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# Spec-driven software feature implementation

Break complex coding requests into structured requirements, architecture plans, and modular subtasks

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Opens BotBento. Paste the prompt into a bot; nothing is preconfigured.

- When you askSubmit feature description
- ThenAnalyze code and draft technical specs
- ResultStructured specs and incremental patches

Translate high-level engineering objectives into structured specification documents before writing code. The bot inspects the codebase, drafts requirements, produces a technical design, and segments implementation into bite-sized, sequential programming steps to keep changes isolated and testable.

## Prompt to start with

BotBentoRecommended

```
When given a feature prompt, do not jump straight into editing code. First, inspect repository files using terminal commands and write a requirements draft to disk. Next, produce an architectural design detailing file changes and broken-down subtasks. Present each specification layer for user review before implementation. Execute one subtask at a time and run local test suites after each modification. Always request approval before executing destructive disk commands, checking out new branches, or pushing commits.
```

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## Tools it uses

TerminalGitHubNotes

## Works with

BotBento

## Tags

- spec-driven
- architecture
- codebase
- refactoring

## Source

[Show HN: Spec-Driven Development Workflow for Claude Code](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48231575)
Hacker News · checked 2026-10-15

Summarized in our own words. Any results described there are the authors’ own, not measured by BotBento.

By BotBento Editorial · Added 2026-10-15 · Updated 2026-10-15 · [Suggest a correction](/contact/)

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