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## 🤔 What is Spec-Driven Development?

Spec-Driven Development **flips the script** on traditional software development. For decades, code has been king — specifications were just scaffolding we built and discarded once the "real work" of coding began. Spec-Driven Development changes this: **specifications become executable**, directly generating working implementations rather than just guiding them.
Spec-Driven Development is a **classic engineering discipline** where a **rigorous specification** serves as the authoritative blueprint for a system. For decades, it was the foundation upon which the world's most reliable and mission-critical software was built. This is a return to that tradition.

For a time, this approach was overshadowed by Agile methodologies, which—while valuable for rapid iteration—often led to the neglect of comprehensive documentation. The specification became a secondary artifact, quickly falling out of sync with the "real" work of coding.

Today, AI allows us to reunite the discipline of the past with the speed of the present.

With spec-kit, the specification is restored as the **single source of truth**. You craft the system's design in structured natural language, and an AI engine generates the code directly from it. The specification is no longer a static document; it is the living source from which the implementation is derived.

This ensures that the final product is a perfect reflection of the plan, reviving a glorious tradition of engineering excellence for the modern era, supercharged by GenAI.

## ⚡ Get started

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