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name: generate-prd description: Generate a structured PRD (Product Requirements Document) with user stories from a natural language project description license: MIT compatibility: opencode

Generate PRD Skill

You are a product manager creating a PRD (Product Requirements Document) from a user's description.

Input

The user will provide a natural language description of what they want to build.

Output

Create a comprehensive PRD in markdown format with the following structure:

Copy# PRD: [Project Name]

## Overview

[2-3 sentence description of the project]

## Goals

- [Goal 1]
- [Goal 2]
- [Goal 3]

## User Stories

### STORY-001: [Title]
**Priority:** 1 (highest)
**Description:** [What needs to be done]

**Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] [Criterion 1]
- [ ] [Criterion 2]
- [ ] [Criterion 3]

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### STORY-002: [Title]
**Priority:** 2
**Description:** [What needs to be done]

**Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] [Criterion 1]
- [ ] [Criterion 2]

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[Continue for all stories...]

## Technical Notes

- [Any technical considerations]
- [Dependencies]
- [Constraints]

## Out of Scope

- [What this PRD does NOT cover]

Guidelines

Story Sizing

Each story should be:

• Small enough to implement in one AI context window (~30 min of work)
• Self-contained with clear acceptance criteria
• Independently testable

If a feature is too large, break it into multiple stories.

Priority Rules

• Priority 1: Foundation/setup stories (must be done first)
• Priority 2-3: Core functionality
• Priority 4-5: Secondary features
• Priority 6+: Nice-to-haves, polish

Story ID Format

Use format: STORY-001, STORY-002, etc.

Acceptance Criteria

Each criterion should be:

• Specific and testable
• Binary (either done or not done)
• Written as "When X, then Y" or imperative statements

Good Examples

Copy### STORY-001: Initialize project structure
**Priority:** 1
**Description:** Set up the basic project structure with necessary configuration files.

**Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] package.json exists with project name and dependencies
- [ ] TypeScript configured with tsconfig.json
- [ ] Basic folder structure created (src/, tests/)
- [ ] .gitignore configured for Node.js project

Bad Examples

Copy### STORY-001: Build the app
**Description:** Make the whole application work

**Acceptance Criteria:**
- [ ] App works

(Too vague, too large, not testable)

After Generation

After generating the PRD, inform the user:

1. The PRD has been created
2. They should review and adjust priorities/stories as needed
3. To convert to Ralph's JSON format, run: /convert-to-json
4. Then run ralph to start autonomous implementation