cy-create-techspec

To translate a PRD into a technical specification, you need codebase exploration and interactive clarification to align business requirements with architecture decisions, data models, and API design. This process produces an implementation-ready TechSpec.

The best way to document architecture decisions is by creating Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) during the technical specification process. ADRs record key decisions and rejected alternatives to maintain a clear decision trail for implementation.

You can map user stories to API designs and data models by conducting codebase exploration and interactive one-question-at-a-time clarification. This translates PRD goals into a technical specification with defined components and testing strategies.

Generating a techspec does not strictly require existing ADRs but can use them. The process mandates creating new ADRs to record key architecture decisions and rejected alternatives based on the PRD and codebase constraints.

A technical specification for system design includes clarified architecture decisions, data models, API design, and a testing approach. It maps PRD business requirements to concrete implementation components through draft-then-review approval gating.

Yes, you can update an existing techspec. The process supports both new and update modes, using prior techspecs and ADRs alongside the PRD to refine architecture decisions, data models, and API design for implementation.