Use Case
OpenSpec is a powerful AI agent skill that extends your assistant with new capabilities. Spec-driven development with OpenSpec CLI. Use when building features, migrations, refactors, or any structured development work. Manages proposal β specs β design β tasks β implementation workflows. Supports custom schemas (TDD, rapid, etc.). Trigger on requests involving feature planning, spec writing, change management, or when /opsx commands are mentioned. This guide walks you through installing OpenSpec, configuring it for your setup, and running your first commands β so you can start getting value in minutes.
Install OpenSpec: npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install openspec
Restart your AI client (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, or OpenClaw)
Type a natural language request related to product manager to trigger OpenSpec
Review the output and refine your prompt for better results
Combine OpenSpec with other skills to build multi-step workflows
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing OpenSpec
Help me get started with OpenSpec
What can OpenSpec do for my product manager workflow?
Show me an example of using OpenSpec
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install openspecOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install openspecβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/openspec/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.