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T4 (last) of #39 (chore: adopt repo-standard, stage=in-progress): bootstraps .specify/ from ~/REPO/ME/iklo/.specify/, the reference implementation the repo-standard design doc names for the in-progress tier.

  • templates/, scripts/bash/, workflows/, integrations/ are copied verbatim -- verified byte-identical via a per-directory diff -rq against iklo's tree. Nothing guiltty-specific to adapt there.
  • .specify/memory/constitution.md is authored fresh: six principles derived from docs/spec.md's Boundaries section, plus a Workflow section describing this repo's actual pull-request-process/map-issue-to-tasks/fix-mapped-issue shipping flow (predates .specify/, stays as-is -- spec-kit is additive).
  • Deliberately not copied: iklo's root-level init-options.json/integration.json (speckit's own generated tool-state, outside T4's defined directory-shape scope).
  • Skimmed the vendored scripts for tool dependencies -- they all degrade gracefully (jq → python3 → text/awk fallback), so mise.toml is untouched. Flagging jq as an optional-robustness follow-up rather than adding it unilaterally.

Merge-order note: T1/T2/T3 (repo.toml, AGENTS.md, specs/) are still open as of this PR. The constitution references AGENTS.md and specs/decisions/ by name/path only, not as live markdown links, since it can't assume those PRs land first -- avoiding exactly the dead-link problem its own Principle VI ("docs that contradict reality are bugs") warns against. Once all four PRs are merged those references will actually resolve; no further edit needed at that point since they're plain-text mentions already.

Test plan

  • diff -rq per copied directory against iklo's .specify/ -- byte-identical
  • Executable bit preserved on the 5 .sh scripts (verified in the commit's 100755 modes)
  • constitution.md read end-to-end and fact-checked against docs/spec.md, docs/spec-ci.md, and the real crate tree -- no leftover iklo content, no stale claims
  • Independently reviewed via pr-review-toolkit:review-pr -- caught and fixed the AGENTS.md/specs/decisions/ dead-link risk described above

Part of #39. This is the last of the four T1-T4 tasks in tasks/issue-39-chore-adopt-repo-standard-stage-in-progress.md.

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Summary by Sourcery

Bootstrap the repository's spec-kit scaffolding and governance while preserving its existing development and release process.

New Features:

  • Add a complete .specify/ bootstrap with spec-kit templates, shell scripts, integrations metadata, and workflow definitions.
  • Add a repository-specific constitution defining architecture, error handling, dependency, testing, compatibility, documentation, and development workflow principles.

Bug Fixes:

  • Improve spec-kit script validation, feature path resolution, template handling, JSON fallbacks, and branch-name validation and length handling.

Enhancements:

  • Support graceful operation across environments with optional jq, python3, and text-processing fallbacks.
  • Add template override, preset, extension, and composition resolution support.

Documentation:

  • Document the repository's governing principles and how spec-kit scaffolding coexists with the existing shipping workflow.

Tests:

  • Add a dependency-free shell test suite covering script executability, feature creation, prerequisite validation, path and template resolution, JSON output, and workflow metadata.

Summary by cubic

Bootstraps .specify/ from the iklo reference so spec-kit templates, scripts, and workflows are available without changing the current PR/issue process.

New Features

  • Added .specify/ with templates, scripts, workflows, and an integrations manifest (byte-identical to iklo), plus a repo-specific constitution.
  • Bundled the speckit workflow registry; excluded root init-options.json and integration.json.
  • Added a dependency-free bash test suite (tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh) covering script validation, path resolution, template precedence, and JSON output.

Bug Fixes

  • create-new-feature.sh validates --number and measures branch length in bytes; setup-plan.sh rejects unknown flags and fails on a missing plan template; check-prerequisites.sh now requires spec.md.
  • Removed the dangling copilot.manifest.json and corrected a stale claim in the constitution.

Migration

  • No new required deps; scripts degrade gracefully (jq → python3 → text/awk); mise.toml unchanged.
  • References to AGENTS.md and specs/decisions/ are plain text until T1–T3 merge.

Written for commit 597309a. Summary will update on new commits.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added a Speckit workflow for creating feature specifications, plans, and task lists, with approval checkpoints during the process.
    • Added tools to create feature workspaces, prepare plans and task lists, and check required project documents.
    • Added JSON output options and support for customizing or reusing feature workspaces.
  • Documentation
    • Added templates for feature specifications, plans, task lists, checklists, and project guidance.
    • Added project guidance covering development conventions, testing, dependencies, workflow, and governance.

T4 of issue #39: adds .specify/ (memory/, templates/, scripts/bash/,
workflows/, integrations/), the last piece of the in-progress repo-
standard tier.

templates/, scripts/bash/, workflows/, and integrations/ are copied
verbatim from ~/REPO/ME/iklo/.specify/ (verified byte-identical via
per-directory diff) -- project-agnostic spec-kit tooling, nothing
guiltty-specific to adapt. Deliberately not copied: iklo's root-level
init-options.json/integration.json, speckit's own generated tool-state
bookkeeping, outside T4's defined directory-shape scope.

.specify/memory/constitution.md is authored fresh for guiltty: six
principles derived from docs/spec.md's Boundaries section (backend-
agnostic core, no panics on recoverable paths, ask-first on new deps,
test-first, pre-1.0 breaking changes must be called out not silent,
doc staleness is a bug) plus a Workflow section describing this repo's
actual pull-request-process/map-issue-to-tasks/fix-mapped-issue
shipping flow (predates .specify/, stays as-is -- spec-kit is additive,
not a replacement).

Skimmed .specify/scripts/bash/*.sh for tool dependencies: all of them
already degrade gracefully (jq -> python3 -> text/awk fallback) rather
than hard-requiring anything, so mise.toml is untouched; jq noted as an
optional-robustness follow-up in the PR description instead.

T1-T3 (repo.toml, AGENTS.md, specs/) are still open PRs at the time of
this commit, so the constitution avoids asserting live links to
AGENTS.md/specs/decisions/ that could 404 depending on merge order --
named by path instead, per its own Principle VI.

Independently re-verified via pr-review-toolkit:review-pr before
pushing; caught and fixed exactly that dead-link risk.

Co-Authored-By: WOZCODE <contact@withwoz.com>
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Bootstraps the repo-standard Spec Kit structure under .specify/ by copying core templates/scripts/workflows from the iklo reference implementation, adding a guiltty-specific constitution, and wiring Bash helpers and templates that drive the /speckit.* feature workflow (specify → plan → tasks → implement).

Sequence diagram for the speckit full SDD workflow

sequenceDiagram
    actor Developer
    participant speckit_workflow as speckit_workflow.yml
    participant specify_cmd as speckit.specify
    participant plan_cmd as speckit.plan
    participant tasks_cmd as speckit.tasks
    participant implement_cmd as speckit.implement

    Developer->>speckit_workflow: start speckit workflow
    speckit_workflow->>specify_cmd: speckit.specify (inputs.spec)
    speckit_workflow-->>Developer: review-spec gate
    alt approve
        speckit_workflow->>plan_cmd: speckit.plan (inputs.spec)
        speckit_workflow-->>Developer: review-plan gate
        alt approve
            speckit_workflow->>tasks_cmd: speckit.tasks (inputs.spec)
            speckit_workflow->>implement_cmd: speckit.implement (inputs.spec)
        else reject
            speckit_workflow-->>Developer: abort workflow (plan rejected)
        end
    else reject
        speckit_workflow-->>Developer: abort workflow (spec rejected)
    end
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Sequence diagram for Bash feature path resolution and tasks setup

sequenceDiagram
    participant create_feature as create-new-feature.sh
    participant setup_plan as setup-plan.sh
    participant setup_tasks as setup-tasks.sh
    participant check_prereq as check-prerequisites.sh
    participant common_sh as common.sh

    create_feature->>common_sh: get_repo_root
    common_sh->>common_sh: find_specify_root / resolve_specify_init_dir
    create_feature->>common_sh: resolve_template(spec-template)
    create_feature->>common_sh: _persist_feature_json(REPO_ROOT, FEATURE_DIR)

    setup_plan->>common_sh: get_feature_paths
    setup_plan->>common_sh: resolve_template(plan-template)

    setup_tasks->>common_sh: get_feature_paths
    setup_tasks->>common_sh: resolve_template(tasks-template)

    check_prereq->>common_sh: get_feature_paths(--no-persist)
    check_prereq->>common_sh: has_jq
    check_prereq-->>check_prereq: validate plan.md / tasks.md / optional docs
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File-Level Changes

Change Details Files
Introduce shared Spec Kit Bash utilities and feature-path resolution used by all speckit commands.
  • Add common.sh with repo-root discovery, feature directory resolution and persistence, JSON helpers, template resolution and composition, and integration invoke-separator parsing with jq/python/awk fallbacks.
  • Provide get_feature_paths() to centralize REPO_ROOT/CURRENT_BRANCH/FEATURE_DIR and doc-path exports, including SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY and feature.json handling.
  • Add helpers for resolving speckit command formatting and basic file/dir existence checks used by other scripts.
.specify/scripts/bash/common.sh
Add CLI script to create new feature branches and spec directories under specs/, aligned with Spec Kit conventions.
  • Parse CLI flags for JSON output, dry-run, existing-branch reuse, short-name override, explicit number, and timestamp mode.
  • Generate sanitized branch names from feature descriptions with stop-word filtering, acronym handling, and GitHub’s 244-byte limit enforcement.
  • Create specs/<###-slug>/ directories and seed spec.md from spec-template, persisting feature.json and emitting shell export hints; support JSON/plain outputs with jq fallback.
.specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh
Add scripts to set up plan.md, tasks.md prerequisites and report available feature docs.
  • Implement check-prerequisites.sh to resolve feature paths (with optional non-persist mode), validate plan.md/tasks.md presence based on flags, and emit available docs list in text/JSON formats.
  • Implement setup-plan.sh to copy plan-template into plan.md if missing, using resolve_template and emitting basic path metadata.
  • Implement setup-tasks.sh to resolve tasks-template through the override stack, validate spec/plan presence, and report available docs and chosen template in text/JSON formats.
.specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh
.specify/scripts/bash/setup-plan.sh
.specify/scripts/bash/setup-tasks.sh
Bootstrap core Spec Kit markdown templates for specs, plans, tasks, constitutions, and checklists.
  • Add spec-template.md describing user-story-first, prioritized, independently-testable specs with acceptance scenarios, requirements, success criteria, and assumptions placeholders.
  • Add plan-template.md documenting implementation plan structure, technical context fields, project structure variants, and complexity tracking aligned with SDD workflow.
  • Add tasks-template.md describing phase- and user-story-organized task lists, parallelism markers, and execution order guidance.
  • Add constitution-template.md and checklist-template.md as generic scaffolds for project constitutions and checklists to be filled by speckit commands.
.specify/templates/spec-template.md
.specify/templates/plan-template.md
.specify/templates/tasks-template.md
.specify/templates/constitution-template.md
.specify/templates/checklist-template.md
Define guiltty-specific constitution and governance for Spec Kit usage and repo constraints.
  • Author .specify/memory/constitution.md with six principles (backend-agnostic core, error-handling, dependency policy, test-first, explicit breaking changes, docs-as-bugs), Rust/tooling constraints, and workflow/governance sections.
  • Reference existing docs (docs/spec.md, docs/spec-ci.md, docs/design/*), AGENTS.md, and specs/decisions/ as ADR locations without hard markdown links to avoid dead-link risk before other chore: adopt repo-standard (stage=in-progress) #39 tasks land.
.specify/memory/constitution.md
Register Spec Kit workflows and integration manifests for this repo.
  • Add speckit workflow.yml describing the full SDD cycle (specify → review → plan → review → tasks → implement) with integration auto-selection and inputs for spec text and scope.
  • Introduce workflow-registry.json stub for registering workflows (content not shown in diff but file created).
  • Add empty integration manifest JSON files for Copilot and Speckit to be filled by the Spec Kit engine, enabling integration discovery.
.specify/workflows/speckit/workflow.yml
.specify/workflows/workflow-registry.json
.specify/integrations/copilot.manifest.json
.specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json

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This change adds repository rules, shared Bash utilities, feature setup and prerequisite scripts, and templates. It also adds a Speckit workflow that runs specify, plan, tasks, and implement, with approval gates after specify and plan.

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Spec-Driven Development Bootstrap

Layer / File(s) Summary
Repository rules and shared runtime
.specify/memory/constitution.md, .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh
Adds repository conventions and shared Bash functions for repository and feature paths, feature metadata, JSON handling, integration commands, and template resolution.
Feature creation and specification
.specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh, .specify/templates/spec-template.md
Adds feature naming and numbering, dry-run and collision options, metadata persistence, output modes, and a feature specification template.
Planning, task setup, and prerequisites
.specify/scripts/bash/setup-plan.sh, .specify/scripts/bash/setup-tasks.sh, .specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh, .specify/templates/*-template.md
Adds plan and task setup, prerequisite checks, and plan, task, checklist, and constitution templates.
Speckit workflow registration
.specify/workflows/speckit/workflow.yml, .specify/workflows/workflow-registry.json, .specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json
Adds the Speckit workflow, its registry entry, and integration metadata with script and template checksums.
Bootstrap script validation
tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh
Adds shell tests for feature creation, prerequisite checks, path and template resolution, restricted-PATH execution, and workflow metadata and command order.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Other

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Workflow as Speckit workflow
  participant Specify as Specify command
  participant Approval as Approval gates
  participant Plan as Plan command
  participant Tasks as Tasks command
  participant Implement as Implement command
  Workflow->>Specify: Run specify with spec and integration
  Specify-->>Approval: Provide specification for approval
  Approval-->>Workflow: Continue or abort
  Workflow->>Plan: Run plan with spec and integration
  Plan-->>Approval: Provide plan for approval
  Approval-->>Workflow: Continue or abort
  Workflow->>Tasks: Run tasks with spec and integration
  Workflow->>Implement: Run implement with spec and integration
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## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path=".specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh" line_range="218-227" />
<code_context>
+MAX_BRANCH_LENGTH=244
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**issue (bug_risk):** Branch length check uses character count instead of byte count, which can exceed GitHub’s 244-byte limit with non-ASCII names.

Please compute the branch name length in bytes rather than characters, e.g.:

```sh
LC_ALL=C
len=$(printf '%s' "$BRANCH_NAME" | wc -c)
```

Then use `len` for the limit check and any “[…] bytes” messaging, so the validation and diagnostics match GitHub’s 244-byte constraint for UTF‑8 names.
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### Comment 2
<location path=".specify/templates/tasks-template.md" line_range="66" />
<code_context>
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+Examples of foundational tasks (adjust based on your project):
+
+- [ ] T004 Setup database schema and migrations framework
+- [ ] T005 [P] Implement authentication/authorization framework
+- [ ] T006 [P] Setup API routing and middleware structure
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**nitpick (typo):** Use "set up" instead of "setup" when it functions as a verb phrase.

This applies to checklist items like "T004 Setup database schema..." and "T006 Setup API routing...", where "setup" is used as a verb. Please update these to "Set up" to match standard usage and keep the template grammatically consistent.

Suggested implementation:

```
- [ ] T004 Set up database schema and migrations framework

```

```
- [ ] T006 [P] Set up API routing and middleware structure

```

```
- [ ] T009 Set up environment configuration management

```
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.specify/scripts/bash/common.sh (1)

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Keep .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh byte-identical.

Its SHA-256 matches .specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json. ShellCheck reports only SC2155, SC2221, and SC2222. Report these warnings upstream instead of editing the vendored file.

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existing ShellCheck SC2155, SC2221, and SC2222 warnings. Report those warnings
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Inline comments:
In @.specify/templates/tasks-template.md:
- Line 10: Update the Prerequisites declaration in the tasks template so spec.md
is unconditionally required, removing the “required for user stories” qualifier
while preserving the other prerequisite entries.

In @.specify/workflows/speckit/workflow.yml:
- Around line 37-40: Address the unused scope input in the workflow definition:
either forward inputs.scope through the supported speckit.* command contract so
backend-only and frontend-only affect execution, or remove the scope declaration
until scoped execution is implemented. Ensure no misleading selectable values
remain without corresponding behavior.

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In @.specify/scripts/bash/common.sh:
- Around line 1-2: Do not modify .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh; preserve it
byte-identical, including the existing ShellCheck SC2155, SC2221, and SC2222
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1 issue found across 15 files

Confidence score: 4/5

  • In .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh, the jq/python-less fallback can turn a null or non-string feature_directory into a literal directory name, so downstream scripts may use the wrong path. Emit a value only when it’s a quoted string.
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<file name=".specify/scripts/bash/common.sh">

<violation number="1" location=".specify/scripts/bash/common.sh:124">
P2: On jq/python-less environments, a null or non-string `feature_directory` becomes a literal directory name instead of producing the documented empty value. Emit output only for a quoted string so downstream scripts report the missing feature directory rather than creating a malformed path.</violation>
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- create-new-feature.sh: validate --number (digit-only, <=6 digits) and
  measure branch length in bytes, not characters
- setup-plan.sh: reject unknown options; fail on missing plan template
- check-prerequisites.sh: require spec.md alongside plan.md
- workflow.yml: drop unused scope input
- tasks-template.md: spec.md always required; 'Set up' verb phrasing
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@coderabbitai — acknowledged: .specify/scripts/bash/common.sh was left byte-identical (no edits), including the existing ShellCheck SC2155/SC2221/SC2222 warnings. The cubic-dev-ai finding on common.sh:124 (jq/python-less fallback emitting a literal directory name) is reported upstream rather than patched locally, per your directive.

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Pull Request Overview

Codacy reports the PR as not up to standards overall because coverage requirements are missing, although its quality analysis reports no blocking quality failures. The main merge risk is the absence of automated validation for the substantial shell-script behavior and reference parity requirements. No security or major logic defect was identified.

About this PR

  • Add automated CI coverage for the new shell tooling and reference-parity requirements. The current manual validation plan does not provide regression protection for the constitution's requirement that behavioral changes include tests.

Test suggestions

  • Verify all copied .specify directories are byte-identical to the iklo reference.
  • Verify the five Bash scripts retain executable permissions.
  • Create a feature with sequential numbering, timestamp mode, custom names, invalid numbers, and branch-length limits.
  • Resolve feature paths from environment variables and feature.json, including read-only paths-only behavior.
  • Exercise prerequisite checking for missing spec, plan, tasks, optional documents, JSON output, and paths-only output.
  • Verify template resolution precedence across overrides, presets, extensions, and core templates.
  • Verify workflow metadata and gate ordering for specify, plan, tasks, and implement.
  • Verify fallback behavior when jq, Python, or PyYAML is unavailable.
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1. Verify all copied .specify directories are byte-identical to the iklo reference.
2. Verify the five Bash scripts retain executable permissions.
3. Create a feature with sequential numbering, timestamp mode, custom names, invalid numbers, and branch-length limits.
4. Resolve feature paths from environment variables and feature.json, including read-only paths-only behavior.
5. Exercise prerequisite checking for missing spec, plan, tasks, optional documents, JSON output, and paths-only output.
6. Verify template resolution precedence across overrides, presets, extensions, and core templates.
7. Verify workflow metadata and gate ordering for specify, plan, tasks, and implement.
8. Verify fallback behavior when jq, Python, or PyYAML is unavailable.
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  • Document which files intentionally differ from the iklo reference and provide reproducible validation for those differences.

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🟡 Minor · Add behavior tests for feature creation. · create-new-feature.sh:254-285

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add behavior tests for feature creation.

Principle IV requires tests for every behavioral change. Add focused shell tests that assert creation, collision rejection, template handling, and .specify/feature.json persistence. Existing Rust tests do not exercise this script.

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Add focused shell tests for create-new-feature.sh that verify feature creation,
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Replaces the `sed 's/-$//'` subprocess with `${TRUNCATED_SUFFIX%-}` per
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@codacy-production / @coderabbitai — re: missing automated validation for the shell scripts.

The .specify/scripts/bash/*.sh files are bootstrapped verbatim from the iklo reference implementation (issue #39 is pure scaffolding, no Rust changes). They are syntax-checked (bash -n) and smoke-tested manually (verified --number validation, unknown-option rejection, and dry-run output).

Adding a shell test harness (e.g. bats) would be a new external dependency, which is an ask-first change per the constitution (Principle III) and out of scope for this scaffolding PR. Deferring to a follow-up rather than introducing a test framework here.

Plain-bash test suite (no external framework/dependency) covering:
- executable permissions on all five scripts
- create-new-feature.sh: sequential/timestamp/custom naming, invalid and
  oversized --number rejection, branch-length truncation
- check-prerequisites.sh: missing spec/plan rejection, JSON and paths-only
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- feature path resolution from env vars (common.sh)
- template resolution precedence (override over core)
- fallback behavior without jq/python on PATH
- workflow.yml metadata and gate ordering

Addresses Codacy/Coderabbit's missing-automated-validation finding without
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@codacy-production — implemented the test recommendations in 2fd4fb9 as a plain-bash suite at tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh (24 assertions, no external framework/dependency).

Coverage by your list:

  1. Byte-identical to iklo — verified via diff -rq against ~/REPO/ME/iklo/.specify; only the intentional review-feedback edits differ (tasks-template.md, check-prerequisites.sh, create-new-feature.sh, setup-plan.sh, workflow.yml) plus the removed dangling copilot.manifest.json.
  2. Executable permissions — asserted for all five scripts.
  3. create-new-feature.sh — sequential, timestamp, custom name, invalid + oversized --number, branch-length truncation.
  4. Feature path resolution — env-var SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY and --paths-only.
  5. check-prerequisites.sh — missing spec/plan, JSON output, paths-only output.
  6. Template resolution precedence — override over core.
  7. Workflow metadata + gate ordering — id, command order, gate presence.
  8. Fallback without jq/python — PATH-stripped run still produces a branch name.

Run: bash tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh (all 24 pass).

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133-135: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Exercise the fallback path directly.

PATH="/usr/bin:/bin" does not exclude jq or python3; both resolve from /usr/bin. More importantly, this invocation uses plain-text --dry-run, which prints BRANCH_NAME: directly and does not execute the jq/Python-dependent branches.

Use a temporary PATH containing only the required utilities. Assert that jq and python3 are unavailable. Run --json --dry-run to exercise the no-jq JSON fallback. Add a separate get_feature_paths --no-persist case with feature.json if this test must cover the no-Python feature-directory parser fallback.

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- 'missing spec.md rejected' now actually runs check-prerequisites.sh
  against an empty feature dir (the prior version passed --paths-only,
  which never validates, so it tested feature-context resolution instead).
- JSON-output test now asserts the output contract directly instead of
  over-claiming a no-jq/no-python3 run (jq is exposed as a shell builtin
  in this environment, so a PATH-stripped fallback run is not reliable).
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@coderabbitai — re: the fallback test (review 5483424574).

Updated in 597309a. The JSON-output test now asserts the output contract directly. A rigorous no-jq/no-python3 run is not reliable in this environment: jq is exposed as a shell builtin (so command -v jq always succeeds regardless of PATH), and most coreutils resolve to bare names rather than paths, which breaks a symlinked minimal-PATH approach. The test now documents this and asserts the JSON output contract instead of over-claiming a fallback run.

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@owkwo-bot Thanks for the clarification and fix. I confirmed that 597309a removes the fallback-coverage claim and documents the environment limitation.

The test now invokes --json --dry-run and checks for "BRANCH_NAME". This checks the expected key, but does not validate the complete JSON object or prove that the fallback path ran.

That addresses the misleading fallback-test claim. I inspected the change but did not run the suite.


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🟡 Changes recommended

Stale integrity hashes and several feature-creation failure paths can produce invalid or dirty repository state.

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What changed in this PR

Bootstraps Spec Kit scaffolding and repository-specific governance without replacing the existing development workflow.

Changes:

  • Adds Spec Kit templates, workflows, and shell utilities.
  • Defines project governance in a repository constitution.
  • Adds shell-based validation tests.
File Description
.specify/​integrations/​speckit.manifest.json Records installed integration files.
.specify/​memory/​constitution.md Defines repository principles and workflow.
.specify/​scripts/​bash/​check-prerequisites.sh Validates feature prerequisites.
.specify/​scripts/​bash/​common.sh Provides shared resolution utilities.
.specify/​scripts/​bash/​create-new-feature.sh Creates feature workspaces.
.specify/​scripts/​bash/​setup-plan.sh Initializes implementation plans.
.specify/​scripts/​bash/​setup-tasks.sh Resolves task-generation inputs.
.specify/​templates/​checklist-template.md Adds checklist scaffolding.
.specify/​templates/​constitution-template.md Adds constitution scaffolding.
.specify/​templates/​plan-template.md Adds implementation-plan scaffolding.
.specify/​templates/​spec-template.md Adds feature-specification scaffolding.
.specify/​templates/​tasks-template.md Adds task-list scaffolding.
.specify/​workflows/​speckit/​workflow.yml Defines the gated SDD workflow.
.specify/​workflows/​workflow-registry.json Registers the bundled workflow.
tests/​shell/​specify-scripts-test.sh Exercises the new shell utilities.

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BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(generate_branch_name "$FEATURE_DESCRIPTION")
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mkdir -p "$FEATURE_DIR"

if [ ! -f "$SPEC_FILE" ]; then
TEMPLATE=$(resolve_template "spec-template" "$REPO_ROOT") || true
if [ -n "$TEMPLATE" ] && [ -f "$TEMPLATE" ]; then
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# Persist to .specify/feature.json so downstream commands can find the feature
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# Validate required files
if [[ ! -f "$IMPL_PLAN" ]]; then
echo "ERROR: plan.md not found in $FEATURE_DIR" >&2
echo "Run /speckit.plan first to create the implementation plan." >&2
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if [[ ! -f "$FEATURE_SPEC" ]]; then
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**Prerequisites**: plan.md (required), spec.md (required), research.md, data-model.md, contracts/

**Tests**: The examples below include test tasks. Tests are OPTIONAL - only include them if explicitly requested in the feature specification.
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Drop the .specify/ bootstrap content (constitution, scripts, templates,
workflows, .gitignore) that PR #49 duplicated from the repo-standard
bootstrap work (issue #39 / PR #44). PR #49 now carries only the per-agent
skill/command payloads (.claude/, .github/, .opencode/, .omp/) and the
integration declaration (.specify/integration.json, init-options.json,
integrations/), so it no longer collides with PR #44 on the .specify/
bootstrap.

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10 issues found across 15 files

Confidence score: 3/5

  • .specify/templates/tasks-template.md makes tests optional unless a spec asks for them, which conflicts with the requirement to test every behavioral change. Make tests the default for behavioral changes, with an exception for non-behavioral work.
  • create-new-feature.sh can create malformed feature directories for names like -n or ---. Use printf for the supplied name and reject an empty suffix.
  • .specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json has stale SHA-256 attestations for four edited files, so manifest verification may fail. Regenerate the attestations.
  • tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh is not run by CI, and some assertions can pass on malformed JSON or a successful missing-file check. Add it to an automated test entry point and assert valid JSON and nonzero status where expected.
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<violation number="1" location=".specify/memory/constitution.md:24">
P2: This requires the wrong error type for stale-footprint recovery: `Sprite::draw_on` and `clear_footprint` return `StaleFootprint`, not `guiltty_core::Error`. Use a crate-appropriate error type in this principle so it matches the public APIs.</violation>
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<file name=".specify/templates/tasks-template.md">

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P2: This makes tests optional unless the feature spec explicitly asks for them, but Principle IV requires tests for every behavioral change. Include tests by default for behavioral changes and omit them only for non-behavioral work.</violation>
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<file name=".specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh">

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P2: `echo` consumes short names such as `-n` or `-e` as options, leaving an empty suffix and creating a directory like `specs/001-/`. Use `printf` to preserve the supplied name.</violation>

<violation number="2" location=".specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh:201">
P2: Reject an empty `BRANCH_SUFFIX` after either naming path; inputs such as `--short-name '---'` otherwise create a feature directory with no slug.</violation>

<violation number="3" location=".specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh:280">
P2: Ignore `.specify/feature.json` or keep it outside the worktree; normal feature creation currently leaves generated active-feature state in the checkout.</violation>
</file>

<file name="tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh">

<violation number="1" location="tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh:5">
P2: This test suite is only documented as a manual command and is not run by CI, so regressions in the bootstrap scripts will not fail a PR. Add this script to an automated test entry point.</violation>

<violation number="2" location="tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh:100">
P2: These cases verify only the error text, so `check-prerequisites.sh` can return success and still pass both “rejected” tests. Assert a nonzero status for each missing-file case as well as checking its message.</violation>

<violation number="3" location="tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh:137">
P2: This assertion accepts malformed JSON as long as the key appears in the output, so it does not protect the promised JSON output contract. Validate that the output parses as JSON and contains `BRANCH_NAME`.</violation>
</file>

<file name=".specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json">

<violation number="1" location=".specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json:7">
P2: Four of the `files` SHA-256 attestations in this manifest are stale: `setup-plan.sh`, `check-prerequisites.sh`, `create-new-feature.sh`, and `tasks-template.md` were edited after the manifest was generated, but their recorded hashes were never regenerated. Regenerate the manifest so its attestations match the committed tree.</violation>
</file>

<file name=".specify/workflows/workflow-registry.json">

<violation number="1" location=".specify/workflows/workflow-registry.json:9">
P3: `installed_at`/`updated_at` (2026-07-17) are the iklo reference's install timestamps carried over byte-identically, and they predate this repo's bootstrap commit (`25e5ae0` is dated 2026-08-02, the same commit that ratifies this constitution). The registry now records an install time before the bootstrap existed. Regenerate these timestamps to the actual install/commit time; the same stale value appears in `speckit.manifest.json` (`"installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.597929+00:00"`).</violation>
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### II. Recoverable Errors Never Panic

Public API returns `Result<T, guiltty_core::Error>` for recoverable

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P2: This requires the wrong error type for stale-footprint recovery: Sprite::draw_on and clear_footprint return StaleFootprint, not guiltty_core::Error. Use a crate-appropriate error type in this principle so it matches the public APIs.

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<comment>This requires the wrong error type for stale-footprint recovery: `Sprite::draw_on` and `clear_footprint` return `StaleFootprint`, not `guiltty_core::Error`. Use a crate-appropriate error type in this principle so it matches the public APIs.</comment>

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+
+### II. Recoverable Errors Never Panic
+
+Public API returns `Result<T, guiltty_core::Error>` for recoverable
+conditions (a missing/malformed image file, a failed terminal write, a
+stale sprite footprint) rather than panicking. Panics are reserved for
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**Prerequisites**: plan.md (required), spec.md (required), research.md, data-model.md, contracts/

**Tests**: The examples below include test tasks. Tests are OPTIONAL - only include them if explicitly requested in the feature specification.

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P2: This makes tests optional unless the feature spec explicitly asks for them, but Principle IV requires tests for every behavioral change. Include tests by default for behavioral changes and omit them only for non-behavioral work.

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<comment>This makes tests optional unless the feature spec explicitly asks for them, but Principle IV requires tests for every behavioral change. Include tests by default for behavioral changes and omit them only for non-behavioral work.</comment>

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+
+**Prerequisites**: plan.md (required), spec.md (required), research.md, data-model.md, contracts/
+
+**Tests**: The examples below include test tasks. Tests are OPTIONAL - only include them if explicitly requested in the feature specification.
+
+**Organization**: Tasks are grouped by user story to enable independent implementation and testing of each story.
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# Function to clean and format a branch name
clean_branch_name() {
local name="$1"
echo "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'

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P2: echo consumes short names such as -n or -e as options, leaving an empty suffix and creating a directory like specs/001-/. Use printf to preserve the supplied name.

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<comment>`echo` consumes short names such as `-n` or `-e` as options, leaving an empty suffix and creating a directory like `specs/001-/`. Use `printf` to preserve the supplied name.</comment>

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+# Function to clean and format a branch name
+clean_branch_name() {
+    local name="$1"
+    echo "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'
+}
+
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echo "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'
printf '%s\n' "$name" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9]/-/g' | sed 's/-\+/-/g' | sed 's/^-//' | sed 's/-$//'

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

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P2: This test suite is only documented as a manual command and is not run by CI, so regressions in the bootstrap scripts will not fail a PR. Add this script to an automated test entry point.

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<comment>This test suite is only documented as a manual command and is not run by CI, so regressions in the bootstrap scripts will not fail a PR. Add this script to an automated test entry point.</comment>

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+# Tests for the .specify bootstrap shell scripts (issue #39).
+#
+# Plain bash, no external test framework or dependency. Run from the repo root:
+#   bash tests/shell/specify-scripts-test.sh
+#
+# Each test runs against a throwaway copy of .specify/ in a temp dir, so the
</file context>

# this asserts the output contract rather than the specific code path.)
out=$(SPECIFY_INIT_DIR="$TMP" \
bash "$SPECIFY_SCRIPTS/create-new-feature.sh" --json --dry-run "fallback test" 2>&1)
assert_contains "JSON output has BRANCH_NAME" '"BRANCH_NAME"' "$out"

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P2: This assertion accepts malformed JSON as long as the key appears in the output, so it does not protect the promised JSON output contract. Validate that the output parses as JSON and contains BRANCH_NAME.

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<comment>This assertion accepts malformed JSON as long as the key appears in the output, so it does not protect the promised JSON output contract. Validate that the output parses as JSON and contains `BRANCH_NAME`.</comment>

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+# this asserts the output contract rather than the specific code path.)
+out=$(SPECIFY_INIT_DIR="$TMP" \
+    bash "$SPECIFY_SCRIPTS/create-new-feature.sh" --json --dry-run "fallback test" 2>&1)
+assert_contains "JSON output has BRANCH_NAME" '"BRANCH_NAME"' "$out"
+
+# --- 7. workflow metadata and gate ordering ------------------------------
</file context>

mkdir -p "$TMP/specs/001-empty"
out=$(SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY="$TMP/specs/001-empty" \
SPECIFY_INIT_DIR="$TMP" bash "$SPECIFY_SCRIPTS/check-prerequisites.sh" 2>&1)
assert_contains "missing spec.md rejected" "spec.md not found" "$out"

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P2: These cases verify only the error text, so check-prerequisites.sh can return success and still pass both “rejected” tests. Assert a nonzero status for each missing-file case as well as checking its message.

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<comment>These cases verify only the error text, so `check-prerequisites.sh` can return success and still pass both “rejected” tests. Assert a nonzero status for each missing-file case as well as checking its message.</comment>

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+mkdir -p "$TMP/specs/001-empty"
+out=$(SPECIFY_FEATURE_DIRECTORY="$TMP/specs/001-empty" \
+    SPECIFY_INIT_DIR="$TMP" bash "$SPECIFY_SCRIPTS/check-prerequisites.sh" 2>&1)
+assert_contains "missing spec.md rejected" "spec.md not found" "$out"
+
+mkdir -p "$TMP/specs/002-spec-only"
</file context>

"installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.597929+00:00",
"files": {
".specify/scripts/bash/common.sh": "6ff86bf39f6b4684b0f80927dc7a1dadec26b4671988a3fe4d6c2523cbd3aa22",
".specify/scripts/bash/setup-plan.sh": "4469b22960f43c07c33dca00de6dedb252145e9a9ce8fbb0e63be82e02b082ab",

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P2: Four of the files SHA-256 attestations in this manifest are stale: setup-plan.sh, check-prerequisites.sh, create-new-feature.sh, and tasks-template.md were edited after the manifest was generated, but their recorded hashes were never regenerated. Regenerate the manifest so its attestations match the committed tree.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At .specify/integrations/speckit.manifest.json, line 7:

<comment>Four of the `files` SHA-256 attestations in this manifest are stale: `setup-plan.sh`, `check-prerequisites.sh`, `create-new-feature.sh`, and `tasks-template.md` were edited after the manifest was generated, but their recorded hashes were never regenerated. Regenerate the manifest so its attestations match the committed tree.</comment>

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+  "installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.597929+00:00",
+  "files": {
+    ".specify/scripts/bash/common.sh": "6ff86bf39f6b4684b0f80927dc7a1dadec26b4671988a3fe4d6c2523cbd3aa22",
+    ".specify/scripts/bash/setup-plan.sh": "4469b22960f43c07c33dca00de6dedb252145e9a9ce8fbb0e63be82e02b082ab",
+    ".specify/scripts/bash/setup-tasks.sh": "1d4bcebe93f3e4e778964978cfe9bfb67ee94e7dc688f2ff3be224f647f61f1f",
+    ".specify/scripts/bash/check-prerequisites.sh": "ac3e96258a05d029d048076393a03aadff5c7c3a55a26d0a9f5c17886a1c659d",
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# Generate branch name
if [ -n "$SHORT_NAME" ]; then
# Use provided short name, just clean it up
BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(clean_branch_name "$SHORT_NAME")

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P2: Reject an empty BRANCH_SUFFIX after either naming path; inputs such as --short-name '---' otherwise create a feature directory with no slug.

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<comment>Reject an empty `BRANCH_SUFFIX` after either naming path; inputs such as `--short-name '---'` otherwise create a feature directory with no slug.</comment>

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+# Generate branch name
+if [ -n "$SHORT_NAME" ]; then
+    # Use provided short name, just clean it up
+    BRANCH_SUFFIX=$(clean_branch_name "$SHORT_NAME")
+else
+    # Generate from description with smart filtering
</file context>

fi

# Persist to .specify/feature.json so downstream commands can find the feature
_persist_feature_json "$REPO_ROOT" "$FEATURE_DIR"

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P2: Ignore .specify/feature.json or keep it outside the worktree; normal feature creation currently leaves generated active-feature state in the checkout.

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At .specify/scripts/bash/create-new-feature.sh, line 280:

<comment>Ignore `.specify/feature.json` or keep it outside the worktree; normal feature creation currently leaves generated active-feature state in the checkout.</comment>

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+    fi
+
+    # Persist to .specify/feature.json so downstream commands can find the feature
+    _persist_feature_json "$REPO_ROOT" "$FEATURE_DIR"
+
+    # Inform the user how to set feature state in their own shell
</file context>

"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Runs specify \u2192 plan \u2192 tasks \u2192 implement with review gates",
"source": "bundled",
"installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.634429+00:00",

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P3: installed_at/updated_at (2026-07-17) are the iklo reference's install timestamps carried over byte-identically, and they predate this repo's bootstrap commit (25e5ae0 is dated 2026-08-02, the same commit that ratifies this constitution). The registry now records an install time before the bootstrap existed. Regenerate these timestamps to the actual install/commit time; the same stale value appears in speckit.manifest.json ("installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.597929+00:00").

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Check if this issue is valid — if so, understand the root cause and fix it. When an issue isn't valid or won't be fixed in this PR, reply in its thread with the reason and then resolve the thread. At .specify/workflows/workflow-registry.json, line 9:

<comment>`installed_at`/`updated_at` (2026-07-17) are the iklo reference's install timestamps carried over byte-identically, and they predate this repo's bootstrap commit (`25e5ae0` is dated 2026-08-02, the same commit that ratifies this constitution). The registry now records an install time before the bootstrap existed. Regenerate these timestamps to the actual install/commit time; the same stale value appears in `speckit.manifest.json` (`"installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.597929+00:00"`).</comment>

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+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "description": "Runs specify \u2192 plan \u2192 tasks \u2192 implement with review gates",
+      "source": "bundled",
+      "installed_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.634429+00:00",
+      "updated_at": "2026-07-17T15:07:12.634434+00:00"
+    }
</file context>

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