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Coding Agent Context Extension
This bundled extension manages the coding agent context/instruction file (e.g. CLAUDE.md, .github/copilot-instructions.md, AGENTS.md, GEMINI.md, …) for the active integration.
It owns the lifecycle of the managed section delimited by the configurable start/end markers (defaults: <!-- SPECKIT START --> / <!-- SPECKIT END -->).
Why an extension?
Not every Spec Kit user wants Spec Kit to write into the coding agent's context file. Extracting this behavior into a dedicated extension lets users:
- Opt out entirely with
specify extension disable agent-context— Spec Kit will then never create or modify the agent context file. - Customize the markers by editing
.specify/extensions/agent-context/agent-context-config.yml— both the Python layer and the bundled scripts honor the samecontext_markersvalue. - Refresh on demand with
/speckit.agent-context.update, or automatically through the hooks declared inextension.yml(after_specify,after_plan).
Commands
| Command | Description |
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speckit.agent-context.update |
Refresh the managed section in the agent context file with the current plan path. |
Configuration
All configuration flows through the extension's own config file at
.specify/extensions/agent-context/agent-context-config.yml:
# Path to the coding agent context file managed by this extension
context_file: CLAUDE.md
# Delimiters for the managed Spec Kit section
context_markers:
start: "<!-- SPECKIT START -->"
end: "<!-- SPECKIT END -->"
context_file— the project-relative path to the coding agent context file, written byspecify initandspecify integration install.context_markers.start/.end— the delimiters around the managed section. Edit these to use custom markers.
Requirements
The bundled update scripts require Python 3 with PyYAML for YAML/upsert processing (PowerShell can also use ConvertFrom-Yaml when available).
PyYAML ships with the specify CLI and is normally available via the same python3 interpreter. If a hook reports "PyYAML is required … not available in the current Python environment", it means the system python3 differs from the one used to install Spec Kit. To resolve, run:
pip install pyyaml
# or target the specific interpreter Spec Kit uses:
/path/to/speckit-python -m pip install pyyaml
Disable
specify extension disable agent-context
When disabled, Spec Kit skips context file creation, updates, and removal (the gates are inside upsert_context_section() and remove_context_section()).