spec-architect

To turn rough product requirements into architecture specifications, define functional and technical layers covering scope, modules, contracts, and boundaries. This process separates what the system must do from how it will be built, ensuring implementation-ready outputs with explicit traceability and measurable verification criteria.

Defining system boundaries and contracts during architecture planning involves modeling module responsibilities and interfaces explicitly. This ensures out-of-scope items are unambiguous and creates clear functional separation between components, which establishes well-defined failure modes and agent-oriented guardrails for the system.

Yes, you can generate traceability and verification criteria directly from a PRD without writing source code. Architecture spec design maps product requirements to architecture decisions and measurable acceptance checks across functional, module, data, integration, and operational layers without implementation.

Spec design works for existing system baselines by applying architecture-level planning across functional, module, contract, data, integration, and operational layers. It transforms current baselines into structured, implementation-ready outputs with explicit traceability and well-defined failure modes.

To specify measurable non-functional requirements and failure modes in a technical spec, structure the architecture design with explicit constraints and agent-oriented guardrails. This ensures requirements map directly to architecture decisions and measurable acceptance checks without writing source code.