Spec Kit 0.8.2: RAG Support & GitHub Token Auth
Spec Kit 0.8.2 brings RAG support via Chroma DB for semantic search, GitHub token authentication for catalog downloads, and deprecates the --no-git flag ahead of v0.10.0.
TL;DR
- Fiction book preset now supports RAG with Chroma DB for offline semantic search
- GitHub-hosted catalog downloads now authenticate with GITHUB_TOKEN/GH_TOKEN
- UTF-8 encoding fix for manifest YAML parsing
- --no-git flag deprecated, removal planned for v0.10.0
New
- RAG support in fiction book preset — Speckit preset fiction book v1.7 adds Chroma DB integration for offline semantic search capabilities
- GitHub token authentication — Catalog and preset downloads now authenticate with GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN environment variables for GitHub-hosted resources
- Community extensions — MarkItDown Document Converter, M365 extension, and Spec Orchestrator added to community catalog
- Extensify update — Community catalog now includes extensify v1.1.0
Fixed
- YAML manifest encoding — Extensions now use explicit UTF-8 encoding when reading manifest YAML files
Deprecated
- --no-git flag — Deprecated in this release, will be removed in v0.10.0
- --ai flag — Documentation updated to use --integration instead of deprecated --ai flag
Update with: uv tool install specify-cli --from git+https://github.com/github/spec-kit.git@v0.8.2
Source: Spec Kit
