Spec Kit Install Skill

Install the Specify CLI so that specify is available in PATH (or use one-time uvx). This skill covers only installing the CLI; it does not run specify init. For project initialization after install, use speckit-initial.

When to Use

• First-time Spec Kit setup ("install Spec Kit", "install Specify CLI").
• CI or scripts that need to pre-install the CLI.
• Upgrading the CLI (uv tool install --force).
• User reports "specify command not found" or "specify: command not found".

Prerequisites

• uv: Astral uv for installing the CLI. If uv is not installed, guide the user to install it first (e.g. curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh on Linux/macOS, or see uv docs for Windows).
• Python 3.11+ when using uv (uv typically bundles or uses system Python).
• Git (optional for install; required later for specify init with git).

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