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Spec Driven Development for AI Apps

Wrapping Up

Anirudh Jwala 5 pages 1 min read Updated Oct 21, 2026
On this page
  1. Four Tools, Four **Sweet Spots**
  2. Not Every Piece of Work **Needs a Spec**
  3. When a Spec **Pays Off**
  4. Five Habits to **Keep**
  5. With great autonomy comes greater responsibility

Tool landscape

Four Tools, Four Sweet Spots

  1. 01OpenSpecChange-oriented specifications for coding agents.
  2. 02GitHub Spec KitStructured requirements, planning, and implementation tasks.
  3. 03KiroSpecification workflows integrated into an AI development environment.
  4. 04Figma SpecsProduct and design context alongside visual designs.
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When to use SDD

Not Every Piece of Work Needs a Spec

How much specification does this change actually need?

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Good fit vs overkill

When a Spec Pays Off

Use a spec

  • Multi-step flows: checkout, onboarding, booking
  • Auth, permissions, sensitive data
  • Payments, deletion, concurrency
  • Refactors that must preserve behavior
  • Work shared across people or agents

Skip the spec

  • Copy changes
  • Small CSS tweaks
  • Well-understood one-line fixes
  • Throwaway prototypes
  • Early UI exploration
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Takeaways

Five Habits to Keep

  1. 01Start small.
  2. 02Capture intent.
  3. 03Review decisions.
  4. 04Verify behavior.
  5. 05Maintain what matters.
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AI can write the code. But understanding, verifying, and owning what ships is still our responsibility.

With great autonomy comes greater responsibility

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