Spec Oxide Mcp For Spec Driven Development With Claude Code To Avoid Token Waste
About
Spec Oxide is a comprehensive workflow and toolset that enables spec-driven development for AI-assisted coding with Claude Code. You agree on what to build before any code is written. Spec Oxide ships a CLI and an MCP server to list and manage specifications as Markdown files as
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- Spec-driven workflow with three commands: propose, implement, archive
- Built-in MCP server for spec and change management
- No additional API keys required beyond Claude Code
- Full-text search across all specs and changes
- Validation tools for specs and change proposals
- Tools to list, retrieve, and explore specs and changes
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Spec Oxide Mcp For Spec Driven Development With Claude Code To Avoid Token WasteCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
cargo install spec-oxide
.spox/setup.sh
mcp__spox__search_specs query="authentication"
list_specs
List all capability specs in the project
get_spec_requirements
Retrieve requirements from a specific spec
get_scenario
Get details of a specific scenario
list_changes
List all active change proposals
get_change
Retrieve full details of a change proposal
search_specs
Full-text search across all specs and changes
validate_spec
Validate a spec file for correctness
validate_change
Validate a change proposal before approval
| Tool | Description |
|------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| list_specs | List all capability specs in the project |
| get_spec_requirements| Retrieve requirements from a specific spec |
| get_scenario | Get details of a specific scenario |
| list_changes | List all active change proposals |
| get_change | Retrieve full details of a change proposal |
| search_specs | Full-text search across all specs and changes |
| validate_spec | Validate a spec file for correctness |
| validate_change | Validate a change proposal before approval |
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"spec oxide mcp for spec driven development with claude code to avoid token waste": {
"spox": {
"command": "spox",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"spox": {
"command": "spox",
"args": [
"mcp",
"serve"
]
}
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