speckit-constitution

To update a project constitution, supply your governance principles to the Skill, which revises the constitution file and automatically synchronizes the changes across all associated project templates to ensure consistent governance alignment.

A project constitution in spec-kit governance is a foundational file defining core principles. The Skill parses this constitution template and applies your inferred or user-supplied principles to maintain consistent governance across dependent project documents.

Yes, managing your project constitution requires access to the .specify directory and the project-specific .specify/extensions.yml file. The Skill checks compatibility and provides fallback options if extensions are not configured.

Yes, you can execute optional extension hooks when updating your project constitution. The Skill parses constitution template tokens and runs these hooks during the template synchronization process to ensure all documents align with the governance framework.

If your project lacks extensions.yml for constitution management, the Skill performs a compatibility check to validate the spec-kit structure and provides fallback options to ensure the governance framework can still be applied to your documents.

Your project templates may not sync with the constitution file if the .specify directory structure is invalid or extension hooks fail. The Skill validates spec-kit compatibility and parses template tokens to resolve synchronization failures.