Spec Kit — workflows
Run and manage spec-kit automation workflows with the Specify CLI
specify workflow command group.
Prerequisite: needs the
specifyCLI. Ifspecify --versionfails, install it with the speckit-cli-setup skill first.
When to use
- Execute a multi-step spec-kit automation workflow.
- Resume a run that paused at a gate or failed, or check its status.
- Discover, install, or remove workflows.
How to invoke
# Discover
specify workflow list
specify workflow search <query>
specify workflow info <id> # details and step graph
# Run
specify workflow run <id-or-path>
specify workflow run <id> -i key=value -i other=value # pass inputs
specify workflow run <id> --json # machine-readable outcome
# Resume / status
specify workflow status <run>
specify workflow resume <run>
# Install / remove
specify workflow add <id-or-url-or-path>
specify workflow remove <id>
# Catalogs (sources workflows are resolved from)
specify workflow catalog list
specify workflow catalog add <url> [--name <name>]
specify workflow catalog remove <index> # by index
# Step types — see the speckit-workflow-step skill
specify workflow step --help
Notes
runaccepts either an installed workflow ID or a path to a local YAML file.- Pass inputs with repeated
-i key=value(a.k.a.--input) flags. - Use
--jsonwhen you need to parse the run outcome programmatically; surface a human summary to the user afterward. - If a run stops at a gate, use
specify workflow resumerather than re-running from the start. - To manage the step types workflows are built from, use the speckit-workflow-step skill.