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SpecMind

AI architecture tool for vibe coding

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I built SpecMind, an open source developer tool for spec driven vibe coding. It keeps architecture and implementation aligned from the first commit instead of letting them drift apart.With AI assistants writing more of our code, projects move faster but architectural consistency is often lost. Each developer or AI can introduce new patterns, and after a few sprints, the structure becomes fragmented. SpecMind helps prevent that by generating and maintaining living architecture specs directly from your code.It works in three steps: 1. analyze – scans your codebase and generates .specmind/system.sm with architecture diagrams and relationships, 2. design – creates a spec describing how the feature will change the system, 3. implement – applies the spec, updates diagrams, and logs what changedAll specs are plain text files with Markdown and Mermaid diagrams, stored alongside your code. A VS Code extension lets you preview them visually.Supports TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, and C#, with Go and Rust coming next. Works with Claude Code and Windsurf today, Cursor and Copilot soon.Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-9gQxw8DQURepo: https://github.com/specmind/specmindWould love to get feedback from engineers working on large or complex codebases.

HN · launched Nov 11, 2025 · 8 upvotes (top 56%) · 0 views

Niche: ai coding assistants · 151 launches, 7 in the last 7 days ▼ -22% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • AI-native
  • Commercial product

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a developer tool that manages markdown/text-based architectural specifications and coordinates LLM prompts/rules to align code with architecture.

Discussion

12 comments analyzed.

Competitors mentioned: Confluence (for architecture documentation), Claude, Cursor

Concerns raised: Architecture drift in long-lived enterprise codebases, Multiple developers structuring code inconsistently without shared architecture alignment

Feature requests: Go and Rust language support, Code-to-spec validation, PR diff integration

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 445 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #220 of 446 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 8 days after the earliest competitor.

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