botoolagent-prd2json

A fat dev.json is a self-contained file that embeds machine-readable fields like description, acceptanceCriteria, designRefs, testCases, and seed data. You need it to drive autonomous coding iterations, ensuring automated agents have all the context and dependencies required without referencing external documents.

To generate a fat dev.json from a PRD directory, run the converter against the directory using either an interactive viewer flow or a CLI fallback. The tool extracts seed data from the PRD and validates the schema to produce a fat index ready for autonomous coding.

Yes, the PRD to dev.json conversion automatically extracts seed data from PRD §4 and validates the schema and tests for the resulting dev.json. This ensures the generated file contains all necessary testCases and seed data to drive automated iterations without manual intervention.

Yes, you can use the generated dev.json with BotoolAgent workflows by mapping the prdFile and embedding dependencies, sessions, files, and evals. The fat dev.json schema ensures compatibility with these workflows to drive automated iterations seamlessly.

The main limitation of converting PRD to dev.json is that the quality of the generated schema depends entirely on the structure of the input PRD.md. If the source document lacks clearly defined acceptance criteria or seed data in the expected sections, the resulting fat dev.json may not provide sufficient context for autonomous execution.