get_current_branch() {
                         latest_timestamp="$ts"
                         latest_feature=$dirname
                     fi
-                elif [[ "$dirname" =~ ^([0-9]{3})- ]]; then
+                elif [[ "$dirname" =~ ^([0-9]{3,})- ]]; then
                     local number=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
                     number=$((10#$number))
                     if [[ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]]; then
@@ -124,9 +124,15 @@ check_feature_branch() {
         return 0
     fi
 
-    if [[ ! "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{3}- ]] && [[ ! "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}- ]]; then
+    # Accept sequential prefix (3+ digits) but exclude malformed timestamps
+    # Malformed: 7-or-8 digit date + 6-digit time with no trailing slug (e.g. "2026031-143022" or "20260319-143022")
+    local is_sequential=false
+    if [[ "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{3,}- ]] && [[ ! "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{7}-[0-9]{6}- ]] && [[ ! "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{7,8}-[0-9]{6}$ ]]; then
+        is_sequential=true
+    fi
+    if [[ "$is_sequential" != "true" ]] && [[ ! "$branch" =~ ^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}- ]]; then
         echo "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $branch" >&2
-        echo "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name" >&2
+        echo "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name, 1234-feature-name, or 20260319-143022-feature-name" >&2
         return 1
     fi
 
@@ -146,7 +152,7 @@ find_feature_dir_by_prefix() {
     local prefix=""
     if [[ "$branch_name" =~ ^([0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6})- ]]; then
         prefix="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-    elif [[ "$branch_name" =~ ^([0-9]{3})- ]]; then
+    elif [[ "$branch_name" =~ ^([0-9]{3,})- ]]; then
         prefix="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
     else
         # If branch doesn't have a recognized prefix, fall back to exact match
@@ -188,9 +194,35 @@ get_feature_paths() {
         has_git_repo="true"
     fi
 
-    # Use prefix-based lookup to support multiple branches per spec
+    # Resolve feature directory.  Priority:
+    #   1. SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY env var (explicit override)
+    #   2. .specify/feature.json "feature_directory" key (persisted by /speckit.specify)
+    #   3. Branch-name-based prefix lookup (legacy fallback)
     local feature_dir
-    if ! feature_dir=$(find_feature_dir_by_prefix "$repo_root" "$current_branch"); then
+    if [[ -n "${SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY:-}" ]]; then
+        feature_dir="$SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY"
+        # Normalize relative paths to absolute under repo root
+        [[ "$feature_dir" != /* ]] && feature_dir="$repo_root/$feature_dir"
+    elif [[ -f "$repo_root/.specify/feature.json" ]]; then
+        local _fd
+        if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            _fd=$(jq -r '.feature_directory // empty' "$repo_root/.specify/feature.json" 2>/dev/null)
+        elif command -v python3 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            # Fallback: use Python to parse JSON so pretty-printed/multi-line files work
+            _fd=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(open(sys.argv[1])); print(d.get('feature_directory',''))" "$repo_root/.specify/feature.json" 2>/dev/null)
+        else
+            # Last resort: single-line grep fallback (won't work on multi-line JSON)
+            _fd=$(grep -o '"feature_directory"[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*"[^"]*"' "$repo_root/.specify/feature.json" 2>/dev/null | sed 's/.*"\([^"]*\)"$/\1/')
+        fi
+        if [[ -n "$_fd" ]]; then
+            feature_dir="$_fd"
+            # Normalize relative paths to absolute under repo root
+            [[ "$feature_dir" != /* ]] && feature_dir="$repo_root/$feature_dir"
+        elif ! feature_dir=$(find_feature_dir_by_prefix "$repo_root" "$current_branch"); then
+            echo "ERROR: Failed to resolve feature directory" >&2
+            return 1
+        fi
+    elif ! feature_dir=$(find_feature_dir_by_prefix "$repo_root" "$current_branch"); then
         echo "ERROR: Failed to resolve feature directory" >&2
         return 1
     fi

scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 JSON_MODE=false
+DRY_RUN=false
 ALLOW_EXISTING=false
 SHORT_NAME=""
 BRANCH_NUMBER=""
@@ -15,6 +16,9 @@ while [ $i -le $# ]; do
         --json)
             JSON_MODE=true
             ;;
+        --dry-run)
+            DRY_RUN=true
+            ;;
         --allow-existing-branch)
             ALLOW_EXISTING=true
             ;;
@@ -49,10 +53,11 @@ while [ $i -le $# ]; do
             USE_TIMESTAMP=true
             ;;
         --help|-h)
-            echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>"
+            echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--dry-run] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>"
             echo ""
             echo "Options:"
             echo "  --json              Output in JSON format"
+            echo "  --dry-run           Compute branch name and paths without creating branches, directories, or files"
             echo "  --allow-existing-branch  Switch to branch if it already exists instead of failing"
             echo "  --short-name <name> Provide a custom short name (2-4 words) for the branch"
             echo "  --number N          Specify branch number manually (overrides auto-detection)"
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ done
 
 FEATURE_DESCRIPTION="${ARGS[*]}"
 if [ -z "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION" ]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>" >&2
+    echo "Usage: $0 [--json] [--dry-run] [--allow-existing-branch] [--short-name <name>] [--number N] [--timestamp] <feature_description>" >&2
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -110,39 +115,59 @@ get_highest_from_specs() {
 
 # Function to get highest number from git branches
 get_highest_from_branches() {
+    git branch -a 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^[* ]*//; s|^remotes/[^/]*/||' | _extract_highest_number
+}
+
+# Extract the highest sequential feature number from a list of ref names (one per line).
+# Shared by get_highest_from_branches and get_highest_from_remote_refs.
+_extract_highest_number() {
     local highest=0
-    
-    # Get all branches (local and remote)
-    branches=$(git branch -a 2>/dev/null || echo "")
-    
-    if [ -n "$branches" ]; then
-        while IFS= read -r branch; do
-            # Clean branch name: remove leading markers and remote prefixes
-            clean_branch=$(echo "$branch" | sed 's/^[* ]*//; s|^remotes/[^/]*/||')
-            
-            # Extract sequential feature number (>=3 digits), skip timestamp branches.
-            if echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
-                number=$(echo "$clean_branch" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+' || echo "0")
-                number=$((10#$number))
-                if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
-                    highest=$number
-                fi
+    while IFS= read -r name; do
+        [ -z "$name" ] && continue
+        if echo "$name" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{3,}-' && ! echo "$name" | grep -Eq '^[0-9]{8}-[0-9]{6}-'; then
+            number=$(echo "$name" | grep -Eo '^[0-9]+' || echo "0")
+            number=$((10#$number))
+            if [ "$number" -gt "$highest" ]; then
+                highest=$number
             fi
-        done <<< "$branches"
-    fi
-    
+        fi
+    done
     echo "$highest"
 }
 
-# Function to check existing branches (local and remote) and return next available number
+# Function to get highest number from remote branches without fetching (side-effect-free)
+get_highest_from_remote_refs() {
+    local highest=0
+
+    for remote in $(git remote 2>/dev/null); do
+        local remote_highest
+        remote_highest=$(GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0 git ls-remote --heads "$remote" 2>/dev/null | sed 's|.*refs/heads/||' | _extract_highest_number)
+        if [ "$remote_highest" -gt "$highest" ]; then
+            highest=$remote_highest
+        fi
+    done
+
+    echo "$highest"
+}
+
+# Function to check existing branches (local and remote) and return next available number.
+# When skip_fetch is true, queries remotes via ls-remote (read-only) instead of fetching.
 check_existing_branches() {
     local specs_dir="$1"
+    local skip_fetch="${2:-false}"
 
-    # Fetch all remotes to get latest branch info (suppress errors if no remotes)
-    git fetch --all --prune >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-
-    # Get highest number from ALL branches (not just matching short name)
-    local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
+    if [ "$skip_fetch" = true ]; then
+        # Side-effect-free: query remotes via ls-remote
+        local highest_remote=$(get_highest_from_remote_refs)
+        local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
+        if [ "$highest_remote" -gt "$highest_branch" ]; then
+            highest_branch=$highest_remote
+        fi
+    else
+        # Fetch all remotes to get latest branch info (suppress errors if no remotes)
+        git fetch --all --prune >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+        local highest_branch=$(get_highest_from_branches)
+    fi
 
     # Get highest number from ALL specs (not just matching short name)
     local highest_spec=$(get_highest_from_specs "$specs_dir")
@@ -179,7 +204,9 @@ fi
 cd "$REPO_ROOT"
 
 SPECS_DIR="$REPO_ROOT/specs"
-mkdir -p "$SPECS_DIR"
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" != true ]; then
+    mkdir -p "$SPECS_DIR"
+fi
 
 # Function to generate branch name with stop word filtering and length filtering
 generate_branch_name() {
@@ -251,7 +278,14 @@ if [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
 else
     # Determine branch number
     if [ -z "$BRANCH_NUMBER" ]; then
-        if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+        if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ] && [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+            # Dry-run: query remotes via ls-remote (side-effect-free, no fetch)
+            BRANCH_NUMBER=$(check_existing_branches "$SPECS_DIR" true)
+        elif [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+            # Dry-run without git: local spec dirs only
+            HIGHEST=$(get_highest_from_specs "$SPECS_DIR")
+            BRANCH_NUMBER=$((HIGHEST + 1))
+        elif [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
             # Check existing branches on remotes
             BRANCH_NUMBER=$(check_existing_branches "$SPECS_DIR")
         else
@@ -288,62 +322,92 @@ if [ ${#BRANCH_NAME} -gt $MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH ]; then
     >&2 echo "[specify] Truncated to: $BRANCH_NAME (${#BRANCH_NAME} bytes)"
 fi
 
-if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
-    if ! git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>/dev/null; then
-        # Check if branch already exists
-        if git branch --list "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q .; then
-            if [ "$ALLOW_EXISTING" = true ]; then
-                # Switch to the existing branch instead of failing
-                if ! git checkout "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>/dev/null; then
-                    >&2 echo "Error: Failed to switch to existing branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please resolve any local changes or conflicts and try again."
+FEATURE_DIR="$SPECS_DIR/$BRANCH_NAME"
+SPEC_FILE="$FEATURE_DIR/spec.md"
+
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" != true ]; then
+    if [ "$HAS_GIT" = true ]; then
+        branch_create_error=""
+        if ! branch_create_error=$(git checkout -q -b "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>&1); then
+            current_branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>/dev/null || true)"
+            # Check if branch already exists
+            if git branch --list "$BRANCH_NAME" | grep -q .; then
+                if [ "$ALLOW_EXISTING" = true ]; then
+                    # If we're already on the branch, continue without another checkout.
+                    if [ "$current_branch" = "$BRANCH_NAME" ]; then
+                        :
+                    # Otherwise switch to the existing branch instead of failing.
+                    elif ! switch_branch_error=$(git checkout -q "$BRANCH_NAME" 2>&1); then
+                        >&2 echo "Error: Failed to switch to existing branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please resolve any local changes or conflicts and try again."
+                        if [ -n "$switch_branch_error" ]; then
+                            >&2 printf '%s\n' "$switch_branch_error"
+                        fi
+                        exit 1
+                    fi
+                elif [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
+                    >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different --short-name."
+                    exit 1
+                else
+                    >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with --number."
                     exit 1
                 fi
-            elif [ "$USE_TIMESTAMP" = true ]; then
-                >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different --short-name."
-                exit 1
             else
-                >&2 echo "Error: Branch '$BRANCH_NAME' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with --number."
+                >&2 echo "Error: Failed to create git branch '$BRANCH_NAME'."
+                if [ -n "$branch_create_error" ]; then
+                    >&2 printf '%s\n' "$branch_create_error"
+                else
+                    >&2 echo "Please check your git configuration and try again."
+                fi
                 exit 1
             fi
+        fi
+    else
+        >&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$FEATURE_DIR"
+
+    if [ ! -f "$SPEC_FILE" ]; then
+        TEMPLATE=$(resolve_template "spec-template" "$REPO_ROOT") || true
+        if [ -n "$TEMPLATE" ] && [ -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then
+            cp "$TEMPLATE" "$SPEC_FILE"
         else
-            >&2 echo "Error: Failed to create git branch '$BRANCH_NAME'. Please check your git configuration and try again."
-            exit 1
+            echo "Warning: Spec template not found; created empty spec file" >&2
+            touch "$SPEC_FILE"
         fi
     fi
-else
-    >&2 echo "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $BRANCH_NAME"
+
+    # Inform the user how to persist the feature variable in their own shell
+    printf '# To persist: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME" >&2
 fi
 
-FEATURE_DIR="$SPECS_DIR/$BRANCH_NAME"
-mkdir -p "$FEATURE_DIR"
-
-SPEC_FILE="$FEATURE_DIR/spec.md"
-if [ ! -f "$SPEC_FILE" ]; then
-    TEMPLATE=$(resolve_template "spec-template" "$REPO_ROOT") || true
-    if [ -n "$TEMPLATE" ] && [ -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then
-        cp "$TEMPLATE" "$SPEC_FILE"
-    else
-        echo "Warning: Spec template not found; created empty spec file" >&2
-        touch "$SPEC_FILE"
-    fi
-fi
-
-# Inform the user how to persist the feature variable in their own shell
-printf '# To persist: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME" >&2
-
 if $JSON_MODE; then
     if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-        jq -cn \
-            --arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
-            --arg spec_file "$SPEC_FILE" \
-            --arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
-            '{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,SPEC_FILE:$spec_file,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num}'
+        if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+            jq -cn \
+                --arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
+                --arg spec_file "$SPEC_FILE" \
+                --arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
+                '{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,SPEC_FILE:$spec_file,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num,DRY_RUN:true}'
+        else
+            jq -cn \
+                --arg branch_name "$BRANCH_NAME" \
+                --arg spec_file "$SPEC_FILE" \
+                --arg feature_num "$FEATURE_NUM" \
+                '{BRANCH_NAME:$branch_name,SPEC_FILE:$spec_file,FEATURE_NUM:$feature_num}'
+        fi
     else
-        printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","SPEC_FILE":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s"}\n' "$(json_escape "$BRANCH_NAME")" "$(json_escape "$SPEC_FILE")" "$(json_escape "$FEATURE_NUM")"
+        if [ "$DRY_RUN" = true ]; then
+            printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","SPEC_FILE":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s","DRY_RUN":true}\n' "$(json_escape "$BRANCH_NAME")" "$(json_escape "$SPEC_FILE")" "$(json_escape "$FEATURE_NUM")"
+        else
+            printf '{"BRANCH_NAME":"%s","SPEC_FILE":"%s","FEATURE_NUM":"%s"}\n' "$(json_escape "$BRANCH_NAME")" "$(json_escape "$SPEC_FILE")" "$(json_escape "$FEATURE_NUM")"
+        fi
     fi
 else
     echo "BRANCH_NAME: $BRANCH_NAME"
     echo "SPEC_FILE: $SPEC_FILE"
     echo "FEATURE_NUM: $FEATURE_NUM"
-    printf '# To persist in your shell: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME"
+    if [ "$DRY_RUN" != true ]; then
+        printf '# To persist in your shell: export SPECIFY_FEATURE=%q\n' "$BRANCH_NAME"
+    fi
 fi

scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh

@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
 #
 # 5. Multi-Agent Support
 #    - Handles agent-specific file paths and naming conventions
-#    - Supports: Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, Qwen, opencode, Codex, Windsurf, Junie, Kilo Code, Auggie CLI, Roo Code, CodeBuddy CLI, Qoder CLI, Amp, SHAI, Tabnine CLI, Kiro CLI, Mistral Vibe, Kimi Code, Pi Coding Agent, iFlow CLI, Antigravity or Generic
+#    - Supports: Claude, Gemini, Copilot, Cursor, Qwen, opencode, Codex, Windsurf, Junie, Kilo Code, Auggie CLI, Roo Code, CodeBuddy CLI, Qoder CLI, Amp, SHAI, Tabnine CLI, Kiro CLI, Mistral Vibe, Kimi Code, Pi Coding Agent, iFlow CLI, Forge, Antigravity or Generic
 #    - Can update single agents or all existing agent files
 #    - Creates default Claude file if no agent files exist
 #
 # Usage: ./update-agent-context.sh [agent_type]
-# Agent types: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|generic
+# Agent types: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|forge|generic
 # Leave empty to update all existing agent files
 
 set -e
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ AUGGIE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.augment/rules/specify-rules.md"
 ROO_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.roo/rules/specify-rules.md"
 CODEBUDDY_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/CODEBUDDY.md"
 QODER_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/QODER.md"
-# Amp, Kiro CLI, IBM Bob, and Pi all share AGENTS.md — use AGENTS_FILE to avoid
+# Amp, Kiro CLI, IBM Bob, Pi, and Forge all share AGENTS.md — use AGENTS_FILE to avoid
 # updating the same file multiple times.
 AMP_FILE="$AGENTS_FILE"
 SHAI_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/SHAI.md"
@@ -84,8 +84,9 @@ AGY_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.agent/rules/specify-rules.md"
 BOB_FILE="$AGENTS_FILE"
 VIBE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.vibe/agents/specify-agents.md"
 KIMI_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/KIMI.md"
-TRAE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.trae/rules/AGENTS.md"
+TRAE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.trae/rules/project_rules.md"
 IFLOW_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/IFLOW.md"
+FORGE_FILE="$AGENTS_FILE"
 
 # Template file
 TEMPLATE_FILE="$REPO_ROOT/.specify/templates/agent-file-template.md"
@@ -116,13 +117,19 @@ log_warning() {
     echo "WARNING: $1" >&2
 }
 
+# Track temporary files for cleanup on interrupt
+_CLEANUP_FILES=()
+
 # Cleanup function for temporary files
 cleanup() {
     local exit_code=$?
     # Disarm traps to prevent re-entrant loop
     trap - EXIT INT TERM
-    rm -f /tmp/agent_update_*_$$
-    rm -f /tmp/manual_additions_$$
+    if [ ${#_CLEANUP_FILES[@]} -gt 0 ]; then
+        for f in "${_CLEANUP_FILES[@]}"; do
+            rm -f "$f" "$f.bak" "$f.tmp"
+        done
+    fi
     exit $exit_code
 }
 
@@ -267,7 +274,7 @@ get_commands_for_language() {
             echo "cargo test && cargo clippy"
             ;;
         *"JavaScript"*|*"TypeScript"*)
-            echo "npm test \\&\\& npm run lint"
+            echo "npm test && npm run lint"
             ;;
         *)
             echo "# Add commands for $lang"
@@ -280,10 +287,15 @@ get_language_conventions() {
     echo "$lang: Follow standard conventions"
 }
 
+# Escape sed replacement-side specials for | delimiter.
+# & and \ are replacement-side specials; | is our sed delimiter.
+_esc_sed() { printf '%s\n' "$1" | sed 's/[\\&|]/\\&/g'; }
+
 create_new_agent_file() {
     local target_file="$1"
     local temp_file="$2"
-    local project_name="$3"
+    local project_name
+    project_name=$(_esc_sed "$3")
     local current_date="$4"
     
     if [[ ! -f "$TEMPLATE_FILE" ]]; then
@@ -306,18 +318,19 @@ create_new_agent_file() {
     # Replace template placeholders
     local project_structure
     project_structure=$(get_project_structure "$NEW_PROJECT_TYPE")
+    project_structure=$(_esc_sed "$project_structure")
     
     local commands
     commands=$(get_commands_for_language "$NEW_LANG")
-    
+
     local language_conventions
     language_conventions=$(get_language_conventions "$NEW_LANG")
-    
-    # Perform substitutions with error checking using safer approach
-    # Escape special characters for sed by using a different delimiter or escaping
-    local escaped_lang=$(printf '%s\n' "$NEW_LANG" | sed 's/[\[\.*^$()+{}|]/\\&/g')
-    local escaped_framework=$(printf '%s\n' "$NEW_FRAMEWORK" | sed 's/[\[\.*^$()+{}|]/\\&/g')
-    local escaped_branch=$(printf '%s\n' "$CURRENT_BRANCH" | sed 's/[\[\.*^$()+{}|]/\\&/g')
+
+    local escaped_lang=$(_esc_sed "$NEW_LANG")
+    local escaped_framework=$(_esc_sed "$NEW_FRAMEWORK")
+    commands=$(_esc_sed "$commands")
+    language_conventions=$(_esc_sed "$language_conventions")
+    local escaped_branch=$(_esc_sed "$CURRENT_BRANCH")
     
     # Build technology stack and recent change strings conditionally
     local tech_stack
@@ -360,17 +373,18 @@ create_new_agent_file() {
         fi
     done
     
-    # Convert \n sequences to actual newlines
-    newline=$(printf '\n')
-    sed -i.bak2 "s/\\\\n/${newline}/g" "$temp_file"
+    # Convert literal \n sequences to actual newlines (portable — works on BSD + GNU)
+    awk '{gsub(/\\n/,"\n")}1' "$temp_file" > "$temp_file.tmp"
+    mv "$temp_file.tmp" "$temp_file"
 
-    # Clean up backup files
-    rm -f "$temp_file.bak" "$temp_file.bak2"
+    # Clean up backup files from sed -i.bak
+    rm -f "$temp_file.bak"
 
     # Prepend Cursor frontmatter for .mdc files so rules are auto-included
     if [[ "$target_file" == *.mdc ]]; then
         local frontmatter_file
         frontmatter_file=$(mktemp) || return 1
+        _CLEANUP_FILES+=("$frontmatter_file")
         printf '%s\n' "---" "description: Project Development Guidelines" "globs: [\"**/*\"]" "alwaysApply: true" "---" "" > "$frontmatter_file"
         cat "$temp_file" >> "$frontmatter_file"
         mv "$frontmatter_file" "$temp_file"
@@ -394,6 +408,7 @@ update_existing_agent_file() {
         log_error "Failed to create temporary file"
         return 1
     }
+    _CLEANUP_FILES+=("$temp_file")
     
     # Process the file in one pass
     local tech_stack=$(format_technology_stack "$NEW_LANG" "$NEW_FRAMEWORK")
@@ -518,6 +533,7 @@ update_existing_agent_file() {
         if ! head -1 "$temp_file" | grep -q '^---'; then
             local frontmatter_file
             frontmatter_file=$(mktemp) || { rm -f "$temp_file"; return 1; }
+            _CLEANUP_FILES+=("$frontmatter_file")
             printf '%s\n' "---" "description: Project Development Guidelines" "globs: [\"**/*\"]" "alwaysApply: true" "---" "" > "$frontmatter_file"
             cat "$temp_file" >> "$frontmatter_file"
             mv "$frontmatter_file" "$temp_file"
@@ -570,6 +586,7 @@ update_agent_file() {
             log_error "Failed to create temporary file"
             return 1
         }
+        _CLEANUP_FILES+=("$temp_file")
         
         if create_new_agent_file "$target_file" "$temp_file" "$project_name" "$current_date"; then
             if mv "$temp_file" "$target_file"; then
@@ -690,12 +707,15 @@ update_specific_agent() {
         iflow)
             update_agent_file "$IFLOW_FILE" "iFlow CLI" || return 1
             ;;
+        forge)
+            update_agent_file "$AGENTS_FILE" "Forge" || return 1
+            ;;
         generic)
             log_info "Generic agent: no predefined context file. Use the agent-specific update script for your agent."
             ;;
         *)
             log_error "Unknown agent type '$agent_type'"
-            log_error "Expected: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|generic"
+            log_error "Expected: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|forge|generic"
             exit 1
             ;;
     esac
@@ -739,10 +759,7 @@ update_all_existing_agents() {
     _update_if_new "$COPILOT_FILE" "GitHub Copilot"        || _all_ok=false
     _update_if_new "$CURSOR_FILE" "Cursor IDE"             || _all_ok=false
     _update_if_new "$QWEN_FILE" "Qwen Code"                || _all_ok=false
-    _update_if_new "$AGENTS_FILE" "Codex/opencode"         || _all_ok=false
-    _update_if_new "$AMP_FILE" "Amp"                       || _all_ok=false
-    _update_if_new "$KIRO_FILE" "Kiro CLI"                 || _all_ok=false
-    _update_if_new "$BOB_FILE" "IBM Bob"                   || _all_ok=false
+    _update_if_new "$AGENTS_FILE" "Codex/opencode/Amp/Kiro/Bob/Pi/Forge" || _all_ok=false
     _update_if_new "$WINDSURF_FILE" "Windsurf"             || _all_ok=false
     _update_if_new "$JUNIE_FILE" "Junie"                || _all_ok=false
     _update_if_new "$KILOCODE_FILE" "Kilo Code"            || _all_ok=false
@@ -783,7 +800,7 @@ print_summary() {
     fi
     
     echo
-    log_info "Usage: $0 [claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|generic]"
+    log_info "Usage: $0 [claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|forge|generic]"
 }
 
 #==============================================================================

scripts/powershell/common.ps1

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ function Get-CurrentBranch {
                     $latestTimestamp = $ts
                     $latestFeature = $_.Name
                 }
-            } elseif ($_.Name -match '^(\d{3})-') {
-                $num = [int]$matches[1]
+            } elseif ($_.Name -match '^(\d{3,})-') {
+                $num = [long]$matches[1]
                 if ($num -gt $highest) {
                     $highest = $num
                     # Only update if no timestamp branch found yet
@@ -139,9 +139,13 @@ function Test-FeatureBranch {
         return $true
     }
     
-    if ($Branch -notmatch '^[0-9]{3}-' -and $Branch -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
+    # Accept sequential prefix (3+ digits) but exclude malformed timestamps
+    # Malformed: 7-or-8 digit date + 6-digit time with no trailing slug (e.g. "2026031-143022" or "20260319-143022")
+    $hasMalformedTimestamp = ($Branch -match '^[0-9]{7}-[0-9]{6}-') -or ($Branch -match '^(?:\d{7}|\d{8})-\d{6}$')
+    $isSequential = ($Branch -match '^[0-9]{3,}-') -and (-not $hasMalformedTimestamp)
+    if (-not $isSequential -and $Branch -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
         Write-Output "ERROR: Not on a feature branch. Current branch: $Branch"
-        Write-Output "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name or 20260319-143022-feature-name"
+        Write-Output "Feature branches should be named like: 001-feature-name, 1234-feature-name, or 20260319-143022-feature-name"
         return $false
     }
     return $true
@@ -156,7 +160,36 @@ function Get-FeaturePathsEnv {
     $repoRoot = Get-RepoRoot
     $currentBranch = Get-CurrentBranch
     $hasGit = Test-HasGit
-    $featureDir = Get-FeatureDir -RepoRoot $repoRoot -Branch $currentBranch
+
+    # Resolve feature directory.  Priority:
+    #   1. SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY env var (explicit override)
+    #   2. .specify/feature.json "feature_directory" key (persisted by /speckit.specify)
+    #   3. Exact branch-to-directory mapping via Get-FeatureDir (legacy fallback)
+    $featureJson = Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify/feature.json'
+    if ($env:SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY) {
+        $featureDir = $env:SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY
+        # Normalize relative paths to absolute under repo root
+        if (-not [System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($featureDir)) {
+            $featureDir = Join-Path $repoRoot $featureDir
+        }
+    } elseif (Test-Path $featureJson) {
+        try {
+            $featureConfig = Get-Content $featureJson -Raw | ConvertFrom-Json
+            if ($featureConfig.feature_directory) {
+                $featureDir = $featureConfig.feature_directory
+                # Normalize relative paths to absolute under repo root
+                if (-not [System.IO.Path]::IsPathRooted($featureDir)) {
+                    $featureDir = Join-Path $repoRoot $featureDir
+                }
+            } else {
+                $featureDir = Get-FeatureDir -RepoRoot $repoRoot -Branch $currentBranch
+            }
+        } catch {
+            $featureDir = Get-FeatureDir -RepoRoot $repoRoot -Branch $currentBranch
+        }
+    } else {
+        $featureDir = Get-FeatureDir -RepoRoot $repoRoot -Branch $currentBranch
+    }
     
     [PSCustomObject]@{
         REPO_ROOT     = $repoRoot

scripts/powershell/create-new-feature.ps1

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 param(
     [switch]$Json,
     [switch]$AllowExistingBranch,
+    [switch]$DryRun,
     [string]$ShortName,
     [Parameter()]
     [long]$Number = 0,
@@ -16,10 +17,11 @@ $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 
 # Show help if requested
 if ($Help) {
-    Write-Host "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
+    Write-Host "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-DryRun] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
     Write-Host ""
     Write-Host "Options:"
     Write-Host "  -Json               Output in JSON format"
+    Write-Host "  -DryRun             Compute branch name and paths without creating branches, directories, or files"
     Write-Host "  -AllowExistingBranch  Switch to branch if it already exists instead of failing"
     Write-Host "  -ShortName <name>   Provide a custom short name (2-4 words) for the branch"
     Write-Host "  -Number N           Specify branch number manually (overrides auto-detection)"
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ if ($Help) {
 
 # Check if feature description provided
 if (-not $FeatureDescription -or $FeatureDescription.Count -eq 0) {
-    Write-Error "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
+    Write-Error "Usage: ./create-new-feature.ps1 [-Json] [-DryRun] [-AllowExistingBranch] [-ShortName <name>] [-Number N] [-Timestamp] <feature description>"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($featureDesc)) {
 
 function Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs {
     param([string]$SpecsDir)
-    
+
     [long]$highest = 0
     if (Test-Path $SpecsDir) {
         Get-ChildItem -Path $SpecsDir -Directory | ForEach-Object {
@@ -65,48 +67,87 @@ function Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs {
     return $highest
 }
 
-function Get-HighestNumberFromBranches {
-    param()
-    
+# Extract the highest sequential feature number from a list of branch/ref names.
+# Shared by Get-HighestNumberFromBranches and Get-HighestNumberFromRemoteRefs.
+function Get-HighestNumberFromNames {
+    param([string[]]$Names)
+
     [long]$highest = 0
-    try {
-        $branches = git branch -a 2>$null
-        if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
-            foreach ($branch in $branches) {
-                # Clean branch name: remove leading markers and remote prefixes
-                $cleanBranch = $branch.Trim() -replace '^\*?\s+', '' -replace '^remotes/[^/]+/', ''
-                
-                # Extract sequential feature number (>=3 digits), skip timestamp branches.
-                if ($cleanBranch -match '^(\d{3,})-' -and $cleanBranch -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
-                    [long]$num = 0
-                    if ([long]::TryParse($matches[1], [ref]$num) -and $num -gt $highest) {
-                        $highest = $num
-                    }
-                }
+    foreach ($name in $Names) {
+        if ($name -match '^(\d{3,})-' -and $name -notmatch '^\d{8}-\d{6}-') {
+            [long]$num = 0
+            if ([long]::TryParse($matches[1], [ref]$num) -and $num -gt $highest) {
+                $highest = $num
             }
         }
-    } catch {
-        # If git command fails, return 0
-        Write-Verbose "Could not check Git branches: $_"
     }
     return $highest
 }
 
+function Get-HighestNumberFromBranches {
+    param()
+
+    try {
+        $branches = git branch -a 2>$null
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $branches) {
+            $cleanNames = $branches | ForEach-Object {
+                $_.Trim() -replace '^\*?\s+', '' -replace '^remotes/[^/]+/', ''
+            }
+            return Get-HighestNumberFromNames -Names $cleanNames
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Write-Verbose "Could not check Git branches: $_"
+    }
+    return 0
+}
+
+function Get-HighestNumberFromRemoteRefs {
+    [long]$highest = 0
+    try {
+        $remotes = git remote 2>$null
+        if ($remotes) {
+            foreach ($remote in $remotes) {
+                $env:GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = '0'
+                $refs = git ls-remote --heads $remote 2>$null
+                $env:GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT = $null
+                if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0 -and $refs) {
+                    $refNames = $refs | ForEach-Object {
+                        if ($_ -match 'refs/heads/(.+)$') { $matches[1] }
+                    } | Where-Object { $_ }
+                    $remoteHighest = Get-HighestNumberFromNames -Names $refNames
+                    if ($remoteHighest -gt $highest) { $highest = $remoteHighest }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } catch {
+        Write-Verbose "Could not query remote refs: $_"
+    }
+    return $highest
+}
+
+# Return next available branch number. When SkipFetch is true, queries remotes
+# via ls-remote (read-only) instead of fetching.
 function Get-NextBranchNumber {
     param(
-        [string]$SpecsDir
+        [string]$SpecsDir,
+        [switch]$SkipFetch
     )
 
-    # Fetch all remotes to get latest branch info (suppress errors if no remotes)
-    try {
-        git fetch --all --prune 2>$null | Out-Null
-    } catch {
-        # Ignore fetch errors
+    if ($SkipFetch) {
+        # Side-effect-free: query remotes via ls-remote
+        $highestBranch = Get-HighestNumberFromBranches
+        $highestRemote = Get-HighestNumberFromRemoteRefs
+        $highestBranch = [Math]::Max($highestBranch, $highestRemote)
+    } else {
+        # Fetch all remotes to get latest branch info (suppress errors if no remotes)
+        try {
+            git fetch --all --prune 2>$null | Out-Null
+        } catch {
+            # Ignore fetch errors
+        }
+        $highestBranch = Get-HighestNumberFromBranches
     }
 
-    # Get highest number from ALL branches (not just matching short name)
-    $highestBranch = Get-HighestNumberFromBranches
-
     # Get highest number from ALL specs (not just matching short name)
     $highestSpec = Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs -SpecsDir $SpecsDir
 
@@ -119,7 +160,7 @@ function Get-NextBranchNumber {
 
 function ConvertTo-CleanBranchName {
     param([string]$Name)
-    
+
     return $Name.ToLower() -replace '[^a-z0-9]', '-' -replace '-{2,}', '-' -replace '^-', '' -replace '-$', ''
 }
 # Load common functions (includes Get-RepoRoot, Test-HasGit, Resolve-Template)
@@ -134,12 +175,14 @@ $hasGit = Test-HasGit
 Set-Location $repoRoot
 
 $specsDir = Join-Path $repoRoot 'specs'
-New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $specsDir -Force | Out-Null
+if (-not $DryRun) {
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $specsDir -Force | Out-Null
+}
 
 # Function to generate branch name with stop word filtering and length filtering
 function Get-BranchName {
     param([string]$Description)
-    
+
     # Common stop words to filter out
     $stopWords = @(
         'i', 'a', 'an', 'the', 'to', 'for', 'of', 'in', 'on', 'at', 'by', 'with', 'from',
@@ -148,17 +191,17 @@ function Get-BranchName {
         'this', 'that', 'these', 'those', 'my', 'your', 'our', 'their',
         'want', 'need', 'add', 'get', 'set'
     )
-    
+
     # Convert to lowercase and extract words (alphanumeric only)
     $cleanName = $Description.ToLower() -replace '[^a-z0-9\s]', ' '
     $words = $cleanName -split '\s+' | Where-Object { $_ }
-    
+
     # Filter words: remove stop words and words shorter than 3 chars (unless they're uppercase acronyms in original)
     $meaningfulWords = @()
     foreach ($word in $words) {
         # Skip stop words
         if ($stopWords -contains $word) { continue }
-        
+
         # Keep words that are length >= 3 OR appear as uppercase in original (likely acronyms)
         if ($word.Length -ge 3) {
             $meaningfulWords += $word
@@ -167,7 +210,7 @@ function Get-BranchName {
             $meaningfulWords += $word
         }
     }
-    
+
     # If we have meaningful words, use first 3-4 of them
     if ($meaningfulWords.Count -gt 0) {
         $maxWords = if ($meaningfulWords.Count -eq 4) { 4 } else { 3 }
@@ -203,7 +246,13 @@ if ($Timestamp) {
 } else {
     # Determine branch number
     if ($Number -eq 0) {
-        if ($hasGit) {
+        if ($DryRun -and $hasGit) {
+            # Dry-run: query remotes via ls-remote (side-effect-free, no fetch)
+            $Number = Get-NextBranchNumber -SpecsDir $specsDir -SkipFetch
+        } elseif ($DryRun) {
+            # Dry-run without git: local spec dirs only
+            $Number = (Get-HighestNumberFromSpecs -SpecsDir $specsDir) + 1
+        } elseif ($hasGit) {
             # Check existing branches on remotes
             $Number = Get-NextBranchNumber -SpecsDir $specsDir
         } else {
@@ -224,86 +273,110 @@ if ($branchName.Length -gt $maxBranchLength) {
     # Account for prefix length: timestamp (15) + hyphen (1) = 16, or sequential (3) + hyphen (1) = 4
     $prefixLength = $featureNum.Length + 1
     $maxSuffixLength = $maxBranchLength - $prefixLength
-    
+
     # Truncate suffix
     $truncatedSuffix = $branchSuffix.Substring(0, [Math]::Min($branchSuffix.Length, $maxSuffixLength))
     # Remove trailing hyphen if truncation created one
     $truncatedSuffix = $truncatedSuffix -replace '-$', ''
-    
+
     $originalBranchName = $branchName
     $branchName = "$featureNum-$truncatedSuffix"
-    
+
     Write-Warning "[specify] Branch name exceeded GitHub's 244-byte limit"
     Write-Warning "[specify] Original: $originalBranchName ($($originalBranchName.Length) bytes)"
     Write-Warning "[specify] Truncated to: $branchName ($($branchName.Length) bytes)"
 }
 
-if ($hasGit) {
-    $branchCreated = $false
-    try {
-        git checkout -q -b $branchName 2>$null | Out-Null
-        if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
-            $branchCreated = $true
-        }
-    } catch {
-        # Exception during git command
-    }
+$featureDir = Join-Path $specsDir $branchName
+$specFile = Join-Path $featureDir 'spec.md'
 
-    if (-not $branchCreated) {
-        # Check if branch already exists
-        $existingBranch = git branch --list $branchName 2>$null
-        if ($existingBranch) {
-            if ($AllowExistingBranch) {
-                # Switch to the existing branch instead of failing
-                git checkout -q $branchName 2>$null | Out-Null
-                if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
-                    Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' exists but could not be checked out. Resolve any uncommitted changes or conflicts and try again."
+if (-not $DryRun) {
+    if ($hasGit) {
+        $branchCreated = $false
+        $branchCreateError = ''
+        try {
+            $branchCreateError = git checkout -q -b $branchName 2>&1 | Out-String
+            if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
+                $branchCreated = $true
+            }
+        } catch {
+            $branchCreateError = $_.Exception.Message
+        }
+
+        if (-not $branchCreated) {
+            $currentBranch = ''
+            try { $currentBranch = (git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2>$null).Trim() } catch {}
+            # Check if branch already exists
+            $existingBranch = git branch --list $branchName 2>$null
+            if ($existingBranch) {
+                if ($AllowExistingBranch) {
+                    # If we're already on the branch, continue without another checkout.
+                    if ($currentBranch -eq $branchName) {
+                        # Already on the target branch — nothing to do
+                    } else {
+                        # Otherwise switch to the existing branch instead of failing.
+                        $switchBranchError = git checkout -q $branchName 2>&1 | Out-String
+                        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+                            if ($switchBranchError) {
+                                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' exists but could not be checked out.`n$($switchBranchError.Trim())"
+                            } else {
+                                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' exists but could not be checked out. Resolve any uncommitted changes or conflicts and try again."
+                            }
+                            exit 1
+                        }
+                    }
+                } elseif ($Timestamp) {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different -ShortName."
+                    exit 1
+                } else {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with -Number."
                     exit 1
                 }
-            } elseif ($Timestamp) {
-                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Rerun to get a new timestamp or use a different -ShortName."
-                exit 1
             } else {
-                Write-Error "Error: Branch '$branchName' already exists. Please use a different feature name or specify a different number with -Number."
+                if ($branchCreateError) {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Failed to create git branch '$branchName'.`n$($branchCreateError.Trim())"
+                } else {
+                    Write-Error "Error: Failed to create git branch '$branchName'. Please check your git configuration and try again."
+                }
                 exit 1
             }
+        }
+    } else {
+        Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $branchName"
+    }
+
+    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $featureDir -Force | Out-Null
+
+    if (-not (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $specFile)) {
+        $template = Resolve-Template -TemplateName 'spec-template' -RepoRoot $repoRoot
+        if ($template -and (Test-Path $template)) {
+            Copy-Item $template $specFile -Force
         } else {
-            Write-Error "Error: Failed to create git branch '$branchName'. Please check your git configuration and try again."
-            exit 1
+            New-Item -ItemType File -Path $specFile -Force | Out-Null
         }
     }
-} else {
-    Write-Warning "[specify] Warning: Git repository not detected; skipped branch creation for $branchName"
+
+    # Set the SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable for the current session
+    $env:SPECIFY_FEATURE = $branchName
 }
 
-$featureDir = Join-Path $specsDir $branchName
-New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $featureDir -Force | Out-Null
-
-$specFile = Join-Path $featureDir 'spec.md'
-if (-not (Test-Path -PathType Leaf $specFile)) {
-    $template = Resolve-Template -TemplateName 'spec-template' -RepoRoot $repoRoot
-    if ($template -and (Test-Path $template)) {
-        Copy-Item $template $specFile -Force
-    } else {
-        New-Item -ItemType File -Path $specFile | Out-Null
-    }
-}
-
-# Set the SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable for the current session
-$env:SPECIFY_FEATURE = $branchName
-
 if ($Json) {
-    $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{ 
+    $obj = [PSCustomObject]@{
         BRANCH_NAME = $branchName
         SPEC_FILE = $specFile
         FEATURE_NUM = $featureNum
         HAS_GIT = $hasGit
     }
+    if ($DryRun) {
+        $obj | Add-Member -NotePropertyName 'DRY_RUN' -NotePropertyValue $true
+    }
     $obj | ConvertTo-Json -Compress
 } else {
     Write-Output "BRANCH_NAME: $branchName"
     Write-Output "SPEC_FILE: $specFile"
     Write-Output "FEATURE_NUM: $featureNum"
     Write-Output "HAS_GIT: $hasGit"
-    Write-Output "SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable set to: $branchName"
+    if (-not $DryRun) {
+        Write-Output "SPECIFY_FEATURE environment variable set to: $branchName"
+    }
 }

scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Mirrors the behavior of scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh:
  2. Plan Data Extraction
  3. Agent File Management (create from template or update existing)
  4. Content Generation (technology stack, recent changes, timestamp)
- 5. Multi-Agent Support (claude, gemini, copilot, cursor-agent, qwen, opencode, codex, windsurf, junie, kilocode, auggie, roo, codebuddy, amp, shai, tabnine, kiro-cli, agy, bob, vibe, qodercli, kimi, trae, pi, iflow, generic)
+ 5. Multi-Agent Support (claude, gemini, copilot, cursor-agent, qwen, opencode, codex, windsurf, junie, kilocode, auggie, roo, codebuddy, amp, shai, tabnine, kiro-cli, agy, bob, vibe, qodercli, kimi, trae, pi, iflow, forge, generic)
 
 .PARAMETER AgentType
 Optional agent key to update a single agent. If omitted, updates all existing agent files (creating a default Claude file if none exist).
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Relies on common helper functions in common.ps1
 #>
 param(
     [Parameter(Position=0)]
-    [ValidateSet('claude','gemini','copilot','cursor-agent','qwen','opencode','codex','windsurf','junie','kilocode','auggie','roo','codebuddy','amp','shai','tabnine','kiro-cli','agy','bob','qodercli','vibe','kimi','trae','pi','iflow','generic')]
+    [ValidateSet('claude','gemini','copilot','cursor-agent','qwen','opencode','codex','windsurf','junie','kilocode','auggie','roo','codebuddy','amp','shai','tabnine','kiro-cli','agy','bob','vibe','qodercli','kimi','trae','pi','iflow','forge','generic')]
     [string]$AgentType
 )
 
@@ -65,8 +65,9 @@ $AGY_FILE      = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT '.agent/rules/specify-rules.md'
 $BOB_FILE      = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT 'AGENTS.md'
 $VIBE_FILE     = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT '.vibe/agents/specify-agents.md'
 $KIMI_FILE     = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT 'KIMI.md'
-$TRAE_FILE     = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT '.trae/rules/AGENTS.md'
+$TRAE_FILE     = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT '.trae/rules/project_rules.md'
 $IFLOW_FILE    = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT 'IFLOW.md'
+$FORGE_FILE    = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT 'AGENTS.md'
 
 $TEMPLATE_FILE = Join-Path $REPO_ROOT '.specify/templates/agent-file-template.md'
 
@@ -415,36 +416,66 @@ function Update-SpecificAgent {
         'trae'     { Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $TRAE_FILE     -AgentName 'Trae' }
         'pi'       { Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $AGENTS_FILE   -AgentName 'Pi Coding Agent' }
         'iflow'    { Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $IFLOW_FILE    -AgentName 'iFlow CLI' }
+        'forge'    { Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $FORGE_FILE    -AgentName 'Forge' }
         'generic'  { Write-Info 'Generic agent: no predefined context file. Use the agent-specific update script for your agent.' }
-        default { Write-Err "Unknown agent type '$Type'"; Write-Err 'Expected: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|generic'; return $false }
+        default { Write-Err "Unknown agent type '$Type'"; Write-Err 'Expected: claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|forge|generic'; return $false }
     }
 }
 
 function Update-AllExistingAgents {
     $found = $false
     $ok = $true
-    if (Test-Path $CLAUDE_FILE)   { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $CLAUDE_FILE   -AgentName 'Claude Code')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $GEMINI_FILE)   { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $GEMINI_FILE   -AgentName 'Gemini CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $COPILOT_FILE)  { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $COPILOT_FILE  -AgentName 'GitHub Copilot')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $CURSOR_FILE)   { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $CURSOR_FILE   -AgentName 'Cursor IDE')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $QWEN_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $QWEN_FILE     -AgentName 'Qwen Code')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $AGENTS_FILE)   { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $AGENTS_FILE   -AgentName 'Codex/opencode')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $WINDSURF_FILE) { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $WINDSURF_FILE -AgentName 'Windsurf')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $JUNIE_FILE)    { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $JUNIE_FILE    -AgentName 'Junie')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $KILOCODE_FILE) { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $KILOCODE_FILE -AgentName 'Kilo Code')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $AUGGIE_FILE)   { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $AUGGIE_FILE   -AgentName 'Auggie CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $ROO_FILE)      { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $ROO_FILE      -AgentName 'Roo Code')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $CODEBUDDY_FILE) { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $CODEBUDDY_FILE -AgentName 'CodeBuddy CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $QODER_FILE)    { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $QODER_FILE    -AgentName 'Qoder CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $SHAI_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $SHAI_FILE     -AgentName 'SHAI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $TABNINE_FILE)  { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $TABNINE_FILE  -AgentName 'Tabnine CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $KIRO_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $KIRO_FILE     -AgentName 'Kiro CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $AGY_FILE)      { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $AGY_FILE      -AgentName 'Antigravity')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $BOB_FILE)      { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $BOB_FILE      -AgentName 'IBM Bob')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $VIBE_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $VIBE_FILE     -AgentName 'Mistral Vibe')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $KIMI_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $KIMI_FILE     -AgentName 'Kimi Code')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $TRAE_FILE)     { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $TRAE_FILE     -AgentName 'Trae')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
-    if (Test-Path $IFLOW_FILE)    { if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $IFLOW_FILE    -AgentName 'iFlow CLI')) { $ok = $false }; $found = $true }
+    $updatedPaths = @()
+    
+    # Helper function to update only if file exists and hasn't been updated yet
+    function Update-IfNew {
+        param(
+            [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+            [string]$FilePath,
+            [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
+            [string]$AgentName
+        )
+        
+        if (-not (Test-Path $FilePath)) { return $true }
+        
+        # Get the real path to detect duplicates (e.g., AMP_FILE, KIRO_FILE, BOB_FILE all point to AGENTS.md)
+        $realPath = (Get-Item -LiteralPath $FilePath).FullName
+        
+        # Check if we've already updated this file
+        if ($updatedPaths -contains $realPath) {
+            return $true
+        }
+        
+        # Record the file as seen before attempting the update
+        # Use parent scope (1) to modify Update-AllExistingAgents' local variables
+        Set-Variable -Name updatedPaths -Value ($updatedPaths + $realPath) -Scope 1
+        Set-Variable -Name found -Value $true -Scope 1
+        
+        # Perform the update
+        return (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $FilePath -AgentName $AgentName)
+    }
+    
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $CLAUDE_FILE   -AgentName 'Claude Code')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $GEMINI_FILE   -AgentName 'Gemini CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $COPILOT_FILE  -AgentName 'GitHub Copilot')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $CURSOR_FILE   -AgentName 'Cursor IDE')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $QWEN_FILE     -AgentName 'Qwen Code')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $AGENTS_FILE   -AgentName 'Codex/opencode/Amp/Kiro/Bob/Pi/Forge')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $WINDSURF_FILE -AgentName 'Windsurf')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $JUNIE_FILE    -AgentName 'Junie')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $KILOCODE_FILE -AgentName 'Kilo Code')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $AUGGIE_FILE   -AgentName 'Auggie CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $ROO_FILE      -AgentName 'Roo Code')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $CODEBUDDY_FILE -AgentName 'CodeBuddy CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $QODER_FILE    -AgentName 'Qoder CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $SHAI_FILE     -AgentName 'SHAI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $TABNINE_FILE  -AgentName 'Tabnine CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $AGY_FILE      -AgentName 'Antigravity')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $VIBE_FILE     -AgentName 'Mistral Vibe')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $KIMI_FILE     -AgentName 'Kimi Code')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $TRAE_FILE     -AgentName 'Trae')) { $ok = $false }
+    if (-not (Update-IfNew -FilePath $IFLOW_FILE    -AgentName 'iFlow CLI')) { $ok = $false }
+    
     if (-not $found) {
         Write-Info 'No existing agent files found, creating default Claude file...'
         if (-not (Update-AgentFile -TargetFile $CLAUDE_FILE -AgentName 'Claude Code')) { $ok = $false }
@@ -459,7 +490,7 @@ function Print-Summary {
     if ($NEW_FRAMEWORK) { Write-Host "  - Added framework: $NEW_FRAMEWORK" }
     if ($NEW_DB -and $NEW_DB -ne 'N/A') { Write-Host "  - Added database: $NEW_DB" }
     Write-Host ''
-    Write-Info 'Usage: ./update-agent-context.ps1 [-AgentType claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|generic]'
+    Write-Info 'Usage: ./update-agent-context.ps1 [-AgentType claude|gemini|copilot|cursor-agent|qwen|opencode|codex|windsurf|junie|kilocode|auggie|roo|codebuddy|amp|shai|tabnine|kiro-cli|agy|bob|vibe|qodercli|kimi|trae|pi|iflow|forge|generic]'
 }
 
 function Main {

spec-driven.md

@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ The SDD methodology is significantly enhanced through three powerful commands th
 
 This command transforms a simple feature description (the user-prompt) into a complete, structured specification with automatic repository management:
 
-1. **Automatic Feature Numbering**: Scans existing specs to determine the next feature number (e.g., 001, 002, 003)
+1. **Automatic Feature Numbering**: Scans existing specs to determine the next feature number (e.g., 001, 002, 003, …, 1000 — expands beyond 3 digits automatically)
 2. **Branch Creation**: Generates a semantic branch name from your description and creates it automatically
 3. **Template-Based Generation**: Copies and customizes the feature specification template with your requirements
 4. **Directory Structure**: Creates the proper `specs/[branch-name]/` structure for all related documents

src/specify_cli/agents.py

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 import yaml
 
 
+def _build_agent_configs() -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Derive CommandRegistrar.AGENT_CONFIGS from INTEGRATION_REGISTRY."""
+    from specify_cli.integrations import INTEGRATION_REGISTRY
+    configs: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    for key, integration in INTEGRATION_REGISTRY.items():
+        if key == "generic":
+            continue
+        if integration.registrar_config:
+            configs[key] = dict(integration.registrar_config)
+    return configs
+
+
 class CommandRegistrar:
     """Handles registration of commands with AI agents.
 
@@ -23,147 +35,26 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
     and companion files (e.g. Copilot .prompt.md).
     """
 
-    # Agent configurations with directory, format, and argument placeholder
-    AGENT_CONFIGS = {
-        "claude": {
-            "dir": ".claude/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "gemini": {
-            "dir": ".gemini/commands",
-            "format": "toml",
-            "args": "{{args}}",
-            "extension": ".toml"
-        },
-        "copilot": {
-            "dir": ".github/agents",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".agent.md"
-        },
-        "cursor": {
-            "dir": ".cursor/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "qwen": {
-            "dir": ".qwen/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "opencode": {
-            "dir": ".opencode/command",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "codex": {
-            "dir": ".agents/skills",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": "/SKILL.md",
-        },
-        "windsurf": {
-            "dir": ".windsurf/workflows",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "junie": {
-            "dir": ".junie/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "kilocode": {
-            "dir": ".kilocode/workflows",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "auggie": {
-            "dir": ".augment/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "roo": {
-            "dir": ".roo/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "codebuddy": {
-            "dir": ".codebuddy/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "qodercli": {
-            "dir": ".qoder/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "kiro-cli": {
-            "dir": ".kiro/prompts",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "pi": {
-            "dir": ".pi/prompts",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "amp": {
-            "dir": ".agents/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "shai": {
-            "dir": ".shai/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "tabnine": {
-            "dir": ".tabnine/agent/commands",
-            "format": "toml",
-            "args": "{{args}}",
-            "extension": ".toml"
-        },
-        "bob": {
-            "dir": ".bob/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "kimi": {
-            "dir": ".kimi/skills",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": "/SKILL.md",
-        },
-        "trae": {
-            "dir": ".trae/rules",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        },
-        "iflow": {
-            "dir": ".iflow/commands",
-            "format": "markdown",
-            "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
-            "extension": ".md"
-        }
-    }
+    # Derived from INTEGRATION_REGISTRY — single source of truth.
+    # Populated lazily via _ensure_configs() on first use.
+    AGENT_CONFIGS: dict[str, dict[str, Any]] = {}
+    _configs_loaded: bool = False
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._ensure_configs()
+
+    def __init_subclass__(cls, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
+        super().__init_subclass__(**kwargs)
+        cls._ensure_configs()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _ensure_configs(cls) -> None:
+        if not cls._configs_loaded:
+            try:
+                cls.AGENT_CONFIGS = _build_agent_configs()
+                cls._configs_loaded = True
+            except ImportError:
+                pass  # Circular import during module init; retry on next access
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_frontmatter(content: str) -> tuple[dict, str]:
@@ -235,11 +126,11 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
 
             for key, script_path in scripts.items():
                 if isinstance(script_path, str):
-                    scripts[key] = self._rewrite_project_relative_paths(script_path)
+                    scripts[key] = self.rewrite_project_relative_paths(script_path)
         return frontmatter
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _rewrite_project_relative_paths(text: str) -> str:
+    def rewrite_project_relative_paths(text: str) -> str:
         """Rewrite repo-relative paths to their generated project locations."""
         if not isinstance(text, str) or not text:
             return text
@@ -300,8 +191,9 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
         toml_lines = []
 
         if "description" in frontmatter:
-            desc = frontmatter["description"].replace('"', '\\"')
-            toml_lines.append(f'description = "{desc}"')
+            toml_lines.append(
+                f'description = {self._render_basic_toml_string(frontmatter["description"])}'
+            )
             toml_lines.append("")
 
         toml_lines.append(f"# Source: {source_id}")
@@ -318,17 +210,22 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
             toml_lines.append(body)
             toml_lines.append("'''")
         else:
-            escaped_body = (
-                body.replace("\\", "\\\\")
-                .replace('"', '\\"')
-                .replace("\n", "\\n")
-                .replace("\r", "\\r")
-                .replace("\t", "\\t")
-            )
-            toml_lines.append(f'prompt = "{escaped_body}"')
+            toml_lines.append(f"prompt = {self._render_basic_toml_string(body)}")
 
         return "\n".join(toml_lines)
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _render_basic_toml_string(value: str) -> str:
+        """Render *value* as a TOML basic string literal."""
+        escaped = (
+            value.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+            .replace('"', '\\"')
+            .replace("\n", "\\n")
+            .replace("\r", "\\r")
+            .replace("\t", "\\t")
+        )
+        return f'"{escaped}"'
+
     def render_skill_command(
         self,
         agent_name: str,
@@ -358,16 +255,37 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
             body = self.resolve_skill_placeholders(agent_name, frontmatter, body, project_root)
 
         description = frontmatter.get("description", f"Spec-kit workflow command: {skill_name}")
+        skill_frontmatter = self.build_skill_frontmatter(
+            agent_name,
+            skill_name,
+            description,
+            f"{source_id}:{source_file}",
+        )
+        return self.render_frontmatter(skill_frontmatter) + "\n" + body
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def build_skill_frontmatter(
+        agent_name: str,
+        skill_name: str,
+        description: str,
+        source: str,
+    ) -> dict:
+        """Build consistent SKILL.md frontmatter across all skill generators."""
         skill_frontmatter = {
             "name": skill_name,
             "description": description,
             "compatibility": "Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory",
             "metadata": {
                 "author": "github-spec-kit",
-                "source": f"{source_id}:{source_file}",
+                "source": source,
             },
         }
-        return self.render_frontmatter(skill_frontmatter) + "\n" + body
+        if agent_name == "claude":
+            # Claude skills should be user-invocable (accessible via /command)
+            # and only run when explicitly invoked (not auto-triggered by the model).
+            skill_frontmatter["user-invocable"] = True
+            skill_frontmatter["disable-model-invocation"] = True
+        return skill_frontmatter
 
     @staticmethod
     def resolve_skill_placeholders(agent_name: str, frontmatter: dict, body: str, project_root: Path) -> str:
@@ -422,7 +340,7 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
             body = body.replace("{AGENT_SCRIPT}", agent_script_command)
 
         body = body.replace("{ARGS}", "$ARGUMENTS").replace("__AGENT__", agent_name)
-        return CommandRegistrar._rewrite_project_relative_paths(body)
+        return CommandRegistrar.rewrite_project_relative_paths(body)
 
     def _convert_argument_placeholder(self, content: str, from_placeholder: str, to_placeholder: str) -> str:
         """Convert argument placeholder format.
@@ -475,6 +393,7 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
         Raises:
             ValueError: If agent is not supported
         """
+        self._ensure_configs()
         if agent_name not in self.AGENT_CONFIGS:
             raise ValueError(f"Unsupported agent: {agent_name}")
 
@@ -497,6 +416,14 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
 
             frontmatter = self._adjust_script_paths(frontmatter)
 
+            for key in agent_config.get("strip_frontmatter_keys", []):
+                frontmatter.pop(key, None)
+
+            if agent_config.get("inject_name") and not frontmatter.get("name"):
+                # Use custom name formatter if provided (e.g., Forge's hyphenated format)
+                format_name = agent_config.get("format_name")
+                frontmatter["name"] = format_name(cmd_name) if format_name else cmd_name
+
             body = self._convert_argument_placeholder(
                 body, "$ARGUMENTS", agent_config["args"]
             )
@@ -525,11 +452,32 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
 
             for alias in cmd_info.get("aliases", []):
                 alias_output_name = self._compute_output_name(agent_name, alias, agent_config)
-                alias_output = output
-                if agent_config["extension"] == "/SKILL.md":
-                    alias_output = self.render_skill_command(
-                        agent_name, alias_output_name, frontmatter, body, source_id, cmd_file, project_root
-                    )
+
+                # For agents with inject_name, render with alias-specific frontmatter
+                if agent_config.get("inject_name"):
+                    alias_frontmatter = deepcopy(frontmatter)
+                    # Use custom name formatter if provided (e.g., Forge's hyphenated format)
+                    format_name = agent_config.get("format_name")
+                    alias_frontmatter["name"] = format_name(alias) if format_name else alias
+
+                    if agent_config["extension"] == "/SKILL.md":
+                        alias_output = self.render_skill_command(
+                            agent_name, alias_output_name, alias_frontmatter, body, source_id, cmd_file, project_root
+                        )
+                    elif agent_config["format"] == "markdown":
+                        alias_output = self.render_markdown_command(alias_frontmatter, body, source_id, context_note)
+                    elif agent_config["format"] == "toml":
+                        alias_output = self.render_toml_command(alias_frontmatter, body, source_id)
+                    else:
+                        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported format: {agent_config['format']}")
+                else:
+                    # For other agents, reuse the primary output
+                    alias_output = output
+                    if agent_config["extension"] == "/SKILL.md":
+                        alias_output = self.render_skill_command(
+                            agent_name, alias_output_name, frontmatter, body, source_id, cmd_file, project_root
+                        )
+
                 alias_file = commands_dir / f"{alias_output_name}{agent_config['extension']}"
                 alias_file.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
                 alias_file.write_text(alias_output, encoding="utf-8")
@@ -574,6 +522,7 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
         """
         results = {}
 
+        self._ensure_configs()
         for agent_name, agent_config in self.AGENT_CONFIGS.items():
             agent_dir = project_root / agent_config["dir"]
 
@@ -601,6 +550,7 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
             registered_commands: Dict mapping agent names to command name lists
             project_root: Path to project root
         """
+        self._ensure_configs()
         for agent_name, cmd_names in registered_commands.items():
             if agent_name not in self.AGENT_CONFIGS:
                 continue
@@ -618,3 +568,12 @@ class CommandRegistrar:
                     prompt_file = project_root / ".github" / "prompts" / f"{cmd_name}.prompt.md"
                     if prompt_file.exists():
                         prompt_file.unlink()
+
+
+# Populate AGENT_CONFIGS after class definition.
+# Catches ImportError from circular imports during module loading;
+# _configs_loaded stays False so the next explicit access retries.
+try:
+    CommandRegistrar._ensure_configs()
+except ImportError:
+    pass

src/specify_cli/extensions.py

@@ -183,11 +183,40 @@ class ExtensionManifest:
 
         # Validate provides section
         provides = self.data["provides"]
-        if "commands" not in provides or not provides["commands"]:
-            raise ValidationError("Extension must provide at least one command")
+        commands = provides.get("commands", [])
+        hooks = self.data.get("hooks")
 
-        # Validate commands
-        for cmd in provides["commands"]:
+        if "commands" in provides and not isinstance(commands, list):
+            raise ValidationError(
+                "Invalid provides.commands: expected a list"
+            )
+        if "hooks" in self.data and not isinstance(hooks, dict):
+            raise ValidationError(
+                "Invalid hooks: expected a mapping"
+            )
+
+        has_commands = bool(commands)
+        has_hooks = bool(hooks)
+
+        if not has_commands and not has_hooks:
+            raise ValidationError(
+                "Extension must provide at least one command or hook"
+            )
+
+        # Validate hook values (if present)
+        if hooks:
+            for hook_name, hook_config in hooks.items():
+                if not isinstance(hook_config, dict):
+                    raise ValidationError(
+                        f"Invalid hook '{hook_name}': expected a mapping"
+                    )
+                if not hook_config.get("command"):
+                    raise ValidationError(
+                        f"Hook '{hook_name}' missing required 'command' field"
+                    )
+
+        # Validate commands (if present)
+        for cmd in commands:
             if "name" not in cmd or "file" not in cmd:
                 raise ValidationError("Command missing 'name' or 'file'")
 
@@ -226,7 +255,7 @@ class ExtensionManifest:
     @property
     def commands(self) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Get list of provided commands."""
-        return self.data["provides"]["commands"]
+        return self.data.get("provides", {}).get("commands", [])
 
     @property
     def hooks(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
@@ -494,10 +523,11 @@ class ExtensionManager:
         """Collect command and alias names declared by a manifest.
 
         Performs install-time validation for extension-specific constraints:
-        - commands and aliases must use the canonical `speckit.{extension}.{command}` shape
-        - commands and aliases must use this extension's namespace
+        - primary commands must use the canonical `speckit.{extension}.{command}` shape
+        - primary commands must use this extension's namespace
         - command namespaces must not shadow core commands
         - duplicate command/alias names inside one manifest are rejected
+        - aliases are validated for type and uniqueness only (no pattern enforcement)
 
         Args:
             manifest: Parsed extension manifest
@@ -534,23 +564,26 @@ class ExtensionManager:
                         f"{kind.capitalize()} for command '{primary_name}' must be a string"
                     )
 
-                match = EXTENSION_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN.match(name)
-                if match is None:
-                    raise ValidationError(
-                        f"Invalid {kind} '{name}': "
-                        "must follow pattern 'speckit.{extension}.{command}'"
-                    )
+                # Enforce canonical pattern only for primary command names;
+                # aliases are free-form to preserve community extension compat.
+                if kind == "command":
+                    match = EXTENSION_COMMAND_NAME_PATTERN.match(name)
+                    if match is None:
+                        raise ValidationError(
+                            f"Invalid {kind} '{name}': "
+                            "must follow pattern 'speckit.{extension}.{command}'"
+                        )
 
-                namespace = match.group(1)
-                if namespace != manifest.id:
-                    raise ValidationError(
-                        f"{kind.capitalize()} '{name}' must use extension namespace '{manifest.id}'"
-                    )
+                    namespace = match.group(1)
+                    if namespace != manifest.id:
+                        raise ValidationError(
+                            f"{kind.capitalize()} '{name}' must use extension namespace '{manifest.id}'"
+                        )
 
-                if namespace in CORE_COMMAND_NAMES:
-                    raise ValidationError(
-                        f"{kind.capitalize()} '{name}' conflicts with core command namespace '{namespace}'"
-                    )
+                    if namespace in CORE_COMMAND_NAMES:
+                        raise ValidationError(
+                            f"{kind.capitalize()} '{name}' conflicts with core command namespace '{namespace}'"
+                        )
 
                 if name in declared_names:
                     raise ValidationError(
@@ -801,15 +834,12 @@ class ExtensionManager:
             original_desc = frontmatter.get("description", "")
             description = original_desc or f"Extension command: {cmd_name}"
 
-            frontmatter_data = {
-                "name": skill_name,
-                "description": description,
-                "compatibility": "Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory",
-                "metadata": {
-                    "author": "github-spec-kit",
-                    "source": f"extension:{manifest.id}",
-                },
-            }
+            frontmatter_data = registrar.build_skill_frontmatter(
+                selected_ai,
+                skill_name,
+                description,
+                f"extension:{manifest.id}",
+            )
             frontmatter_text = yaml.safe_dump(frontmatter_data, sort_keys=False).strip()
 
             # Derive a human-friendly title from the command name
@@ -2138,11 +2168,14 @@ class HookExecutor:
         init_options = self._load_init_options()
         selected_ai = init_options.get("ai")
         codex_skill_mode = selected_ai == "codex" and bool(init_options.get("ai_skills"))
+        claude_skill_mode = selected_ai == "claude" and bool(init_options.get("ai_skills"))
         kimi_skill_mode = selected_ai == "kimi"
 
         skill_name = self._skill_name_from_command(command_id)
         if codex_skill_mode and skill_name:
             return f"${skill_name}"
+        if claude_skill_mode and skill_name:
+            return f"/{skill_name}"
         if kimi_skill_mode and skill_name:
             return f"/skill:{skill_name}"
 

src/specify_cli/integrations/__init__.py

@@ -37,10 +37,71 @@ def get_integration(key: str) -> IntegrationBase | None:
 # -- Register built-in integrations --------------------------------------
 
 def _register_builtins() -> None:
-    """Register all built-in integrations."""
-    from .copilot import CopilotIntegration
+    """Register all built-in integrations.
 
+    Package directories use Python-safe identifiers (e.g. ``kiro_cli``,
+    ``cursor_agent``).  The user-facing integration key stored in
+    ``IntegrationBase.key`` stays hyphenated (``"kiro-cli"``,
+    ``"cursor-agent"``) to match the actual CLI tool / binary name that
+    users install and invoke.
+    """
+    # -- Imports (alphabetical) -------------------------------------------
+    from .agy import AgyIntegration
+    from .amp import AmpIntegration
+    from .auggie import AuggieIntegration
+    from .bob import BobIntegration
+    from .claude import ClaudeIntegration
+    from .codex import CodexIntegration
+    from .codebuddy import CodebuddyIntegration
+    from .copilot import CopilotIntegration
+    from .cursor_agent import CursorAgentIntegration
+    from .forge import ForgeIntegration
+    from .gemini import GeminiIntegration
+    from .generic import GenericIntegration
+    from .iflow import IflowIntegration
+    from .junie import JunieIntegration
+    from .kilocode import KilocodeIntegration
+    from .kimi import KimiIntegration
+    from .kiro_cli import KiroCliIntegration
+    from .opencode import OpencodeIntegration
+    from .pi import PiIntegration
+    from .qodercli import QodercliIntegration
+    from .qwen import QwenIntegration
+    from .roo import RooIntegration
+    from .shai import ShaiIntegration
+    from .tabnine import TabnineIntegration
+    from .trae import TraeIntegration
+    from .vibe import VibeIntegration
+    from .windsurf import WindsurfIntegration
+
+    # -- Registration (alphabetical) --------------------------------------
+    _register(AgyIntegration())
+    _register(AmpIntegration())
+    _register(AuggieIntegration())
+    _register(BobIntegration())
+    _register(ClaudeIntegration())
+    _register(CodexIntegration())
+    _register(CodebuddyIntegration())
     _register(CopilotIntegration())
+    _register(CursorAgentIntegration())
+    _register(ForgeIntegration())
+    _register(GeminiIntegration())
+    _register(GenericIntegration())
+    _register(IflowIntegration())
+    _register(JunieIntegration())
+    _register(KilocodeIntegration())
+    _register(KimiIntegration())
+    _register(KiroCliIntegration())
+    _register(OpencodeIntegration())
+    _register(PiIntegration())
+    _register(QodercliIntegration())
+    _register(QwenIntegration())
+    _register(RooIntegration())
+    _register(ShaiIntegration())
+    _register(TabnineIntegration())
+    _register(TraeIntegration())
+    _register(VibeIntegration())
+    _register(WindsurfIntegration())
 
 
 _register_builtins()

src/specify_cli/integrations/agy/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""Antigravity (agy) integration — skills-based agent.
+
+Antigravity uses ``.agent/skills/speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` layout.
+Explicit command support was deprecated in version 1.20.5;
+``--skills`` defaults to ``True``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from ..base import IntegrationOption, SkillsIntegration
+
+
+class AgyIntegration(SkillsIntegration):
+    """Integration for Antigravity IDE."""
+
+    key = "agy"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Antigravity",
+        "folder": ".agent/",
+        "commands_subdir": "skills",
+        "install_url": None,
+        "requires_cli": False,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".agent/skills",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": "/SKILL.md",
+    }
+    context_file = "AGENTS.md"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def options(cls) -> list[IntegrationOption]:
+        return [
+            IntegrationOption(
+                "--skills",
+                is_flag=True,
+                default=True,
+                help="Install as agent skills (default for Antigravity since v1.20.5)",
+            ),
+        ]

src/specify_cli/integrations/agy/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Antigravity (agy) integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType agy

src/specify_cli/integrations/agy/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Antigravity (agy) integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" agy

src/specify_cli/integrations/amp/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Amp CLI integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class AmpIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "amp"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Amp",
+        "folder": ".agents/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://ampcode.com/manual#install",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".agents/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = "AGENTS.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/amp/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Amp integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType amp

src/specify_cli/integrations/amp/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Amp integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" amp

src/specify_cli/integrations/auggie/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Auggie CLI integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class AuggieIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "auggie"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Auggie CLI",
+        "folder": ".augment/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://docs.augmentcode.com/cli/setup-auggie/install-auggie-cli",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".augment/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = ".augment/rules/specify-rules.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/auggie/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Auggie CLI integration: create/update .augment/rules/specify-rules.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType auggie

src/specify_cli/integrations/auggie/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Auggie CLI integration: create/update .augment/rules/specify-rules.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" auggie

src/specify_cli/integrations/base.py

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ Provides:
 - ``IntegrationBase`` — abstract base every integration must implement.
 - ``MarkdownIntegration`` — concrete base for standard Markdown-format
   integrations (the common case — subclass, set three class attrs, done).
+- ``TomlIntegration`` — concrete base for TOML-format integrations
+  (Gemini, Tabnine — subclass, set three class attrs, done).
+- ``SkillsIntegration`` — concrete base for integrations that install
+  commands as agent skills (``speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` layout).
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
@@ -198,14 +202,65 @@ class IntegrationBase(ABC):
     ) -> Path:
         """Write *content* to *dest*, hash it, and record in *manifest*.
 
-        Creates parent directories as needed.  Returns *dest*.
+        Creates parent directories as needed.  Writes bytes directly to
+        avoid platform newline translation (CRLF on Windows).  Any
+        ``\r\n`` sequences in *content* are normalised to ``\n`` before
+        writing.  Returns *dest*.
         """
         dest.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-        dest.write_text(content, encoding="utf-8")
+        normalized = content.replace("\r\n", "\n")
+        dest.write_bytes(normalized.encode("utf-8"))
         rel = dest.resolve().relative_to(project_root.resolve())
         manifest.record_existing(rel)
         return dest
 
+    def integration_scripts_dir(self) -> Path | None:
+        """Return path to this integration's bundled ``scripts/`` directory.
+
+        Looks for a ``scripts/`` sibling of the module that defines the
+        concrete subclass (not ``IntegrationBase`` itself).
+        Returns ``None`` if the directory doesn't exist.
+        """
+        import inspect
+
+        cls_file = inspect.getfile(type(self))
+        scripts = Path(cls_file).resolve().parent / "scripts"
+        return scripts if scripts.is_dir() else None
+
+    def install_scripts(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        """Copy integration-specific scripts into the project.
+
+        Copies files from this integration's ``scripts/`` directory to
+        ``.specify/integrations/<key>/scripts/`` in the project.  Shell
+        scripts are made executable.  All copied files are recorded in
+        *manifest*.
+
+        Returns the list of files created.
+        """
+        scripts_src = self.integration_scripts_dir()
+        if not scripts_src:
+            return []
+
+        created: list[Path] = []
+        scripts_dest = project_root / ".specify" / "integrations" / self.key / "scripts"
+        scripts_dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        for src_script in sorted(scripts_src.iterdir()):
+            if not src_script.is_file():
+                continue
+            dst_script = scripts_dest / src_script.name
+            shutil.copy2(src_script, dst_script)
+            if dst_script.suffix == ".sh":
+                dst_script.chmod(dst_script.stat().st_mode | 0o111)
+            self.record_file_in_manifest(dst_script, project_root, manifest)
+            created.append(dst_script)
+
+        return created
+
     @staticmethod
     def process_template(
         content: str,
@@ -299,13 +354,11 @@ class IntegrationBase(ABC):
         # 6. Replace __AGENT__
         content = content.replace("__AGENT__", agent_name)
 
-        # 7. Rewrite paths (matches release script's rewrite_paths())
-        content = re.sub(r"(/?)memory/", r".specify/memory/", content)
-        content = re.sub(r"(/?)scripts/", r".specify/scripts/", content)
-        content = re.sub(r"(/?)templates/", r".specify/templates/", content)
-        # Fix double-prefix (same as release script's .specify.specify/ fix)
-        content = content.replace(".specify.specify/", ".specify/")
-        content = content.replace(".specify/.specify/", ".specify/")
+        # 7. Rewrite paths — delegate to the shared implementation in
+        #    CommandRegistrar so extension-local paths are preserved and
+        #    boundary rules stay consistent across the codebase.
+        from specify_cli.agents import CommandRegistrar
+        content = CommandRegistrar.rewrite_project_relative_paths(content)
 
         return content
 
@@ -405,11 +458,379 @@ class MarkdownIntegration(IntegrationBase):
     Subclasses only need to set ``key``, ``config``, ``registrar_config``
     (and optionally ``context_file``).  Everything else is inherited.
 
-    The default ``setup()`` from ``IntegrationBase`` copies templates
-    into the agent's commands directory — which is correct for the
-    standard Markdown case.
+    ``setup()`` processes command templates (replacing ``{SCRIPT}``,
+    ``{ARGS}``, ``__AGENT__``, rewriting paths) and installs
+    integration-specific scripts (``update-context.sh`` / ``.ps1``).
     """
 
-    # MarkdownIntegration inherits IntegrationBase.setup() as-is.
-    # Future stages may add markdown-specific path rewriting here.
-    pass
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        templates = self.list_command_templates()
+        if not templates:
+            return []
+
+        project_root_resolved = project_root.resolve()
+        if manifest.project_root != project_root_resolved:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"manifest.project_root ({manifest.project_root}) does not match "
+                f"project_root ({project_root_resolved})"
+            )
+
+        dest = self.commands_dest(project_root).resolve()
+        try:
+            dest.relative_to(project_root_resolved)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Integration destination {dest} escapes "
+                f"project root {project_root_resolved}"
+            ) from exc
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        script_type = opts.get("script_type", "sh")
+        arg_placeholder = self.registrar_config.get("args", "$ARGUMENTS") if self.registrar_config else "$ARGUMENTS"
+        created: list[Path] = []
+
+        for src_file in templates:
+            raw = src_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            processed = self.process_template(raw, self.key, script_type, arg_placeholder)
+            dst_name = self.command_filename(src_file.stem)
+            dst_file = self.write_file_and_record(
+                processed, dest / dst_name, project_root, manifest
+            )
+            created.append(dst_file)
+
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
+        return created
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# TomlIntegration — TOML-format agents (Gemini, Tabnine)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class TomlIntegration(IntegrationBase):
+    """Concrete base for integrations that use TOML command format.
+
+    Mirrors ``MarkdownIntegration`` closely: subclasses only need to set
+    ``key``, ``config``, ``registrar_config`` (and optionally
+    ``context_file``).  Everything else is inherited.
+
+    ``setup()`` processes command templates through the same placeholder
+    pipeline as ``MarkdownIntegration``, then converts the result to
+    TOML format (``description`` key + ``prompt`` multiline string).
+    """
+
+    def command_filename(self, template_name: str) -> str:
+        """TOML commands use ``.toml`` extension."""
+        return f"speckit.{template_name}.toml"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _extract_description(content: str) -> str:
+        """Extract the ``description`` value from YAML frontmatter.
+
+        Parses the YAML frontmatter so block scalar descriptions (``|``
+        and ``>``) keep their YAML semantics instead of being treated as
+        raw text.
+        """
+        import yaml
+
+        frontmatter_text, _ = TomlIntegration._split_frontmatter(content)
+        if not frontmatter_text:
+            return ""
+        try:
+            frontmatter = yaml.safe_load(frontmatter_text) or {}
+        except yaml.YAMLError:
+            return ""
+
+        if not isinstance(frontmatter, dict):
+            return ""
+
+        description = frontmatter.get("description", "")
+        if isinstance(description, str):
+            return description
+        return ""
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _split_frontmatter(content: str) -> tuple[str, str]:
+        """Split YAML frontmatter from the remaining content.
+
+        Returns ``("", content)`` when no complete frontmatter block is
+        present. The body is preserved exactly as written so prompt text
+        keeps its intended formatting.
+        """
+        if not content.startswith("---"):
+            return "", content
+
+        lines = content.splitlines(keepends=True)
+        if not lines or lines[0].rstrip("\r\n") != "---":
+            return "", content
+
+        frontmatter_end = -1
+        for i, line in enumerate(lines[1:], start=1):
+            if line.rstrip("\r\n") == "---":
+                frontmatter_end = i
+                break
+
+        if frontmatter_end == -1:
+            return "", content
+
+        frontmatter = "".join(lines[1:frontmatter_end])
+        body = "".join(lines[frontmatter_end + 1 :])
+        return frontmatter, body
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _render_toml_string(value: str) -> str:
+        """Render *value* as a TOML string literal.
+
+        Uses a basic string for single-line values, multiline basic
+        strings for values containing newlines, and falls back to a
+        literal string or escaped basic string when delimiters appear in
+        the content.
+        """
+        if "\n" not in value and "\r" not in value:
+            escaped = value.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"')
+            return f'"{escaped}"'
+
+        escaped = value.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+        if '"""' not in escaped:
+            if escaped.endswith('"'):
+                return '"""\n' + escaped + '\\\n"""'
+            return '"""\n' + escaped + '"""'
+        if "'''" not in value and not value.endswith("'"):
+            return "'''\n" + value + "'''"
+
+        return '"' + (
+            value.replace("\\", "\\\\")
+            .replace('"', '\\"')
+            .replace("\n", "\\n")
+            .replace("\r", "\\r")
+            .replace("\t", "\\t")
+        ) + '"'
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _render_toml(description: str, body: str) -> str:
+        """Render a TOML command file from description and body.
+
+        Uses multiline basic strings (``\"\"\"``) with backslashes
+        escaped, matching the output of the release script.  Falls back
+        to multiline literal strings (``'''``) if the body contains
+        ``\"\"\"``, then to an escaped basic string as a last resort.
+
+        The body is ``rstrip("\\n")``'d before rendering, so the TOML
+        value preserves content without forcing a trailing newline. As a
+        result, multiline delimiters appear on their own line only when
+        the rendered value itself ends with a newline.
+        """
+        toml_lines: list[str] = []
+
+        if description:
+            toml_lines.append(f"description = {TomlIntegration._render_toml_string(description)}")
+            toml_lines.append("")
+
+        body = body.rstrip("\n")
+        toml_lines.append(f"prompt = {TomlIntegration._render_toml_string(body)}")
+
+        return "\n".join(toml_lines) + "\n"
+
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        templates = self.list_command_templates()
+        if not templates:
+            return []
+
+        project_root_resolved = project_root.resolve()
+        if manifest.project_root != project_root_resolved:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"manifest.project_root ({manifest.project_root}) does not match "
+                f"project_root ({project_root_resolved})"
+            )
+
+        dest = self.commands_dest(project_root).resolve()
+        try:
+            dest.relative_to(project_root_resolved)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Integration destination {dest} escapes "
+                f"project root {project_root_resolved}"
+            ) from exc
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        script_type = opts.get("script_type", "sh")
+        arg_placeholder = self.registrar_config.get("args", "{{args}}") if self.registrar_config else "{{args}}"
+        created: list[Path] = []
+
+        for src_file in templates:
+            raw = src_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            description = self._extract_description(raw)
+            processed = self.process_template(raw, self.key, script_type, arg_placeholder)
+            _, body = self._split_frontmatter(processed)
+            toml_content = self._render_toml(description, body)
+            dst_name = self.command_filename(src_file.stem)
+            dst_file = self.write_file_and_record(
+                toml_content, dest / dst_name, project_root, manifest
+            )
+            created.append(dst_file)
+
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
+        return created
+
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SkillsIntegration — skills-format agents (Codex, Kimi, Agy)
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+class SkillsIntegration(IntegrationBase):
+    """Concrete base for integrations that install commands as agent skills.
+
+    Skills use the ``speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` directory layout following
+    the `agentskills.io <https://agentskills.io/specification>`_ spec.
+
+    Subclasses set ``key``, ``config``, ``registrar_config`` (and
+    optionally ``context_file``) like any integration.  They may also
+    override ``options()`` to declare additional CLI flags (e.g.
+    ``--skills``, ``--migrate-legacy``).
+
+    ``setup()`` processes each shared command template into a
+    ``speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` file with skills-oriented frontmatter.
+    """
+
+    def skills_dest(self, project_root: Path) -> Path:
+        """Return the absolute path to the skills output directory.
+
+        Derived from ``config["folder"]`` and the configured
+        ``commands_subdir`` (defaults to ``"skills"``).
+
+        Raises ``ValueError`` when ``config`` or ``folder`` is missing.
+        """
+        if not self.config:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{type(self).__name__}.config is not set."
+            )
+        folder = self.config.get("folder")
+        if not folder:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"{type(self).__name__}.config is missing required 'folder' entry."
+            )
+        subdir = self.config.get("commands_subdir", "skills")
+        return project_root / folder / subdir
+
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        """Install command templates as agent skills.
+
+        Creates ``speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` for each shared command
+        template.  Each SKILL.md has normalised frontmatter containing
+        ``name``, ``description``, ``compatibility``, and ``metadata``.
+        """
+        import yaml
+
+        templates = self.list_command_templates()
+        if not templates:
+            return []
+
+        project_root_resolved = project_root.resolve()
+        if manifest.project_root != project_root_resolved:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"manifest.project_root ({manifest.project_root}) does not match "
+                f"project_root ({project_root_resolved})"
+            )
+
+        skills_dir = self.skills_dest(project_root).resolve()
+        try:
+            skills_dir.relative_to(project_root_resolved)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Skills destination {skills_dir} escapes "
+                f"project root {project_root_resolved}"
+            ) from exc
+
+        script_type = opts.get("script_type", "sh")
+        arg_placeholder = (
+            self.registrar_config.get("args", "$ARGUMENTS")
+            if self.registrar_config
+            else "$ARGUMENTS"
+        )
+        created: list[Path] = []
+
+        for src_file in templates:
+            raw = src_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+            # Derive the skill name from the template stem
+            command_name = src_file.stem  # e.g. "plan"
+            skill_name = f"speckit-{command_name.replace('.', '-')}"
+
+            # Parse frontmatter for description
+            frontmatter: dict[str, Any] = {}
+            if raw.startswith("---"):
+                parts = raw.split("---", 2)
+                if len(parts) >= 3:
+                    try:
+                        fm = yaml.safe_load(parts[1])
+                        if isinstance(fm, dict):
+                            frontmatter = fm
+                    except yaml.YAMLError:
+                        pass
+
+            # Process body through the standard template pipeline
+            processed_body = self.process_template(
+                raw, self.key, script_type, arg_placeholder
+            )
+            # Strip the processed frontmatter — we rebuild it for skills.
+            # Preserve leading whitespace in the body to match release ZIP
+            # output byte-for-byte (the template body starts with \n after
+            # the closing ---).
+            if processed_body.startswith("---"):
+                parts = processed_body.split("---", 2)
+                if len(parts) >= 3:
+                    processed_body = parts[2]
+
+            # Select description — use the original template description
+            # to stay byte-for-byte identical with release ZIP output.
+            description = frontmatter.get("description", "")
+            if not description:
+                description = f"Spec Kit: {command_name} workflow"
+
+            # Build SKILL.md with manually formatted frontmatter to match
+            # the release packaging script output exactly (double-quoted
+            # values, no yaml.safe_dump quoting differences).
+            def _quote(v: str) -> str:
+                escaped = v.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"')
+                return f'"{escaped}"'
+
+            skill_content = (
+                f"---\n"
+                f"name: {_quote(skill_name)}\n"
+                f"description: {_quote(description)}\n"
+                f"compatibility: {_quote('Requires spec-kit project structure with .specify/ directory')}\n"
+                f"metadata:\n"
+                f"  author: {_quote('github-spec-kit')}\n"
+                f"  source: {_quote('templates/commands/' + src_file.name)}\n"
+                f"---\n"
+                f"{processed_body}"
+            )
+
+            # Write speckit-<name>/SKILL.md
+            skill_dir = skills_dir / skill_name
+            skill_file = skill_dir / "SKILL.md"
+            dst = self.write_file_and_record(
+                skill_content, skill_file, project_root, manifest
+            )
+            created.append(dst)
+
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
+        return created

src/specify_cli/integrations/bob/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""IBM Bob integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class BobIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "bob"
+    config = {
+        "name": "IBM Bob",
+        "folder": ".bob/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": None,
+        "requires_cli": False,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".bob/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = "AGENTS.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/bob/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — IBM Bob integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType bob

src/specify_cli/integrations/bob/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — IBM Bob integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" bob

src/specify_cli/integrations/claude/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+"""Claude Code integration."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+import yaml
+
+from ..base import SkillsIntegration
+from ..manifest import IntegrationManifest
+
+# Mapping of command template stem → argument-hint text shown inline
+# when a user invokes the slash command in Claude Code.
+ARGUMENT_HINTS: dict[str, str] = {
+    "specify": "Describe the feature you want to specify",
+    "plan": "Optional guidance for the planning phase",
+    "tasks": "Optional task generation constraints",
+    "implement": "Optional implementation guidance or task filter",
+    "analyze": "Optional focus areas for analysis",
+    "clarify": "Optional areas to clarify in the spec",
+    "constitution": "Principles or values for the project constitution",
+    "checklist": "Domain or focus area for the checklist",
+    "taskstoissues": "Optional filter or label for GitHub issues",
+}
+
+
+class ClaudeIntegration(SkillsIntegration):
+    """Integration for Claude Code skills."""
+
+    key = "claude"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Claude Code",
+        "folder": ".claude/",
+        "commands_subdir": "skills",
+        "install_url": "https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/setup",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".claude/skills",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": "/SKILL.md",
+    }
+    context_file = "CLAUDE.md"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def inject_argument_hint(content: str, hint: str) -> str:
+        """Insert ``argument-hint`` after the first ``description:`` in YAML frontmatter.
+
+        Skips injection if ``argument-hint:`` already exists in the
+        frontmatter to avoid duplicate keys.
+        """
+        lines = content.splitlines(keepends=True)
+
+        # Pre-scan: bail out if argument-hint already present in frontmatter
+        dash_count = 0
+        for line in lines:
+            stripped = line.rstrip("\n\r")
+            if stripped == "---":
+                dash_count += 1
+                if dash_count == 2:
+                    break
+                continue
+            if dash_count == 1 and stripped.startswith("argument-hint:"):
+                return content  # already present
+
+        out: list[str] = []
+        in_fm = False
+        dash_count = 0
+        injected = False
+        for line in lines:
+            stripped = line.rstrip("\n\r")
+            if stripped == "---":
+                dash_count += 1
+                in_fm = dash_count == 1
+                out.append(line)
+                continue
+            if in_fm and not injected and stripped.startswith("description:"):
+                out.append(line)
+                # Preserve the exact line-ending style (\r\n vs \n)
+                if line.endswith("\r\n"):
+                    eol = "\r\n"
+                elif line.endswith("\n"):
+                    eol = "\n"
+                else:
+                    eol = ""
+                escaped = hint.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace('"', '\\"')
+                out.append(f'argument-hint: "{escaped}"{eol}')
+                injected = True
+                continue
+            out.append(line)
+        return "".join(out)
+
+    def _render_skill(self, template_name: str, frontmatter: dict[str, Any], body: str) -> str:
+        """Render a processed command template as a Claude skill."""
+        skill_name = f"speckit-{template_name.replace('.', '-')}"
+        description = frontmatter.get(
+            "description",
+            f"Spec-kit workflow command: {template_name}",
+        )
+        skill_frontmatter = self._build_skill_fm(
+            skill_name, description, f"templates/commands/{template_name}.md"
+        )
+        frontmatter_text = yaml.safe_dump(skill_frontmatter, sort_keys=False).strip()
+        return f"---\n{frontmatter_text}\n---\n\n{body.strip()}\n"
+
+    def _build_skill_fm(self, name: str, description: str, source: str) -> dict:
+        from specify_cli.agents import CommandRegistrar
+        return CommandRegistrar.build_skill_frontmatter(
+            self.key, name, description, source
+        )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _inject_frontmatter_flag(content: str, key: str, value: str = "true") -> str:
+        """Insert ``key: value`` before the closing ``---`` if not already present."""
+        lines = content.splitlines(keepends=True)
+
+        # Pre-scan: bail out if already present in frontmatter
+        dash_count = 0
+        for line in lines:
+            stripped = line.rstrip("\n\r")
+            if stripped == "---":
+                dash_count += 1
+                if dash_count == 2:
+                    break
+                continue
+            if dash_count == 1 and stripped.startswith(f"{key}:"):
+                return content
+
+        # Inject before the closing --- of frontmatter
+        out: list[str] = []
+        dash_count = 0
+        injected = False
+        for line in lines:
+            stripped = line.rstrip("\n\r")
+            if stripped == "---":
+                dash_count += 1
+                if dash_count == 2 and not injected:
+                    if line.endswith("\r\n"):
+                        eol = "\r\n"
+                    elif line.endswith("\n"):
+                        eol = "\n"
+                    else:
+                        eol = ""
+                    out.append(f"{key}: {value}{eol}")
+                    injected = True
+            out.append(line)
+        return "".join(out)
+
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        """Install Claude skills, then inject user-invocable, disable-model-invocation, and argument-hint."""
+        created = super().setup(project_root, manifest, parsed_options, **opts)
+
+        # Post-process generated skill files
+        skills_dir = self.skills_dest(project_root).resolve()
+
+        for path in created:
+            # Only touch SKILL.md files under the skills directory
+            try:
+                path.resolve().relative_to(skills_dir)
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+            if path.name != "SKILL.md":
+                continue
+
+            content_bytes = path.read_bytes()
+            content = content_bytes.decode("utf-8")
+
+            # Inject user-invocable: true (Claude skills are accessible via /command)
+            updated = self._inject_frontmatter_flag(content, "user-invocable")
+
+            # Inject disable-model-invocation: true (Claude skills run only when invoked)
+            updated = self._inject_frontmatter_flag(updated, "disable-model-invocation")
+
+            # Inject argument-hint if available for this skill
+            skill_dir_name = path.parent.name  # e.g. "speckit-plan"
+            stem = skill_dir_name
+            if stem.startswith("speckit-"):
+                stem = stem[len("speckit-"):]
+            hint = ARGUMENT_HINTS.get(stem, "")
+            if hint:
+                updated = self.inject_argument_hint(updated, hint)
+
+            if updated != content:
+                path.write_bytes(updated.encode("utf-8"))
+                self.record_file_in_manifest(path, project_root, manifest)
+
+        return created

src/specify_cli/integrations/claude/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Claude Code integration: create/update CLAUDE.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType claude

src/specify_cli/integrations/claude/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Claude Code integration: create/update CLAUDE.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" claude

src/specify_cli/integrations/codebuddy/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""CodeBuddy CLI integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class CodebuddyIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "codebuddy"
+    config = {
+        "name": "CodeBuddy",
+        "folder": ".codebuddy/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://www.codebuddy.ai/cli",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".codebuddy/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = "CODEBUDDY.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/codebuddy/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — CodeBuddy integration: create/update CODEBUDDY.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType codebuddy

src/specify_cli/integrations/codebuddy/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — CodeBuddy integration: create/update CODEBUDDY.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" codebuddy

src/specify_cli/integrations/codex/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""Codex CLI integration — skills-based agent.
+
+Codex uses the ``.agents/skills/speckit-<name>/SKILL.md`` layout.
+Commands are deprecated; ``--skills`` defaults to ``True``.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from ..base import IntegrationOption, SkillsIntegration
+
+
+class CodexIntegration(SkillsIntegration):
+    """Integration for OpenAI Codex CLI."""
+
+    key = "codex"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Codex CLI",
+        "folder": ".agents/",
+        "commands_subdir": "skills",
+        "install_url": "https://github.com/openai/codex",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".agents/skills",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": "/SKILL.md",
+    }
+    context_file = "AGENTS.md"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def options(cls) -> list[IntegrationOption]:
+        return [
+            IntegrationOption(
+                "--skills",
+                is_flag=True,
+                default=True,
+                help="Install as agent skills (default for Codex)",
+            ),
+        ]

src/specify_cli/integrations/codex/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Codex CLI integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType codex

src/specify_cli/integrations/codex/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Codex CLI integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" codex

src/specify_cli/integrations/copilot/__init__.py

@@ -118,19 +118,7 @@ class CopilotIntegration(IntegrationBase):
                 created.append(dst_settings)
 
         # 4. Install integration-specific update-context scripts
-        scripts_src = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "scripts"
-        if scripts_src.is_dir():
-            scripts_dest = project_root / ".specify" / "integrations" / "copilot" / "scripts"
-            scripts_dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-            for src_script in sorted(scripts_src.iterdir()):
-                if src_script.is_file():
-                    dst_script = scripts_dest / src_script.name
-                    shutil.copy2(src_script, dst_script)
-                    # Make shell scripts executable
-                    if dst_script.suffix == ".sh":
-                        dst_script.chmod(dst_script.stat().st_mode | 0o111)
-                    self.record_file_in_manifest(dst_script, project_root, manifest)
-                    created.append(dst_script)
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
 
         return created
 

src/specify_cli/integrations/copilot/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
 
-$repoRoot = git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null
-if (-not $repoRoot) { $repoRoot = $PWD.Path }
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
 
 # Invoke shared update-agent-context script as a separate process.
 # Dot-sourcing is unsafe until that script guards its Main call.

src/specify_cli/integrations/copilot/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -15,7 +15,22 @@
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
-REPO_ROOT="${REPO_ROOT:-$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)}"
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
 
 # Invoke shared update-agent-context script as a separate process.
 # Sourcing is unsafe until that script guards its main logic.

src/specify_cli/integrations/cursor_agent/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Cursor IDE integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class CursorAgentIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "cursor-agent"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Cursor",
+        "folder": ".cursor/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": None,
+        "requires_cli": False,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".cursor/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = ".cursor/rules/specify-rules.mdc"

src/specify_cli/integrations/cursor_agent/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Cursor integration: create/update .cursor/rules/specify-rules.mdc
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType cursor-agent

src/specify_cli/integrations/cursor_agent/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Cursor integration: create/update .cursor/rules/specify-rules.mdc
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" cursor-agent

src/specify_cli/integrations/forge/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+"""Forge integration — forgecode.dev AI coding agent.
+
+Forge has several unique behaviors compared to standard markdown agents:
+- Uses `{{parameters}}` instead of `$ARGUMENTS` for argument passing
+- Strips `handoffs` frontmatter key (Claude Code feature that causes Forge to hang)
+- Injects `name` field into frontmatter when missing
+- Uses a hyphenated frontmatter `name` value (e.g., `speckit-foo-bar`) for shell compatibility, especially with ZSH
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+from ..manifest import IntegrationManifest
+
+
+def format_forge_command_name(cmd_name: str) -> str:
+    """Convert command name to Forge-compatible hyphenated format.
+    
+    Forge requires command names to use hyphens instead of dots for
+    compatibility with ZSH and other shells. This function converts
+    dot-notation command names to hyphenated format.
+    
+    The function is idempotent: already-formatted names are returned unchanged.
+    
+    Examples:
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("plan")
+        'speckit-plan'
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("speckit.plan")
+        'speckit-plan'
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("speckit-plan")
+        'speckit-plan'
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("speckit.my-extension.example")
+        'speckit-my-extension-example'
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("speckit-my-extension-example")
+        'speckit-my-extension-example'
+        >>> format_forge_command_name("speckit.jira.sync-status")
+        'speckit-jira-sync-status'
+    
+    Args:
+        cmd_name: Command name in dot notation (speckit.foo.bar), 
+                  hyphenated format (speckit-foo-bar), or plain name (foo)
+    
+    Returns:
+        Hyphenated command name with 'speckit-' prefix
+    """
+    # Already in hyphenated format - return as-is (idempotent)
+    if cmd_name.startswith("speckit-"):
+        return cmd_name
+    
+    # Strip 'speckit.' prefix if present
+    short_name = cmd_name
+    if short_name.startswith("speckit."):
+        short_name = short_name[len("speckit."):]
+    
+    # Replace all dots with hyphens
+    short_name = short_name.replace(".", "-")
+    
+    # Return with 'speckit-' prefix
+    return f"speckit-{short_name}"
+
+
+class ForgeIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    """Integration for Forge (forgecode.dev).
+
+    Extends MarkdownIntegration to add Forge-specific processing:
+    - Replaces $ARGUMENTS with {{parameters}}
+    - Strips 'handoffs' frontmatter key (incompatible with Forge)
+    - Injects 'name' field into frontmatter when missing
+    """
+
+    key = "forge"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Forge",
+        "folder": ".forge/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://forgecode.dev/docs/",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".forge/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "{{parameters}}",
+        "extension": ".md",
+        "strip_frontmatter_keys": ["handoffs"],
+        "inject_name": True,
+        "format_name": format_forge_command_name,  # Custom name formatter
+    }
+    context_file = "AGENTS.md"
+
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        """Install Forge commands with custom processing.
+
+        Extends MarkdownIntegration.setup() to inject Forge-specific transformations
+        after standard template processing.
+        """
+        templates = self.list_command_templates()
+        if not templates:
+            return []
+
+        project_root_resolved = project_root.resolve()
+        if manifest.project_root != project_root_resolved:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"manifest.project_root ({manifest.project_root}) does not match "
+                f"project_root ({project_root_resolved})"
+            )
+
+        dest = self.commands_dest(project_root).resolve()
+        try:
+            dest.relative_to(project_root_resolved)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Integration destination {dest} escapes "
+                f"project root {project_root_resolved}"
+            ) from exc
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        script_type = opts.get("script_type", "sh")
+        arg_placeholder = self.registrar_config.get("args", "{{parameters}}")
+        created: list[Path] = []
+
+        for src_file in templates:
+            raw = src_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            # Process template with standard MarkdownIntegration logic
+            processed = self.process_template(raw, self.key, script_type, arg_placeholder)
+
+            # FORGE-SPECIFIC: Ensure any remaining $ARGUMENTS placeholders are
+            # converted to {{parameters}}
+            processed = processed.replace("$ARGUMENTS", arg_placeholder)
+
+            # FORGE-SPECIFIC: Apply frontmatter transformations
+            processed = self._apply_forge_transformations(processed, src_file.stem)
+
+            dst_name = self.command_filename(src_file.stem)
+            dst_file = self.write_file_and_record(
+                processed, dest / dst_name, project_root, manifest
+            )
+            created.append(dst_file)
+
+        # Install integration-specific update-context scripts
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
+
+        return created
+
+    def _apply_forge_transformations(self, content: str, template_name: str) -> str:
+        """Apply Forge-specific transformations to processed content.
+
+        1. Strip 'handoffs' frontmatter key (from Claude Code templates; incompatible with Forge)
+        2. Inject 'name' field if missing (using hyphenated format)
+        """
+        # Parse frontmatter
+        lines = content.split('\n')
+        if not lines or lines[0].strip() != '---':
+            return content
+
+        # Find end of frontmatter
+        frontmatter_end = -1
+        for i in range(1, len(lines)):
+            if lines[i].strip() == '---':
+                frontmatter_end = i
+                break
+
+        if frontmatter_end == -1:
+            return content
+
+        frontmatter_lines = lines[1:frontmatter_end]
+        body_lines = lines[frontmatter_end + 1:]
+
+        # 1. Strip 'handoffs' key
+        filtered_frontmatter = []
+        skip_until_outdent = False
+        for line in frontmatter_lines:
+            if skip_until_outdent:
+                # Skip indented lines under handoffs:
+                if line and (line[0] == ' ' or line[0] == '\t'):
+                    continue
+                else:
+                    skip_until_outdent = False
+
+            if line.strip().startswith('handoffs:'):
+                skip_until_outdent = True
+                continue
+
+            filtered_frontmatter.append(line)
+
+        # 2. Inject 'name' field if missing (using centralized formatter)
+        has_name = any(line.strip().startswith('name:') for line in filtered_frontmatter)
+        if not has_name:
+            # Use centralized formatter to ensure consistent hyphenated format
+            cmd_name = format_forge_command_name(template_name)
+            filtered_frontmatter.insert(0, f'name: {cmd_name}')
+
+        # Reconstruct content
+        result = ['---'] + filtered_frontmatter + ['---'] + body_lines
+        return '\n'.join(result)

src/specify_cli/integrations/forge/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Forge integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+$sharedScript = "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1"
+
+# Always delegate to the shared updater; fail clearly if it is unavailable.
+if (-not (Test-Path $sharedScript)) {
+    Write-Error "Error: shared agent context updater not found: $sharedScript"
+    Write-Error "Forge integration requires support in scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1."
+    exit 1
+}
+
+& $sharedScript -AgentType forge
+exit $LASTEXITCODE

src/specify_cli/integrations/forge/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Forge integration: create/update AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+shared_script="$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh"
+
+# Always delegate to the shared updater; fail clearly if it is unavailable.
+if [ ! -x "$shared_script" ]; then
+  echo "Error: shared agent context updater not found or not executable:" >&2
+  echo "  $shared_script" >&2
+  echo "Forge integration requires support in scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+exec "$shared_script" forge

src/specify_cli/integrations/gemini/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Gemini CLI integration."""
+
+from ..base import TomlIntegration
+
+
+class GeminiIntegration(TomlIntegration):
+    key = "gemini"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Gemini CLI",
+        "folder": ".gemini/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".gemini/commands",
+        "format": "toml",
+        "args": "{{args}}",
+        "extension": ".toml",
+    }
+    context_file = "GEMINI.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/gemini/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Gemini CLI integration: create/update GEMINI.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType gemini

src/specify_cli/integrations/gemini/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Gemini CLI integration: create/update GEMINI.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" gemini

src/specify_cli/integrations/generic/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+"""Generic integration — bring your own agent.
+
+Requires ``--commands-dir`` to specify the output directory for command
+files.  No longer special-cased in the core CLI — just another
+integration with its own required option.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from ..base import IntegrationOption, MarkdownIntegration
+from ..manifest import IntegrationManifest
+
+
+class GenericIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    """Integration for user-specified (generic) agents."""
+
+    key = "generic"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Generic (bring your own agent)",
+        "folder": None,  # Set dynamically from --commands-dir
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": None,
+        "requires_cli": False,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": "",  # Set dynamically from --commands-dir
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def options(cls) -> list[IntegrationOption]:
+        return [
+            IntegrationOption(
+                "--commands-dir",
+                required=True,
+                help="Directory for command files (e.g. .myagent/commands/)",
+            ),
+        ]
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_commands_dir(
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None,
+        opts: dict[str, Any],
+    ) -> str:
+        """Extract ``--commands-dir`` from parsed options or raw_options.
+
+        Returns the directory string or raises ``ValueError``.
+        """
+        parsed_options = parsed_options or {}
+
+        commands_dir = parsed_options.get("commands_dir")
+        if commands_dir:
+            return commands_dir
+
+        # Fall back to raw_options (--integration-options="--commands-dir ...")
+        raw = opts.get("raw_options")
+        if raw:
+            import shlex
+            tokens = shlex.split(raw)
+            for i, token in enumerate(tokens):
+                if token == "--commands-dir" and i + 1 < len(tokens):
+                    return tokens[i + 1]
+                if token.startswith("--commands-dir="):
+                    return token.split("=", 1)[1]
+
+        raise ValueError(
+            "--commands-dir is required for the generic integration"
+        )
+
+    def commands_dest(self, project_root: Path) -> Path:
+        """Not supported for GenericIntegration — use setup() directly.
+
+        GenericIntegration is stateless; the output directory comes from
+        ``parsed_options`` or ``raw_options`` at call time, not from
+        instance state.
+        """
+        raise ValueError(
+            "GenericIntegration.commands_dest() cannot be called directly; "
+            "the output directory is resolved from parsed_options in setup()"
+        )
+
+    def setup(
+        self,
+        project_root: Path,
+        manifest: IntegrationManifest,
+        parsed_options: dict[str, Any] | None = None,
+        **opts: Any,
+    ) -> list[Path]:
+        """Install commands to the user-provided commands directory."""
+        commands_dir = self._resolve_commands_dir(parsed_options, opts)
+
+        templates = self.list_command_templates()
+        if not templates:
+            return []
+
+        project_root_resolved = project_root.resolve()
+        if manifest.project_root != project_root_resolved:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"manifest.project_root ({manifest.project_root}) does not match "
+                f"project_root ({project_root_resolved})"
+            )
+
+        dest = (project_root / commands_dir).resolve()
+        try:
+            dest.relative_to(project_root_resolved)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Integration destination {dest} escapes "
+                f"project root {project_root_resolved}"
+            ) from exc
+        dest.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+        script_type = opts.get("script_type", "sh")
+        arg_placeholder = "$ARGUMENTS"
+        created: list[Path] = []
+
+        for src_file in templates:
+            raw = src_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            processed = self.process_template(raw, self.key, script_type, arg_placeholder)
+            dst_name = self.command_filename(src_file.stem)
+            dst_file = self.write_file_and_record(
+                processed, dest / dst_name, project_root, manifest
+            )
+            created.append(dst_file)
+
+        created.extend(self.install_scripts(project_root, manifest))
+        return created

src/specify_cli/integrations/generic/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Generic integration: create/update context file
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType generic

src/specify_cli/integrations/generic/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Generic integration: create/update context file
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" generic

src/specify_cli/integrations/iflow/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""iFlow CLI integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class IflowIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "iflow"
+    config = {
+        "name": "iFlow CLI",
+        "folder": ".iflow/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://docs.iflow.cn/en/cli/quickstart",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".iflow/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = "IFLOW.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/iflow/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — iFlow CLI integration: create/update IFLOW.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType iflow

src/specify_cli/integrations/iflow/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — iFlow CLI integration: create/update IFLOW.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" iflow

src/specify_cli/integrations/junie/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Junie integration (JetBrains)."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class JunieIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "junie"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Junie",
+        "folder": ".junie/",
+        "commands_subdir": "commands",
+        "install_url": "https://junie.jetbrains.com/",
+        "requires_cli": True,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".junie/commands",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = ".junie/AGENTS.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/junie/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Junie integration: create/update .junie/AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType junie

src/specify_cli/integrations/junie/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Junie integration: create/update .junie/AGENTS.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" junie

src/specify_cli/integrations/kilocode/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"""Kilo Code integration."""
+
+from ..base import MarkdownIntegration
+
+
+class KilocodeIntegration(MarkdownIntegration):
+    key = "kilocode"
+    config = {
+        "name": "Kilo Code",
+        "folder": ".kilocode/",
+        "commands_subdir": "workflows",
+        "install_url": None,
+        "requires_cli": False,
+    }
+    registrar_config = {
+        "dir": ".kilocode/workflows",
+        "format": "markdown",
+        "args": "$ARGUMENTS",
+        "extension": ".md",
+    }
+    context_file = ".kilocode/rules/specify-rules.md"

src/specify_cli/integrations/kilocode/scripts/update-context.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# update-context.ps1 — Kilo Code integration: create/update .kilocode/rules/specify-rules.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+$scriptDir = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
+$repoRoot = try { git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>$null } catch { $null }
+# If git did not return a repo root, or the git root does not contain .specify,
+# fall back to walking up from the script directory to find the initialized project root.
+if (-not $repoRoot -or -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+    $repoRoot = $scriptDir
+    $fsRoot = [System.IO.Path]::GetPathRoot($repoRoot)
+    while ($repoRoot -and $repoRoot -ne $fsRoot -and -not (Test-Path (Join-Path $repoRoot '.specify'))) {
+        $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $repoRoot
+    }
+}
+
+& "$repoRoot/.specify/scripts/powershell/update-agent-context.ps1" -AgentType kilocode

src/specify_cli/integrations/kilocode/scripts/update-context.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# update-context.sh — Kilo Code integration: create/update .kilocode/rules/specify-rules.md
+#
+# Thin wrapper that delegates to the shared update-agent-context script.
+# Activated in Stage 7 when the shared script uses integration.json dispatch.
+#
+# Until then, this delegates to the shared script as a subprocess.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Derive repo root from script location (walks up to find .specify/)
+_script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+_root="$_script_dir"
+while [ "$_root" != "/" ] && [ ! -d "$_root/.specify" ]; do _root="$(dirname "$_root")"; done
+if [ -z "${REPO_ROOT:-}" ]; then
+  if [ -d "$_root/.specify" ]; then
+    REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+  else
+    git_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || true)"
+    if [ -n "$git_root" ] && [ -d "$git_root/.specify" ]; then
+      REPO_ROOT="$git_root"
+    else
+      REPO_ROOT="$_root"
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+exec "$REPO_ROOT/.specify/scripts/bash/update-agent-context.sh" kilocode