Status (checked 2026-10-02)
Still published and actively updated on the VS Code Marketplace (
precise-code.specly-code, v3.28.160, last updated 2026-09-28, 331 installs, no deprecation notice; re-confirmed 2026-10-02). Closed-source, proprietary licence (c) 2025 PreciseCode. The vendor site specly.dev returned an empty page on 2026-10-02, so roadmap, team and any paid tier are not stated here.
Specly Code: spec-driven AI assistant
Marketplace tagline: “Spec-driven development AI coding agent - inspired by Kiro”. A VS Code extension that turns prompts into requirements, designs, tasks and code. See https://specly.dev
Features
- Spec workflow: requirements → design → tasks → execute (structured specifications keep the agent aligned with the plan).
- Spec-guided code generation, refactoring and debugging; file read/write in the workspace and terminal command execution.
- Custom AI models and MCP integration, per the Marketplace listing.
- Lineage: the Marketplace listing says “inspired by Kiro”. Roo Code’s repository was archived on 2026-05-15 and its team moved to a cloud agent, per Kilo’s comparison page and Syntax Dispatch (secondary sources); Specly’s marketplace updates continue independently.
Pricing
The Marketplace listing shows Free (2026-10-02).
Compare
Same spec-driven approach in kiro, speckit and kilo-code (Kilo Code is an active alternative).
Limits
Vendor site unreachable; no information on company, team, funding or a paid tier.
Sources
Accessed 2026-10-02.
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=precise-code.specly-code (v3.28.160, 2026-09-28, 331 installs, proprietary licence, features)
- https://kilo.ai/compare/roo-code-shutdown-roomote (Roo Code archived 2026-05-15; secondary)
- https://www.syntaxdispatch.com/blog/roo-code-review (Roo Code shutdown; secondary)
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=precise-code.specly-code (re-fetched 2026-10-02: v3.28.160, 2026-09-28, 331 installs, free, proprietary licence)
- https://specly.dev (empty response again, 2026-10-02)