About SpecAg

The Problem

AI coding tools have made individual developers incredibly productive. But they've also created a new kind of chaos:

• AI agents burn hundreds of dollars overnight on features nobody asked for
• There's no spec, no tests, no review — just generated code
• "What did the AI do while I was at work?" has no good answer
• When work is blocked on a human decision, AI keeps burning tokens
• One-size-fits-all process that treats a tutorial the same as production code

Every AI tool on the market solves the typing problem. SpecAg solves the engineering process problem.

The Solution

SpecAg is an opinionated framework that brings proper software engineering discipline to AI-assisted development:

• Spec-Driven Development — every line of code traces back to an approved specification
• Hard Cost Enforcement — pre-call hooks that stop API calls, not just monitor them
• Stakes-Based Tiering — process rigor scales with project consequences, not team size
• Sustainable Pace — designed for solo founders with day jobs, not VC-funded sprint-to-burnout

About the Creator

Philosophy

Working Software Is the Point

SpecAg is opinionated because opinions reduce decisions. Every rule in the framework exists because the alternative was tested and failed. The framework tells you what to do so you can focus on what to build.

Cost Control Is Not Optional

Budget enforcement is required at every tier — even T1 Starter. This is the core philosophical stance: if your AI development framework doesn't hard-stop runaway spend, it's not a framework, it's a suggestion.

Specs Are Memory

AI agents are stateless. They don't remember what they built yesterday, what the architecture decisions were, or why a certain approach was chosen. The spec document is the only persistent artifact that survives between sessions. Treating it as optional is treating agent memory as optional.

Process Scales with Stakes

A tutorial and a production SaaS shouldn't have the same process overhead. SpecAg's tier system is deliberately stakes-based (not user-count-based) because the rigor you need depends on what happens when things go wrong, not how many people are using it.

Open Source Commitment

SpecAg is and will remain open source under the MIT license. The core framework, CLI, all spec templates, and documentation are freely available. The community can fork it, extend it, and build products with it.

For teams that want onboarding support, custom tier configuration, or priority assistance, T2 and T3 tier services are available via direct consultation.