Azure DevOps Extension · Specification-Driven · AI-Powered
Specification-Driven Development Inside Azure DevOps
Raaghu Spec Kit helps PMs, BAs, and QAs generate living specs, delivery plans, task breakdowns, and quality checklists—then create and refine Azure Boards work items from a guided AI workspace. Works with Azure DevOps Services and Azure DevOps Server.
Built for Modern Teams. Designed for Delivery.
One guided workspace for specification intelligence, backlog creation, and audit-ready delivery inside Azure DevOps.
AI-Powered Workspace
Conversational AI chat, slash commands, and phase-based workflows without leaving Azure DevOps.
Stakeholder Alignment
One living source of truth for PMs, BAs, QAs, and engineering leads.
Wiki-Based Specs
Constitution, specs, plans, tasks, and checklists stored in Azure DevOps Wiki with version history.
Automatic Work Items
Generate epics, features, stories, and tasks—and keep them linked to Spec Kit artifacts.
Traceability & Readiness
Dashboard KPIs for progress, spec readiness, sprint health, risks, and deploy readiness.
Flexible AI Options
Bring your own key (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Claude) or use Raaghu-hosted AI with credit controls.
Five tabs. One delivery flow.
Move from project intelligence to guided AI actions, backlog hierarchy, document intake, and audit trail.
Dashboard
Live project intelligence—progress, spec readiness, traceability, sprint health, risks, and deploy readiness.
Workflows
Curated AI actions by delivery phase. Pick a capability and start a guided chat.
Visual
Interactive Epic → Feature → User Story → Task hierarchy with scan, pan, zoom, and one-click child generation.
Intake
Analyze BRD/PRD and wiki docs to extract requirements, risks, assumptions, and open questions.
Activity
Audit trail of Spec Kit creates and updates—browse by day, week, or month with search.
AI Chat on Work Items
Open chat from Boards, Backlogs, or Queries to refine an item and apply changes back to Azure Boards.
See Raaghu Spec Kit in action
Watch how teams turn requirements into living specs, delivery plans, and Azure Boards work items—without leaving Azure DevOps.
Visualize. Plan. Deliver.
See delivery health, backlog hierarchy, and Spec Kit artifacts in one Azure DevOps–native experience.
Spec Kit workflow, guided by slash commands
A structured path from project standards to readiness—aligned with GitHub Spec Kit and synced to Azure Boards.
- 01
Constitution
Define project standards and guardrails that guide later specs.
- 02
Specify
Create structured feature specs with acceptance criteria.
- 03
Clarify
Close gaps with targeted questions folded back into the spec.
- 04
Plan
Generate delivery and technical plans from the specification.
- 05
Tasks
Break work into phase-based tasks ready for Azure Boards.
- 06
Analyze
Find duplication, ambiguity, and coverage gaps with severity ratings.
- 07
Checklist
Run domain readiness checks for UX, API, security, and more.
- 08
Converge
Assess branch progress against wiki artifacts and update remaining tasks.
Raaghu Spec Kit FAQs
Answers for teams adopting specification-driven delivery in Azure DevOps.
Raaghu Spec Kit is an Azure DevOps extension for specification-driven development. PMs, BAs, and QAs can generate living specs, plans, tasks, and checklists—then create and refine Azure Boards work items from a guided AI workspace.
Yes. Raaghu Spec Kit supports Azure DevOps Services and Azure DevOps Server (on-premises).
No. Start with Spec Kit for planning and living specs, then expand into Platform generation and Meta Clarity governance when ready.
From approved specifications and workflows, Spec Kit can generate epics, features, stories, and tasks—and keep them linked through the hierarchy and Visual tab.
Yes. Bring your own key for Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, or Anthropic Claude, or enable Raaghu-hosted AI when your organization admin allows it for the project.
Eligible new organizations can start a 7-day free trial in-product (up to 5 seats, no credit card required). Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace to get started.
Install from the Visual Studio Marketplace listing for Raaghu Spec Kit, or schedule a demo for a guided walkthrough with your delivery scenarios.
Start by capturing the business goal, users, scope, rules, workflows, constraints, and expected outcomes in a structured format. Raaghu Spec Kit accelerates the next step by turning those inputs into organized specifications, plans, tasks, and development-ready work items, reducing the time spent manually translating requirements across teams.
AI can analyze requirement inputs and help draft user stories, workflows, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and task breakdowns in a consistent structure. Raaghu Spec Kit supports this process while keeping product managers, business analysts, and delivery teams in control of reviewing and refining the output before it moves into development.
Rework is reduced when requirements are clear, testable, traceable, and agreed upon before development begins. Raaghu Spec Kit helps teams structure requirements, expose gaps earlier, align specifications with acceptance criteria, and create connected development work items so fewer assumptions are carried into design, coding, and testing.
Organizations can standardize requirements by using shared templates, terminology, review checkpoints, and a common system of record. Raaghu Spec Kit helps distributed teams and vendors follow a consistent specification process, making outputs easier to review, compare, hand over, and convert into actionable delivery work.
Yes. AI can convert business requirements into structured specifications and can help describe workflows, process flows, interface needs, and wireframe concepts. Raaghu Spec Kit uses requirement inputs to generate reviewable delivery artifacts and Azure DevOps-ready work items. Human review remains important to validate business rules, priorities, exceptions, and user experience decisions.