{"slug": "built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in", "title": "Built a real offline app from an empty repo with OpenSpec + AI agents. Keeping decisions in specs, not the chat, let me pause, switch models, and stay in control; Including where it fell short.", "summary": "Developer Shyamala used OpenSpec, a specification-driven development tool, with AI agents to build a real offline app from an empty repository. By keeping decisions in specs rather than chat, they were able to pause, switch models, and maintain control, though the approach had limitations.", "body_md": "🌱 OpenSpec Is Built for Brownfield. I Used It to Build From Nothing.\nShyamala\nShyamala\nShyamala\nFollow\nAug 2\n🌱 OpenSpec Is Built for Brownfield. I Used It to Build From Nothing.\n#\nshowdev\n#\nai\n#\nproductivity\n#\nsoftwaredevelopment\nAdd Comment\n10 min read", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/shyamala_u/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-decisions-in-specs-1171", "published_at": "2026-08-02 15:01:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-02 15:24:30.580297+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-agents", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Shyamala", "OpenSpec"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/built-a-real-offline-app-from-an-empty-repo-with-openspec-ai-agents-keeping-in.jsonld"}}