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Design Specifications

A living design spec that drives everything downstream

Turn a use case into a living design spec—scope, quality goals, integrations, and diagrams—then snapshot every approved revision.

What's Included

Everything the rest of the platform builds on

Problem statement & business context

The why behind the system, captured up front.

Functional requirements / use cases

Include/exclude toggles let you scope exactly what ships.

Quality attributes

Importance and rationale recorded alongside each attribute.

System integrations

Protocols and DDCL contexts for every external system.

Architecture overview, components & data flows

The structural shape of the solution, laid out clearly.

Interfaces & orchestration patterns

Available once the spec is linked to a solution.

Mermaid diagrams

Architecture, data flow, and orchestrator diagrams, generated inline.

Outputs

Edit, export, and version with confidence

Interactive edit experience

Refine any section of the spec directly, without leaving the flow.

Export as Markdown or PDF

Print-ready exports for review, sign-off, or handoff.

Version history in Saved Documents

Frozen snapshots of every approved revision, for audit and compare.

See what a spec becomes

Every design specification feeds the formal architecture documents—ADD, tech specs, and more.