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Speckit Workflow Step by github — Agent Skill

Name: Speckit Workflow Step
Author: GitHub (Microsoft)

Speckit Workflow Step

Manage Spec Kit workflow step types via `specify workflow step`. USE FOR: listing built-in and custom workflow step types, installing/removing a custom step type from a catalog, searching/showing step-type info, managing step-type catalog sources. DO NOT USE FOR: running or installing whole workflows (use speckit-workflow), or bundles (use speckit-bundle).

GitHub (Microsoft) b1eead3 1.6 KB Updated Sep 17, 2026 36.2k repo stars

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Spec Kit — workflow step types

Manage the step types that workflows are composed of, using the Specify CLI specify workflow step command group. (Requires Specify CLI >= 0.11.)

Prerequisite: needs the specify CLI. If specify --version fails, install it with the speckit-cli-setup skill first.

When to use

Inspect which step types (built-in or custom) are available to workflows.
Install or remove a custom step type, or manage step-type catalog sources.

How to invoke

# Discover step types
specify workflow step list
specify workflow step search <query>
specify workflow step info <step-id>

# Install / remove custom step types
specify workflow step add <step-id>            # from the step catalog
specify workflow step remove <step-id>

# Manage step catalog sources
specify workflow step catalog list
specify workflow step catalog add <url>
specify workflow step catalog remove <index>   # by index

Notes

Step types are the building blocks referenced by workflow YAML; install the step types a workflow needs before running it (see the speckit-workflow skill).
list shows both built-in and custom step types; only custom ones can be removed.

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