Build tool

Workflow canvas

Answer these before you open an AI tool. A clear specification is worth more than a clever prompt — and it's what makes a build reusable.

The build

Name it and choose its shape

What are you building?

Sixteen questions

Design the work, not the prompt

01 · What triggers this work?02 · What information goes in?03 · What job needs to be done?04 · What does an experienced employee know that matters?05 · What rules do they follow?06 · What does good output look like?07 · What examples can we provide?08 · What systems contain the information?09 · Where should the output go?10 · What can AI do automatically?11 · What needs human approval?12 · What could go wrong?13 · How do we test it?14 · Who owns the process?15 · How often does it happen?16 · What would success save, improve, or generate?

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