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OpenSpec

Ratings 2026-10

A local CLI organizes changes as proposals, specifications, designs and tasks, then can sync them into main specifications.

Assessed configuration Local CLI, default spec-driven schema and optional verification skill. Beta hosted/cross-repository features and community schemas are not assumed part of the core.

Evidence: 7 of 7 ratings rest on primary sources; 2 are unverified (?).

Ratings

• Lifecycle traceability

  Capability specs, change proposals, designs and tasks are connected.

• Versioned system design

  Active change proposals describe intended changes; archive merges deltas into current capability specs.

• Tracked drift resolution

  CLI validation checks structure.

• Change impact and alternatives

  The invoked proposal inventories affected/new/modified capabilities and code/API/dependency impact.

• Requirement test results ?

  Requirement-linked executable results for a delivered code version were not established in core.

• Delivery audit trail ?

  Current specs and archived change records can accompany code in Git.

• Process portability

  The MIT local CLI and editable workflow schemas work across supported coding assistants without a required hosted OpenSpec execution service or repository host.

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