Docs01 · Planning

Feature PRD

01-planning/product-requirements

A living document, one per feature. Evolves as you build — never frozen.

What it is

The Feature PRD is the second tier of the Cascade. Unlike a traditional spec, it's a living document — it evolves as market, design, and engineering reality changes. A PRD that doesn't change is a PRD nobody is reading.

When to write it

When you pick up a feature. Fill in the problem and goals first; leave the rest for later. Status flows backlog → in-progress → review → done.

What goes in it

  • The problem, and who has it
  • Goals and explicit non-goals
  • Status and a completion rationale
  • Links to the Prompt Briefs against it

How it fits

Governed by two guardrails: a PRD needs at least one Prompt Brief before it can go in-progress, and no more than five PRDs may be in-progress at once.

Get the templatestarter/docs/01-planning/product-requirements/feature-prd.md