axon-ivy-requirements-creation

name	axon-ivy-requirements-creation
description	Generate detailed requirements and implementation stories from simple user input. Use when a user provides vague requirements, needs a structured requirements document, or wants to create implementation stories.

When to Use

Use this skill when:

• User provides a paragraph or brief description of a process they want built
• User asks to "create requirements" or "write a requirements document"
• User has vague requirements that need to be expanded into detailed specifications
• User wants help structuring their business process requirements
• User asks to "create stories" or "break down requirements into stories"
• User wants to decompose a requirements document into implementation tasks

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4-Step Process

Step 1: Detail the Crude Requirements

Read: thinking-dimensions.md in this skill's directory.

Take the user's vague input and expand it into detailed, structured requirements. Use the thinking dimensions to:

• Extract the workflow skeleton from the description
• Decompose each step into inputs, outputs, rules, errors, actors
• Expand vague terms ("details", "info") into specific fields with types
• Define enumerations, roles, state machine, notifications, business rules

Ask the user only what you cannot reasonably infer. Keep questions short (max 5 per round). Skip topics already covered by the user's input. Use the expansion heuristics in the file to fill gaps yourself.

Output: A detailed internal understanding of the full requirements.

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Step 2: Verify Against Checklist

Read: checklist.md in this skill's directory.

Go through the checklist and verify every applicable question has been answered — either from the user's input, from your Step 1 expansion, or by reasonable inference.

• For each unanswered question: decide if you can infer the answer or need to ask the user
• Batch remaining questions to the user (max 5 per round)
• Mark questions as not-applicable if they don't fit the process scope

Output: All checklist items resolved. Requirements are complete.

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Step 3: Generate the Requirements Document

Read: requirement-template.md in this skill's directory.

Use the verified requirements from Steps 1-2 to fill in the template:

• Fill in every applicable section
• Remove sections that don't apply to the specific process
• For repeatable sections (Task Definition, UI Requirements), duplicate as needed
• Replace all placeholder examples with real content

Output location: [project]/documents/requirements/ — create folder if it doesn't exist.

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Step 4: Create Implementation Stories

Read: create-stories.md in this skill's directory.

Decompose the requirements document from Step 3 into implementation stories:

• Follow the dependency order in create-stories.md
• For each story type you are about to generate, read the corresponding file in story-types/ before writing the story (e.g., read story-types/form-composition.md before writing any form story)
• Each story is a separate file: story_NN_type-name.md (see filename convention in create-stories.md)
• Each story includes: user framing, description, dependencies, implementation details, acceptance criteria

Output location: [project]/documents/stories/ — create folder if it doesn't exist.

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Next Steps After This Skill

Once stories are generated, use these skills to implement and verify them:

• axon-ivy-implement-story — Pick a story and implement it (maps story types to the right skills)
• axon-ivy-verify-story — Verify the implementation (runs after each story implementation)

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Quality Gate

Before delivering the document, apply the Developer Test:

"Could a developer build this with ZERO additional questions?"

If no — go back and fill the gaps.