speckit-plan

You can automate design planning by executing a standardized workflow from a plan template to generate design artifacts. This approach enforces pre-execution checks and a phased design workflow to produce traceable documentation like research notes and data models.

A structured planning workflow is a repeatable process that generates design documentation from a plan template. It applies pre-execution checks and phased execution to ensure consistent outputs such as research.md and data-model.md files for project alignment.

To generate traceable design artifacts, you run a planning sequence that applies a standard plan template to your project. This produces structured documentation including research notes, data models, and quickstart guidance.

Yes, you need a project with a .specify directory to run the templated planning workflow. Loading the project with this directory allows the system to execute the plan template and generate the required design artifacts.

The best way to ensure consistent outputs is to use a standardized plan template that enforces pre-execution checks and extension hook handling. This repeatable workflow reduces manual planning time and aligns design documentation across teams.

Plan templates for artifact generation are limited to projects that require structured planning and traceable documentation. They enforce a specific phased design workflow, so projects needing flexible or ad-hoc planning may not fit this approach.