A method spec is a portable, forkable definition of a facilitation method that any capable runtime can execute (Harmonica is the reference implementation). It pairs a protocol (the method’s stages, roles, prompts, and what carries between them) with the evals that say whether it ran well.
This is the open standard the Open Facilitation Library is building: methods you can fork, adapt, and run anywhere, instead of locking facilitation know-how inside one platform.
The specs live in the public method-specs registry. Nine methods are published so far, from Dynamic Facilitation and Focused Conversation to a full Governance Meeting chain. Browse them all under protocols.
Interoperability
OFL does not reinvent the profession or its vocabulary. Each method spec cross-maps to work the field already shares: the process patterns named by Group Works and the competencies held by the International Association of Facilitators. A spec declares which established patterns it embodies rather than inventing private ones, so the standard builds on what facilitators already practice instead of starting over.