Hello World

A minimal Node.js HTTP server demonstrating the basics of deploying a service with Specific.

Live Demo

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Source Code

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Get started

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or whichever agent you use:

Help me get started with Specific by following https://start.specific.dev, using the Hello World example

Your agent installs the CLI, clones the example, runs it locally, and walks you through deploying.

Install the CLI and clone

curl -fsSL https://specific.dev/install.sh | sh

git clone https://github.com/specific-dev/examples.git
cd examples/node-hello-api

Start the development server

specific dev

Open the URL shown in the output to see the API response.

Deploy to production

specific deploy