SpecX – Workflow Automation for AI Agents

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SpecX – Workflow Automation for AI Agents

Hi HN, I'm excited to share SpecX , a task orchestration engine for teams using coding agents like Cursor and Claude. ## Motivation While building projects with AI coding agents, I noticed a few patterns: * As projects grew in size, writing effective prompts became progressively harder * Agents performed best when requirements were short and well-defined * Many everyday tasks — testing, deployment, documentation, reporting — were structured and repeatable, even across projects. > The manual translation from goal to prompt felt redundant, lossy, and inefficient. I decided to remove prompts from the equation entirely. Instead: * For automation, focus on the workflow and break it into steps. * For feature work, focus on requirements and break them into tasks. ## The Core Solution: Reliable Workflow Automation At the center of SpecX is the Task Orchestration Engine . You define Pipelines — reusable sequences of actions the agent must perform. Common use cases include: * Automated compliance or audit checks * Reporting (code coverage, engineering velocity, documentation) * Refactor → test → verify loops Built on top of the orchestration engine is the Requirement Tree , a structured, AI-assisted way to turn rough, unstructured ideas into well-defined tasks. You write requirements the way you think; the engine builds them using one of the pipelines. ## Status SpecX is in preview . I'd love feedback from the HN community — especially on the Pipeline model and the idea of separating goal definition from prompt generation. * Login required (to protect your project context) * Requires a coding agent (Cursor or any MCP-enabled agent). Try SpecX: https://redoxsoft.com Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JNYIhoHmbQ Happy to answer questions about the architecture, design choices, or roadmap.