Product & Project ManagementOpen accessPublished 3 Oct 2026
Create a PRODUCT spec — the non-technical document that comes FIRST, before
any architecture or technical spec. Use when the user has a product idea,
problem, or rough notes and wants a thought-through product spec: the gap,
why it matters, who it's for, the proposed solution, the phasing, the user
journeys, and the risks — written for humans to decide and align on.
This is the upstream of /expand-spec-architecture, /expand-spec-technical and /build-plan: the
product spec defines WHAT and WHY; those downstream skills define HOW. Do not
reverse the order — a product spec reverse-engineered from a tech spec is a
rationalisation, not a product decision.
The defining move o…