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PRD draft that won't make engineering open ticket #2

When you have the feature shape in your head and need a PRD that's actually buildable.

Works best in: Claude

Write a first-draft PRD for {{feature name}}.

Inputs:
- Problem statement: {{paste — the user pain we're solving, in their words if possible}}
- Solution sketch: {{paste — what we think the answer is, at whatever fidelity you have}}
- Customer evidence: {{paste — quotes, ticket counts, sales-call mentions}}
- Constraints: {{paste — timeline, headcount, tech limits, anything that's already decided}}

Output a PRD with this structure:

## TL;DR
3 sentences. What we're building, for whom, why now.

## Problem
What's broken today. Specific (not "users find this confusing"). Quote the user where possible. Include the cost of not solving it.

## Goals & non-goals
- Goals: 2–4 outcomes (not features), each measurable
- Non-goals: 2–4 things people might assume we're solving but aren't, with one-sentence reason for each

## User story
"As a {persona}, when I {situation}, I want to {action} so that {outcome}." One sentence. If you need three, the scope is wrong.

## Solution overview
Plain language. Skip implementation. Cover the happy path and the 2–3 most important edge cases.

## Acceptance criteria
Checklist. Each item observable from the outside — not "the code is well-factored."

## Success metrics
The metric we'll watch, the baseline, the target, the date we'll check. If we can't name a metric, we can't tell if it worked.

## Open questions
Honest. Things we don't know yet and who needs to answer them.

## Out of scope
What's tempting to include but isn't this version.

Hard rules:
- No "leverage", "robust", "seamless", or other meaning-free adjectives
- If a section's answer is genuinely "we don't know," write that, don't make it up
- Acceptance criteria are tests, not feelings
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