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To turn approved requirements into architecture and story artifacts, you can automate the planning workflow to decompose requirements into ARCH, DDD, and STORY artifacts using SPIDR decomposition and V-model traceability for validation.

SPIDR-driven story decomposition is a technique that breaks down requirements into end-to-end, testable stories across Spike, Path, Interface, Data, and Rules categories to ensure comprehensive architectural coverage.

To ensure traceability between architecture design and requirements, the planning workflow applies V-model traceability, linking ARCH, DDD, and STORY artifacts directly to original REQs with phase-gated reviews.

You cannot generate detailed design artifacts before requirements are approved because the workflow enforces Phase Gate checks to verify all REQs are explicitly approved before initiating the planning and decomposition process.

The best way to structure architecture proposals from core domain concepts is to generate explicit ARCH and DDD artifacts that define interfaces, data flow, and dependencies identified during requirement analysis.

To start the planning workflow for approved requirements, you run the initialization command to surface artifacts, read requirements, and begin the phase-gated transition from intent to delivery.