Install DevSpark

Current Release

Current version: v4.2.0

DevSpark is installed through quickstart prompts. There is no separate DevSpark program to install.

Approved Install Path

1. Open your AI coding assistant in the target repository.
2. Paste the raw quickstart prompt for your assistant:
   • GitHub Copilot
   • Claude Code
   • Cursor
   • Codex
   • Antigravity
   • Generic agent
3. Let the agent detect the repository state, preview the plan, and install the framework-owned files.
4. Start with /devspark.specify.

The quickstart prompt installs stock command prompts, helper scripts, templates, schemas, skills, .devspark/VERSION, and agent-specific shims. It also checks .knowledge/entities/ and .knowledge/ontology/ on every execution, repairs missing scaffold files, runs ontology generation when possible, and preserves authored repository-owned .knowledge/ content.

Repair

Run the same quickstart prompt again. If expected stock files are missing or stale, the prompt enters repair mode, refreshes framework-owned assets, and rechecks the knowledge scaffold.

Upgrade

Run the same quickstart prompt again. It compares .devspark/VERSION with the latest GitHub release and refreshes framework-owned assets when a newer release is available. If .documentation/ or .documenation/ exists, the quickstart classifies each document as staged for release, in-flight .devspark.work/, or durable .knowledge/ current truth before moving it.