Commands

There are two kinds of command. Slash commands are typed in your assistant’s chat or terminal, and they do the work. Palette commands are run from the VS Code command palette, and most of them send a slash command for you.

Some assistants spell slash commands with dashes, such as /speckit-companion-plan. speckit.commandFormat in Configuration controls which form SpecKit Companion sends.

The steps

Each workflow has its own family. Both stay installed, and a spec uses the one it was created with.

Step	Command	Use it when
Constitution	/speckit.constitution	The project has no ground rules yet
Specify	/speckit.specify /speckit.companion.specify	You have an idea. The Companion one also sizes the change.
Plan	/speckit.plan /speckit.companion.plan	The spec is ready and you want the design
Tasks	/speckit.tasks /speckit.companion.tasks	The plan is ready and you want a task list
Implement	/speckit.implement /speckit.companion.implement	The tasks are ready and you want them built
Converge	/speckit.converge	Implement finished and you want the code checked against the spec
Mark complete	/speckit.companion.mark-complete	The work is finished and you want to close the spec. In the Spec Kit workflow, press Mark Completed.
Auto	/speckit.companion.auto	You want every step run for you, with no pauses. Companion only.

Where a step has two commands, the first belongs to the Spec Kit workflow and the second to SpecKit Companion.

Spec Kit also has /speckit.clarify, /speckit.checklist, /speckit.analyze and /speckit.taskstoissues. The viewer offers them under Other actions.

Run state

These come from the Companion Spec Kit extension. Track progress covers them.

Command	Use it when
/speckit.companion.status	You want to know the current step and what to do next
/speckit.companion.resume	A run stopped and you want to continue where it left off
/speckit.companion.doctor	A run looks wrong and you want a health report

Living specs

All seven do nothing until living specs are turned on.

Command	What it does
/speckit.companion.living-adopt	Drafts a living spec for a code area you name, and registers it
/speckit.companion.living-sync	Updates every affected living spec from your current changes
/speckit.companion.living-drift	Lists source files changed since each spec was last committed
/speckit.companion.living-coverage	Reports which requirements have a test mapped
/speckit.companion.living-show	Prints a requirement list, one requirement, or the requirements for one file
/speckit.companion.living-validate	Checks the shape of living specs and of a feature spec’s deltas
/speckit.companion.living-move	Moves a living spec between the central folder and a place beside its code

Recording hooks

You do not type these. Spec Kit runs them around its own commands, and they write the run record.

Command	Runs	Records
speckit.companion.after-specify	After specify	Specify finished
speckit.companion.after-plan	After plan	Plan finished
speckit.companion.after-tasks	After tasks	Tasks finished
speckit.companion.after-implement	After implement	Each finished task, and implement finished once every task is checked
speckit.companion.before-converge	Before converge	Converge started. The status does not change.
speckit.companion.after-converge	After converge	Converge finished. The status does not change.

speckit.companion.classify is also not typed. The workflow runs it to size a change.

In the command palette

All of these are under the SpecKit category.

Command	What it does
New Spec	Opens the Create New Spec panel
Run Spec Hands-Off (Auto)	Starts a spec with Auto
Specify, Plan, Tasks, Implement	Send that step’s command to your assistant
Clarify, Checklist, Analyze	Send Spec Kit’s refinement commands
Create GitHub Issues from Tasks	Sends Spec Kit’s /speckit.taskstoissues, which turns the task list into GitHub issues, after you confirm
Converge	Sends Spec Kit’s /speckit.converge for the spec; Companion records no step start or finish for it
Constitution	Sends /speckit.constitution
Run Custom Command	Lists your custom commands
Initialize SpecKit	Runs specify init in the workspace
Install SpecKit CLI	Installs the specify command
Open a Live Sample	Opens a finished sample run in the viewer
Upgrade…	Upgrades the CLI, the project, or both
SpecKit Settings	Opens Settings filtered to the extension

SpecKit Companion: Open Workflow Builder opens the Workflow Builder.