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v0.8.18 Feature

This release adds 3 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

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Summary

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Updates chore, deps, and fix across a mixed release.

Changes in this release

Feature Medium

Adds support for SPECKIT_WORKFLOW_RUN_ID environment variable override

Adds support for SPECKIT_WORKFLOW_RUN_ID environment variable override

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Adds support for SPECIFY_<KEY>_EXTRA_ARGS env var to pass agent subprocess flags

Adds support for SPECIFY_<KEY>_EXTRA_ARGS env var to pass agent subprocess flags

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Adds confirmation prompt when installing extensions via URL

Adds confirmation prompt when installing extensions via URL

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Feature Medium

Adds support for SPECKIT_INTEGRATION_<KEY>_EXECUTABLE environment variable

Adds support for SPECKIT_INTEGRATION_<KEY>_EXECUTABLE environment variable

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Dependency Low

Bumps github/gh-aw-actions from 0.74.8 to 0.77.0

Bumps github/gh-aw-actions from 0.74.8 to 0.77.0

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Dependency Low

Bumps github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.0

Bumps github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.0

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Disables no‑op issue reporting for catalog submission workflows

Disables no‑op issue reporting for catalog submission workflows

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Restricts community submission workflows to labeled events only

Restricts community submission workflows to labeled events only

Source: llm_adapter@2026-05-29

Confidence: high

Full changelog

Install

uv tool install specify-cli --from git+https://github.com/github/[email protected]
specify init my-project

What's Changed

  • chore: bump version to 0.8.18
  • Add support for SPECKIT_WORKFLOW_RUN_ID override (#2742)
  • feat: support SPECKIT_INTEGRATION__EXECUTABLE env var (#2743)
  • chore(deps): bump github/gh-aw-actions from 0.74.8 to 0.77.0 (#2754)
  • chore(deps): bump github/codeql-action from 4.35.5 to 4.36.0 (#2753)
  • fix: disable no-op issue reporting for catalog submission workflows (#2748)
  • Add confirmation prompt for URL-based extension installs (#2745)
  • fix: restrict community submission workflows to labeled event only (#2741)
  • feat(integrations): support SPECIFY__EXTRA_ARGS env var for agent subprocess flags (#2596)
  • chore: release 0.8.17, begin 0.8.18.dev0 development (#2737)

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