speckit-clarify

To identify underspecified areas in a feature specification, use targeted clarification questions. This process analyzes your spec and poses up to five highly specific queries to surface missing requirements, improving overall documentation quality.

You integrate clarification answers back into a spec file by running an automated script that appends your responses directly into the existing Markdown and YAML formatting, ensuring the updated specification remains comprehensive and clearly documented.

Yes, the spec-kit clarification process requires a specific project structure. You must have a .specify/ directory established in your repository before running the validation scripts to ensure the feature specification can be properly read and updated.

The maximum number of clarification questions generated for a feature spec is five. The system targets only the most critical underspecified areas, ensuring developers and technical writers can efficiently improve documentation without excessive manual review.

You should not use automated questioning for feature development specifications if your project lacks a .specify/ directory or relies on formats outside of YAML and Markdown, as the validation scripts depend on this specific spec-kit structure to function.