Spec Kit — workflows

Run and manage spec-kit automation workflows with the Specify CLIspecify workflow command group.

Prerequisite: needs the specify CLI. If specify --version fails, 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

• run accepts 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 --json when 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 resume rather than re-running from the start.
• To manage the step types workflows are built from, use the speckit-workflow-step skill.