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planning-design

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Design technical architecture, select technology stack, and define implementation strategy from specifications and constitution constraints.

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  • When evaluating technology stack options for a feature
  • When designing system architecture for new components
  • When assessing implementation risks and defining mitigations

Key Principle

Architecture decisions must be traceable to specification requirements. Technology choices must comply with constitution constraints. Trade-offs must be documented for every significant decision.

Process

  1. Assess technology stack - Evaluate options against constitution requirements
  2. Design architecture - Components, interfaces, data model, integration points
  3. Define strategy - Phases, milestones, testing strategy, deployment approach
  4. Assess risks - Identify risks and define mitigations
  5. Human review - Approve architecture and strategy before task breakdown

Tool Use

Invoke via babysitter process: methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-planning Full pipeline: methodologies/spec-kit/spec-kit-orchestrator