[Extension]: Add Agentstandards Architecture Council

This is a request to add a new extension to the Spec Kit catalog. The extension is already built and released. The work involves understanding the Spec Kit extension system, reviewing the provided extension.yml and the proposed catalog entry JSON, and integrating it. Start by reading the repository's documentation on extensions and the catalog structure. The 'extension.yml' manifest and the release package at the provided download URL need to be verified. The task is done when the extension is successfully listed in the catalog and passes any integration tests.

Extension ID

agentstandards

Extension Name

Agentstandards Architecture Council

Version

0.1.0

Description

Runs a Codex-orchestrated, multi-vendor architecture council with human decisions and a hard gate before Spec Kit task generation.

Author

bbjwz

Repository URL

https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards

Download URL

https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/releases/download/v0.1.0/agentstandards-0.1.0.zip

License

MIT

Homepage (optional)

https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards

Documentation URL (optional)

https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/blob/v0.1.0/README.md

Changelog URL (optional)

https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/blob/v0.1.0/CHANGELOG.md

Required Spec Kit Version

=1.0.8,<2.0.0

Required Tools (optional)

• uv - required
• Codex CLI - required
• Anthropic API credentials - required only for live council runs

Number of Commands

5

Number of Hooks (optional)

2

Tags

architecture, multi-vendor, governance, codex

Key Features

• Runs 13 architecture personas across Codex, Anthropic, and every enabled optional provider.
• Gives each gate a fresh model context, then performs labeled peer-review passes.
• Pauses for an auditable human decision manifest before final validation.
• Blocks speckit.tasks until required validators agree or a documented human exception exists.
• Keeps source code, diffs, tasks, secrets, and implementation artifacts out of external-provider prompts.

Testing Checklist

• Extension installs successfully via download URL
• All commands execute without errors
• Documentation is complete and accurate
• No security vulnerabilities identified
• Tested on at least one real project

Submission Requirements

• Valid extension.yml manifest included
• README.md with installation and usage instructions
• LICENSE file included
• GitHub release created with version tag
• All command files exist and are properly formatted
• Extension ID follows naming conventions (lowercase-with-hyphens)

Testing Details

Tested on:

• macOS with Spec Kit 1.0.8 and 1.0.10
• GitHub Actions on Python 3.11 and 3.14

Test project: A clean Spec Kit 1.0.10 Codex project created specifically for release verification.

Test scenarios:

1. Installed the v0.1.0 extension archive directly from its release URL.
2. Verified all five Codex skills and both hooks were installed and discoverable.
3. Ran the complete 13-persona lifecycle against fake providers, including independent and disclosed passes.
4. Exercised initialization, status, human-decision pause/resume, validation disagreement, exception handling, and offline gate verification.
5. Verified provider failure handling, schema repair, secret detection, path allowlisting, transcript hashing, and resumability.
6. Ran 30 automated tests, Ruff, release metadata checks, and full-history Gitleaks scanning.

Live paid-provider calls are intentionally excluded from ordinary CI.

Example Usage

specify extension add agentstandards \
  --from https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/releases/download/v0.1.0/agentstandards-0.1.0.zip

# In Codex:
# $speckit-agentstandards-init
# $speckit-agentstandards-architect
# Complete the human decision manifest, then:
# $speckit-agentstandards-resume

Proposed Catalog Entry

{
  "agentstandards": {
    "name": "Agentstandards Architecture Council",
    "id": "agentstandards",
    "description": "A Codex-orchestrated, multi-vendor architecture council with human decisions and a hard pre-tasks gate.",
    "author": "bbjwz",
    "version": "0.1.0",
    "download_url": "https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/releases/download/v0.1.0/agentstandards-0.1.0.zip",
    "repository": "https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards",
    "homepage": "https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards",
    "documentation": "https://github.com/bbjwz/agentstandards/blob/v0.1.0/README.md",
    "license": "MIT",
    "category": "process",
    "effect": "read-write",
    "requires": {
      "speckit_version": ">=1.0.8,<2.0.0",
      "tools": [
        {"name": "uv", "required": true},
        {"name": "codex", "required": true}
      ]
    },
    "provides": {
      "commands": 5,
      "hooks": 2
    },
    "tags": ["architecture", "multi-vendor", "governance", "codex"],
    "verified": false,
    "downloads": 0,
    "stars": 0,
    "created_at": "2026-09-24T00:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-24T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

Additional Context

Release v0.1.0 publishes checksums and GitHub build-provenance attestations for every artifact. The project is MIT-licensed and its repository has required CI checks, secret scanning, push protection, private vulnerability reporting, and an explicit security policy.