Added --offline-template option to enable developers with corporate firewalls to access spec-kit by using local template files instead of downloading from GitHub.

[kumaresra]

Add offline template mode for spec-kit

Overview

Added the --offline-template option to the specify init command to support environments where direct GitHub access is restricted by corporate firewalls. This feature allows developers to initialize projects using local template files instead of downloading them from GitHub.

Key Changes

• Added new --offline-template option to specify init command
• Implemented template preservation logic for offline mode
• Updated error handling and validation for local template files
• Modified cleanup logic to preserve specified template files when using offline mode

Usage

# Initialize project using a local template file
specify init my-project --offline-template "/path/to/spec-kit-template-claude-sh-v0.0.54.zip"

# Can be combined with other options
specify init my-project --offline-template "/path/to/template.zip" --ai claude --no-git

[localden]

Thanks for the contribution! At this time, we will not be adding this functionality - because Specify is a "scaffolding CLI," an "offline template" is basically "Download and extract the ZIP."