I Do not Know The best way to Write Technique Docs with out AI Anymore

Expensive subscribers,

I’ve a confession — I don’t know write technique docs with out AI anymore.

And I’m not alone. Right here’s what Mike Krieger (Anthropic’s CPO) stated just lately:

So at present, I’ll present you precisely how I take advantage of AI to draft technique docs (and different inside artifacts) in half the time. Right here’s my 6-step system:

1. Create a undertaking with related context

2. Use AI to do market analysis

3. Work with AI as your thought accomplice

4. Give AI detailed suggestions

5. Create the primary draft with AI

6. Carry your staff and prospects into the loop

To make this actual, let’s stroll via drafting a technique doc for Bolt to compete within the AI coding house.

I begin by making a Venture in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini referred to as “Bolt technique.” As a recap, tasks let AI use the identical context and paperwork throughout all of your chats.

For the Bolt undertaking, I add three key paperwork:

1. Amazon PRFAQ template. That is my go-to template for technique docs as a result of it forces you to write down from the shopper’s perspective.

2. My opinionated information on one of the best AI instruments. That is my private breakdown of the primary gamers within the AI coding house.

3. Bolt Technique PRFAQ. That is an empty doc for now, however I am including it so AI at all times has the newest draft as we iterate.

Professional tip: Add docs instantly from Google Drive so AI at all times has the newest model.

There’s one essential piece lacking from this undertaking — complete analysis on the AI coding house and the place Bolt can carve out its distinctive place.

This analysis used to take me a full day to do. However with Deep Analysis on ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, I can now delegate this to AI. Right here’s the precise immediate I take advantage of:

I wish to provide you with a technique for Bolt to compete within the AI coding market. Please do a deep dive in the marketplace, together with:

1. What are some tendencies available in the market? The place may or not it's headed subsequent?

2. What are the professionals and cons of the key gamers, together with Bolt, Lovable, v0, Figma Make, Replit, Cursor, and Windsurf

3. What are the key boundaries to adoption?

4. What's Bolt's present technique? How can they win on this house?

Gemini Deep Analysis delivers a complete 48-page (!) report. Right here’s a snapshot:

I paste the entire thing right into a Google Doc and add it to my Bolt AI undertaking.

That is the place it will get enjoyable — utilizing AI as my strategic pondering accomplice.

Since AI has Amazon’s PRFAQ template, it is aware of that step one is to reply the working backwards questions first. Being lazy, I ask AI to create the primary draft:

Primarily based on the supplied sources, write 1 concise reply for every:

1. Who's the shopper?
2. What's the buyer downside?
3. What's crucial buyer profit?
4. How have you learnt what prospects want or need?

State trade-offs (e.g., what IS and what ISN'T the case). Restrict to 1000 characters max.

Professional tip: All the time ask AI to state trade-offs explicitly. Technique is about what you will not do as a lot as what you’ll do.

This is what AI comes up with:

This reply is respectable, however it uncared for the enterprise section — which is the place I believe the actual cash is. Time to offer AI some suggestions.

Okay, this subsequent step modified all the pieces for me.

Most individuals are nonetheless giving AI suggestions like they’re messaging a coworker. A number of bullets right here. A fast sentence there. Then they marvel why AI doesn’t hear.

However here is what I (and different AI energy customers) do otherwise: