Foundations of Spec-Driven Development with Codex

Overview

Build foundational understanding of SDD as an emerging methodology. Learn when specifications are valuable versus overkill, understand the role of AI in specification generation, build project constitutions that encode standards, create PRDs that persist as business documentation, read and evaluate existing specifications, and practice AI-assisted specification generation with critical review.

Syllabus

Unit 1: Why Specifications Matter

Integration Failure Analysis
Conversation Analysis: When to Write Specs
Spotting Ambiguous Requirements

Unit 2: Project Constitution Introduction

Create and Validate Project Constitution with Caching Strategy
Implementation Drift Recovery
Constitution Evolution: Caching Strategy Pattern

Unit 3: Product Requirements Strategy

Analyze Documentation Lifecycle: PRD vs Specification
Generate Architecture-Aware PRD for Content Scheduling
PRD Business Validation Review

Unit 4: Creating Feature Specifications

Specification Scavenger Hunt
AI-Generated Specifications
Identifying Critical Gaps in Component Specifications
Generating and Validating API Specifications

Unit 5: AI Specification Generation

Collaborative AI Specification Generation for Task Time Estimates
Detecting Ambiguous Language in API Specifications
Consolidating AI-Generated Specifications: Resolving Output Variance in Bulk Status Update
AI-Assisted Specification Evaluation