What does PRD-native mean?
PRD-native means the product requirements document is not an afterthought. It drives planning, story structure, implementation, and review.
Glossary
PRD-native development means using a product requirements document as the source of truth for planning, implementation, and review.
Why it matters
PRD-native development starts with product requirements and keeps implementation stories, acceptance criteria, and review decisions tied to that source document.
PRD-native development means the product requirements document is the source of truth for planning, implementation, and review. Instead of treating the PRD as a handoff artifact, the workflow keeps stories, acceptance criteria, constraints, and merge decisions tied back to the original requirement.
PRD-native development is a workflow where product requirements guide the implementation loop from the beginning. The PRD is used to define scope, split stories, write acceptance criteria, and review output.
Hal is built around PRD-native loops. Commands such as hal plan, hal convert, and hal validate exist so implementation starts from structured product intent instead of a loose prompt.
A clear PRD gives both the agent and the reviewer a shared target. It also makes broad work easier to split into smaller stories that can be inspected one at a time.
PRD-native development connects directly to AI coding loops, acceptance criteria, project standards, and review-before-merge practices.
Short answers before you put this into an agent workflow.
PRD-native means the product requirements document is not an afterthought. It drives planning, story structure, implementation, and review.
AI coding agents work better when scope, constraints, and acceptance criteria are explicit before implementation begins.
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