gsd-plant-seed

You can capture forward-looking ideas with trigger conditions and surface them automatically at the right milestone by creating a seed file. Seeds preserve the full rationale, trigger conditions, and breadcrumbs to details to prevent context rot.

A seed in project planning is a captured forward-looking idea that preserves the full WHY, WHEN to surface, and breadcrumbs to details. It prevents context rot by retaining this context until defined milestones arrive.

To create a seed, use the defined seed creation workflow to document your idea's rationale, trigger conditions, and breadcrumbs. The process outputs created seeds as markdown files into the planning seeds directory.

Yes, this workflow is designed for product strategy scenarios where early concepts must be preserved. You capture ambitious product ideas with specific trigger conditions and surface them into planning seeds as milestones approach.

No specific dependencies are required to start capturing planning seeds. You need to follow the seed creation workflow and the system will output created seeds directly into your local planning seeds directory.

You should not use a milestone-based seed approach for immediate tasks or ideas that require instant execution. Seeds are specifically for early concepts that must be preserved and surfaced only when defined milestones arrive.