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To create a formal feature specification, you need a workflow that captures the why, architectural direction, and decision rationale in a single pass. This ensures alignment across product, design, and engineering while producing a traceable spec document.

Governing specification updates requires a decision tree to handle whether an existing spec is extended or replaced. This workflow manages changes with clear rules and records a spec changelog to maintain full traceability.

A decision gate enforces governance and consistency by applying predefined rules to every decision made during specification. It ensures that all architectural and business decisions are validated before a feature spec is finalized.

Yes, you can generate a spec.md file that automatically structures your feature overview, user stories, architecture direction, and traceability records. This output consolidates interview inputs and autonomous decisions into a single document.

Capturing requirements involves an interview-style input gathering process that progresses from initial proposal through input analysis and business interviews to architecture interviews. This coherent progression ensures intent is fully mapped before spec writing.

Yes, a specification workflow can support non-linear flow allowing actions to occur outside rigid phase boundaries when appropriate. It preserves auditability by recording auto-decisions and maintaining a comprehensive spec changelog.