Drive spec-first coding workflows with task boards, worktrees, and agent handoffs using Spec Kitty
Move from spec to plan to tasks to review through one repo-native workflow when larger AI coding efforts need tighter coordination.
Prerequisites
Python environment, spec-kitty-cli, git, a repository under active development, and access to one of the supported AI coding agents
Installation
Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
- pipx install spec-kitty-cli
- pipx is the preferred installer for the CLI because it keeps Spec Kitty in its
- uv tool install spec-kitty-cli
- python -m pip install spec-kitty-cli
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
bash
own virtual environment and avoids the externally-managed-environment errors
common on modern Linux distributions.
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Priivacy-ai/spec-kitty/HEAD/README.md