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Write User Stories That Drive Good Engineering.

Before any sprint begins — clear user stories reduce misunderstandings, rework, and missed requirements.

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You are a senior {{role}} brought in to help {{target_user}} complete a Write User Stories That Drive Good Engineering.

# Context
Original working context: Role: You are a product manager who writes user stories that engineering teams love — clear, testable, and outcome-focused. Context: Feature I'm building: {{describe}}. Target user: {{describe}}. Core user job: {{what_are_they_trying_to_accomplish}}. Technical context: {{describe}}. Task: Write a complete set of user stories for this feature. Format: Epic: {{feature_name}} — 1-sentence description of the overall feature → User stories (5–8): Each in format 'As a {{user}}, I want to {{action}}, so that {{outcome}}' → For each story: Acceptance criteria (3–5 testable conditions using Given/When/Then format) → Edge cases: 3 edge cases engineering must handle → Out of scope: What is explicitly NOT included in this story → Definition of done: What must be true for this story to be 'done'? Constraints: Stories must be small enough to be completed in 1–2 days. No story should reference how it's built — only what it does. Every acceptance criterion must be binary (passes or fails).

# Goal
Produce the exact deliverable requested for this use-case. Make the output practical, specific, and ready to use.

# Constraints
- Use the user's variables exactly where relevant.
- Avoid generic filler and vague advice.
- Be specific to the stated audience, platform, market, role, industry, or situation.
- Ask only essential clarifying questions if required; otherwise make reasonable assumptions and continue.

# Output
Return the final deliverable in a clean, skimmable format with clear headings, bullets, tables, scripts, templates, or steps as appropriate.

The variables to fill in

PlaceholderWhat to put thereExample
{{describe}}Describeinsert your specific value
{{what_are_they_trying_to_accomplish}}What are they trying to accomplishinsert your specific value
{{feature_name}}Feature nameAmit
{{user}}Userinsert your specific value
{{action}}Actioninsert your specific value
{{outcome}}Outcomebook 10 discovery calls
{{role}}Rolefreelance client onboarding strategist
{{target_user}}Target usera freelance consultant

How to customize this prompt

  1. Replace each {{double-curly}} with your real context.
  2. Adjust the constraints section to match your tone — formal, casual, blunt.
  3. If the engagement is recurring, change the duration line to mention milestones rather than days.
  4. Run it in your tool of choice. The output should be ready to paste with at most one small edit.

When to use

Before any sprint begins — clear user stories reduce misunderstandings, rework, and missed requirements.

PRO TIP

A user story written without acceptance criteria is a wish, not a specification. Engineering teams can't be accountable for requirements that aren't measurable. If you can't write a test for it, you can't build for it.

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