Cuong Chi Le
2026
SpecMind: Cognitively Inspired, Interactive Multi-Turn Framework for Postcondition Inference
Cuong Chi Le | Minh V.t. Pham | Tung D. Vu | Van Duc Cuong | Phan Nhat Huy | Phan Nhat Hoang | Tien N. Nguyen
Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers)
Cuong Chi Le | Minh V.t. Pham | Tung D. Vu | Van Duc Cuong | Phan Nhat Huy | Phan Nhat Hoang | Tien N. Nguyen
Proceedings of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers)
Specifications are vital for ensuring program correctness, yet writing them manually remains challenging and time-intensive. Recent large language model (LLM)-based methods have shown successes in generating specifications such as postconditions, but existing single-pass prompting often yields inaccurate results. In this paper, we present SpecMind, a novel framework for postcondition generation that treats LLMs as interactive and exploratory reasoners rather than one-shot generators. SpecMind employs feedback-driven multi-turn prompting approaches, enabling the model to iteratively refine candidate postconditions by incorporating implicit and explicit correctness feedback, while autonomously deciding when to stop. This process fosters deeper code comprehension and improves alignment with true program behavior via exploratory attempts. Our empirical evaluation shows that SpecMind significantly outperforms state-of-the-art approaches in both accuracy and completeness of generated postconditions.