diff --git a/src/speccpu/__init__.py b/src/speccpu/__init__.py
index 080074d..9fbdb2c 100644
--- a/src/speccpu/__init__.py
+++ b/src/speccpu/__init__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,82 @@
 import copy
 import os
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
-def get_spec_env(spec_dir: Path):
-    new_env = copy.deepcopy(os.environ)
-    new_env["SPEC"] = str(spec_dir)
-    new_env["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
+def add_spec_env(
+    env: MutableMapping[str, str],
+    spec_dir: Path,
+) -> MutableMapping[str, str]:
+    """
+    Add SPEC-specific configurations to an environment mapping.
+
+    This function updates the provided environment mapping with SPEC-specific
+    settings. It sets the 'SPEC' environment variable to the provided directory
+    path and prepends the SPEC binary directory to the system PATH.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    env : MutableMapping[str, str]
+        The environment dictionary to update.
+    spec_dir : Path
+        The path to the SPEC directory.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    MutableMapping[str, str]
+        The updated environment dictionary.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import pathlib
+    >>> env = {"PATH": "/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin"}
+    >>> updated_env = add_spec_env(env, pathlib.Path("/path/to/spec"))
+    >>> updated_env["SPEC"]
+    '/path/to/spec'
+    >>> updated_env["PATH"].startswith("/path/to/spec/bin:")
+    True
+    """
+    env["SPEC"] = str(spec_dir)
+    env["PATH"] = os.pathsep.join(
         [
             str(spec_dir / "bin"),
-            *new_env["PATH"].split(os.pathsep),
+            *env["PATH"].split(os.pathsep),
         ]
     )
-    return new_env
+    return env
+
+
+def create_spec_env(spec_dir: Path) -> MutableMapping[str, str]:
+    """
+    Create a new environment with SPEC-specific configurations.
+
+    This function creates a copy of the current environment variables and updates
+    it with SPEC-specific settings using add_spec_env.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    spec_dir : Path
+        The path to the SPEC directory.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    dict
+        A dictionary containing the updated environment variables.
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> import pathlib
+    >>> import os
+    >>> os.environ["PATH"] = "/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin"
+    >>> env = create_spec_env(pathlib.Path("/path/to/spec"))
+    >>> env["SPEC"]
+    '/path/to/spec'
+    >>> "/path/to/spec/bin" in env["PATH"]
+    True
+    """
+    new_env = copy.deepcopy(os.environ)
+    return add_spec_env(new_env, spec_dir)
 
 def find_build(build_dir: Path) -> Path:
     entries = list(sorted(os.listdir(build_dir)))