| name | inception-user-stories |
| description | Create user stories and personas from requirements. Two-part stage with planning and generation phases. |
| argument-hint | null |
| disable-model-invocation | true |
| model | opus |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash(mkdir *) |
AI-DLC: User Stories (Inception)
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Convert requirements into user-centered stories with acceptance criteria. This is a two-part stage: Planning → Generation.
Prerequisites Check
- Read
aidlc-docs/aidlc-state.md — verify Requirements Analysis is complete
- Log stage start in
aidlc-docs/audit.md
Intelligent Assessment (MANDATORY)
Before proceeding, validate that user stories add value. Follow the assessment criteria in user-stories-detail.md.
- Execute for: user-facing features, multi-persona, complex business logic, cross-team
- Skip for: pure refactoring, isolated bug fixes, infrastructure-only, dev tooling
- Default: When in doubt, include user stories
- Document assessment in
aidlc-docs/inception/plans/user-stories-assessment.md
PART 1: Planning
- Create story plan with checkboxes →
aidlc-docs/inception/plans/story-generation-plan.md
- Generate questions using [Answer]: tags — personas, granularity, format, acceptance criteria
- Include mandatory artifacts: stories.md, personas.md, INVEST criteria, acceptance criteria
- Inform user and WAIT for answers
- Analyze answers for ambiguities — follow up if needed
- Get explicit approval of plan before generation
PART 2: Generation
- Load approved plan from
aidlc-docs/inception/plans/story-generation-plan.md
- Execute each step — mark [x] immediately after completion
- Generate artifacts:
aidlc-docs/inception/user-stories/stories.md
aidlc-docs/inception/user-stories/personas.md
Completion
- Update
aidlc-state.md — mark User Stories complete
- Present completion message with summary
- WAIT for user approval
- Log approval in audit.md
- Guide to next:
/aidlc:inception-workflow-planning
Reference Files
Critical Rules
- Two-part stage: Planning MUST be approved before Generation starts
- Follow INVEST criteria for all stories
- ALL questions in
.md files — NEVER in chat
- Mark checkboxes [x] IMMEDIATELY after completing each step
- Resolve ALL ambiguities before proceeding