Spec Kit 0.8.11: PowerShell UTF-8 Fix & Version Reporting
Spec Kit 0.8.11 fixes PowerShell UTF-8 encoding issues, adds version reporting, and expands the community extension catalog with Time Machine and Architecture Workflow tools.
TL;DR
- PowerShell templates now write UTF-8 without BOM — fixes encoding issues on Windows
- New version feature reporting for better diagnostics
- Time Machine and Architecture Workflow extensions added to community catalog
New
- Version feature reporting — track which features are available in your Spec Kit installation
- Time Machine extension — added to community catalog for temporal workflow support
- Architecture Workflow extension — new community extension for design documentation
Fixed
- PowerShell UTF-8 encoding — templates now write without BOM, eliminating encoding corruption on Windows systems
- Preset skill descriptions — fixed precedence logic so descriptions display correctly
- Version extraction refactored from __init__.py for cleaner module structure
Improved
- Multi-install guidance clarified in integration docs
- High-assurance spec workflow now documented
- Directory tree examples corrected in documentation
uv tool install specify-cli --from git+https://github.com/github/spec-kit.git@v0.8.11
Source: Spec Kit
