Specification-First: Why Agentic Coding Demands Clear Intent Before Implementation

As coding agents become more powerful, they expose a critical challenge in team software development: agents excel at producing code, but without clear specifications and locked intent, they reliably build the wrong thing at scale. Spec-driven development is not bureaucratic overhead—it ensures shared understanding before implementation accelerates beyond the team's ability to align. This matters because vague direction compounds when delegated to agents that can encode misalignment efficiently.