SpecGen leverages large language models to automatically generate high-quality formal program specifications, reducing developer burden while improving software reliability.

• Addresses the challenge of manually creating formal specifications that is time-consuming and error-prone
• Outperforms existing methods with higher precision, recall, and F1 scores
• Generates specifications that are more complete and accurate than those written by human developers
• Provides a practical solution for integrating formal verification into modern software development workflows

This research represents a significant advancement for engineering teams by automating a critical but difficult aspect of software development, potentially reducing bugs, improving documentation, and enabling more robust verification processes.

SpecGen: Automated Generation of Formal Program Specifications via Large Language Models