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To turn a rough idea into an approved design spec, use a hard-gated workflow that asks incremental clarifying questions, proposes multiple approaches, and writes the final architecture to a local spec file before any implementation begins.

A hard-gate workflow for requirement clarification blocks any code changes until a design is presented and approved, ensuring implementation starts with aligned requirements and reducing rework.

To draft architecture and acceptance criteria, the workflow proposes 2-3 design options with trade-offs, recommends an approach, performs a self-review, and outputs a written specification document.

Yes, the approved specification document is written directly to the local specs workspace at docs/specs/.local/ with a date and topic filename for immediate project integration.

Yes, the spec writing process proposes 2-3 design options with trade-offs and a recommendation to help you choose the best architecture before drafting the final requirements.

The limitation of a hard gate against code changes is that it strictly prevents any implementation actions until the design is fully approved, which may slow down rapid prototyping for highly experimental features.