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Turn a vague request into a real spec
Someone asked for "a dashboard" and nobody has defined what that means.
Turn the request below into something buildable. 1. **What was actually asked for**, restated in one sentence with no added ambition. 2. **The underlying problem**, as best you can infer. Mark it clearly as inference, not fact. 3. **What is undefined.** Every decision that must be made before anyone writes code: data source, who sees it, what happens when it is empty, how often it updates, what "done" looks like. 4. **The questions to ask the requester**, at most six, ordered so the first answer changes the rest. 5. **A first-draft spec** covering scope, explicit non-goals, and the behaviour on the unhappy path. Do not fill gaps with plausible-sounding detail. Anything you assumed goes in a list labelled Assumptions. The request:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Specs and stories. Turning a vague request into something a team can build: specs, PRDs, stories and acceptance criteria.
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Write user stories that are not disguised tasksBreaking a feature into stories a team can actually pick up independently.Write acceptance criteria that can be testedA story is ready to start and "it should work well" is currently the only criterion.Draft a PRD from my notesThe work is agreed in conversation and now needs a document people can disagree with.Story or task in disguise?A backlog item that reads like an implementation note.Who is this for?A feature defined by what it does, not who wants it.Make this request buildableA one-line request from someone who wants it next week.
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