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Context-First Spec-Driven Development

Buildforce materializes user intent into structured specifications, generates implementation plans, and tracks execution with full traceability.

By creating a persistent context repository that accumulates knowledge across sessions, it enables AI agents to learn from past decisions and maintain consistency across features.

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Why Context-First?

AI agents start fresh with each session and reverse engineer the codebase on-demand. Buildforce inverts this by loading accumulated context first—searching your context repository before you define requirements.

This context-warming approach ensures specs are informed by past decisions, plans reference existing patterns, and implementations remain consistent. Context persists in version-controlled YAML files alongside your code, so your project's knowledge base grows smarter with every feature you complete.

Context-first means less time explaining, more time building.

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Key Features

    Persistent Context
    Context lives in .buildforce/context/ as version-controlled YAML files. Architectural decisions, design patterns, and implementation knowledge persist across sessions and team members.
    Structured Specifications
    Materialize user intent into spec.yaml with functional requirements, acceptance criteria, and scope boundaries. No more vague "build this" conversations—specs define WHAT to build with clarity.
    Implementation Plans
    Auto-generate plan.yaml with architecture decisions, technical stack, and phased tasks. Plans define HOW to build it, with progress tracking and deviation logging for full traceability.
    Command Orchestration
    Five slash commands guide development: /research gathers context, /spec defines requirements, /build executes implementation, /complete validates and saves knowledge, /document captures existing code.
    Deviation Tracking
    Implementation deviations are logged with rationale (Original → Actual → Reason). Full transparency of what changed, why it changed, and how it impacts the original plan.
    Team Knowledge Base
    Context repository becomes shared knowledge for the entire team. New developers can search past decisions, understand architectural patterns, and build on accumulated wisdom.

How It Works

Buildforce uses slash commands inside AI assistant conversations to orchestrate a structured workflow.

Each command feeds context forward: research informs spec, spec guides plan, plan drives build, build enriches context. This orchestration prevents context loss and creates knowledge that compounds over time.