# Show HN: Tracking spec-driven development in the wild

> Source: <https://sddobservatory.com/>
> Published: 2026-08-31 04:31:04+00:00

An open directory tracking spec-driven development frameworks and real-world projects over time, to evaluate how effective different approaches are in practice.

Matt Pocock's composable family of agent skills built around "grilling" — a relentless one-question-at-a-time interview that aligns human and agent before code is written — chaining into spec, tickets, and TDD implementation.

Claude Code

Codex

Any skills-compatible agent

mattpocock/skills
· ★ 241.2K stars ·
pushed 7 days ago
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Reviewed last month

Agile AI development framework that simulates a full team of specialized agent personas across a four-phase lifecycle, scaling its ceremony to project complexity.

A Linux configuration app for Logitech devices (an Options+ clone) that has routed nearly every feature and bug fix through paired Superpowers design specs and implementation plans since its first week.

mmaher88/logitune
· using Superpowers
· ★ 643 stars ·
pushed last month
· Reviewed 5 hours ago

A modern X11 server written from scratch in Rust, developed spec-first from day one — every feature phase flows through dated design docs, implementation plans, and findings under docs/superpowers/.

joske/yserver
· using Superpowers
· ★ 549 stars ·
pushed 3 days ago
· Reviewed 5 hours ago

This observatory is community-maintained. Repository metrics update automatically every day; the qualitative
assessments — spec structure, drift, rework, maintenance outcomes — need human eyes. Submit a framework or
project, or help review an existing one. Read how we track to see what goes into
each page.
