Intent-Driven Template

This is a template project for intent-driven software delivery with OpenSpec, OpenCode, and reusable engineering skills.

It is intended for teams that want changes to start from clear intent, move through explicit behaviour and design artifacts, and finish with implementation tasks that preserve the reasoning behind the work.

Walkthrough

Read the full walkthrough: Spec-Driven Development with OpenSpec and OpenCode.

What This Template Uses

• OpenSpec for setup, proposal, specification, design, ADR, and task artifacts.
• Custom schemas from https://github.com/intent-driven-dev/openspec-schemas.
• A bundled local copy of the intent-driven custom schema from https://github.com/intent-driven-dev/openspec-schemas/tree/main/openspec/schemas/intent-driven for the full proposal -> specs -> design -> adr -> tasks lifecycle.
• OpenSpec git discipline so proposals land on main before apply, and implementation lands on main before archive.
• OpenCode skills for repeatable collaboration and implementation workflows, including C4 diagrams, ADR authoring, and OpenSpec lifecycle commands.
• Superpowers from https://github.com/obra/superpowers for guided practices such as brainstorming, planning, debugging, TDD, verification, worktrees, and subagent-driven parallel work.
• A grill-me style of rigorous design interrogation, inspired by https://github.com/mattpocock/skills/blob/main/skills/productivity/grill-me/SKILL.md.
• ADRs for durable architectural decisions.
• C4 diagrams for communicating architecture boundaries and relationships.
• Gherkin-style requirements and scenarios for observable behaviour.

The bundled OpenSpec schema is a local copy of the intent-driven schema from https://github.com/intent-driven-dev/openspec-schemas/tree/main/openspec/schemas/intent-driven.

Workflow

The intent-driven workflow moves through these artifacts in order:

proposal -> specs -> design -> adr -> tasks

• proposal captures why the change matters.
• specs describe observable behaviour with Gherkin-style scenarios.
• design explains the implementation approach and trade-offs.
• adr records durable architectural decisions.
• tasks turn the accepted intent, behaviour, design, and decisions into work.

Schema

This repository includes a bundled local copy of the intent-driven schema at openspec/schemas/intent-driven/. The upstream schema lives in https://github.com/intent-driven-dev/openspec-schemas/tree/main/openspec/schemas/intent-driven.

To activate the schema, set this in openspec/config.yaml:

schema: intent-driven

To validate it, run:

openspec schema validate intent-driven