The AI-Assisted Technical Design Document (TDD) Drafting Kit: A 4-Phase Protocol

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Core Capabilities

• Enumerate the decisions, constraints, and unresolved assumptions embedded in your raw notes before a single TDD section is written
• Generate a structured first-draft TDD section-by-section from fragmented inputs including ticket descriptions, verbal requirements, and architecture sketches
• Surface edge cases specific to your system's failure modes so downstream engineers inherit explicit boundaries rather than silent assumptions
• Classify open questions by type—technical risk, scope ambiguity, dependency gap—so reviewers arrive knowing exactly where input is required
• Map each design decision to its rationale and the alternatives considered so approval conversations do not restart from the problem statement
• Rank implementation concerns by risk, effort, and dependency order against your stated constraints so the next action after the review is unambiguous
• Anchor the document structure to your actual system context and team conventions so repeated runs across projects stay consistent without manual reformatting
• Map this skill failure signals so you can see where this kit provides a structured template, a prompt library, and a 4-phase first shows up

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