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User stories your team and your coding agent can build

Every story in three parts: User Story, Acceptance Criteria and Validate. Then copy-ready prompts for your coding agent.

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Coding agent promptsExample
Saves 40% to 60% of agent tokens
Project context · paste firstShiftWise: shift scheduling for clinics.
SW-12Accept an open shiftCopy prompt
SW-13Decline with a reasonCopy prompt
Claude Code · Cursor · Lovable · Copilot · Codex
40% to 60%
Saves you 40% to 60% of your coding agent's tokens

Each prompt carries the context, the rules, what done means and how to check it, so Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, Copilot or Codex builds it right the first time instead of guessing.

The problem

Why this matters

Stories without acceptance criteria come back as questions mid-sprint.
Coding agents burn tokens guessing what a vague ticket means.
Copying stories into Jira or a prompt by hand wastes hours.
How it works

6 steps, guided by the coach

The coach walks you through each step, tracks your progress and moves on when the step's output is agreed. Click a step to see what it produces.

Step 1 of 6 · what you get
User Story Mapping

The journey laid out as a story map.

Story mapExample
Open a shiftMark shift openPick the role
Alert staffSend alertSkip if no rest
AcceptAccept in one tapDecline with reason
ConfirmManager confirmsUpdate payroll
Release 1 is the top row.
  1. Story mapExample
    Open a shiftMark shift openPick the role
    Alert staffSend alertSkip if no rest
    AcceptAccept in one tapDecline with reason
    ConfirmManager confirmsUpdate payroll
    Release 1 is the top row.

User Story, Acceptance Criteria, Validate

The framing sentence is only the start. Every story has all three parts, and everything traces back to your requirements.

Story · Accept an open shiftExample
User StoryAs a nurse, I want to accept an open shift from the alert, so that I can pick up hours quickly.
Acceptance CriteriaGiven I hold the required licence, when I tap Accept, then the shift is mine.Given someone accepted first, when I tap Accept, then I see 'Shift taken'.
ValidateThe manager sees the shift as filled within 5 seconds.

Prompts for your coding agent

Ask for coding agent prompts and get one ready prompt per story, plus the project context to paste first. Copy them into Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, Copilot or Codex.

Coding agent prompts · 3 storiesExample
Saves 40% to 60% of agent tokens
Project context · paste firstShiftWise: shift scheduling for clinics. Rules: licence match, 11h rest, first accept wins.
SW-12Accept an open shiftCopy prompt
SW-13Decline with a reasonCopy prompt
SW-14Manager confirms a fillCopy prompt
Claude Code · Cursor · Lovable · Copilot · Codex

Hand off to GitHub, Jira or Linear

Send the stories as issues, or the prompts to GitHub with an AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md pull request. Nothing is created until you approve it.

Product thread · ShiftWiseExample
GitHubNeeds your approval
Open a pull request with AGENTS.md and 3 issues
  • Accept an open shift
  • Decline with a reason
  • Manager confirms a fill
ApproveCancel
What you leave with

Real outputs, not just a chat

  • A user story map
  • Stories with User Story, Acceptance Criteria and Validate
  • Gaps found and filled
  • INVEST checks
  • Copy-ready coding agent prompts
  • A handoff to GitHub, Jira or Linear
One connected path
← Comes fromStage 5 · Requirements
Questions

Common questions

Explore more of Prodstack

The 7 stages
Stage 1DiscoveryValidate the problem with research, interviews and market size.Stage 2StrategyPositioning, business model, go-to-market, metrics and P&L.Stage 3PrioritizationA ranked list from two methods, with the reasons.Stage 4RoadmapRoadmaps shaped for leaders, teams or investors.Stage 5RequirementsJourneys, rules, missing scenarios, then a PRD or BRD.Stage 6Backlog3-part user stories and coding agent prompts.Stage 7GrowthPMF, AAARRR funnel, CAC and the right growth strategy.
Capabilities
CapabilityConnectors41 tools, from Jira and GitHub to Stripe and PostHog.CapabilityPortfolioHealth, stage and risks across products or startups.CapabilityCollaborative sessionsA shared coach session plus a private side chat.CapabilityShares and usageA share per member, usage by month.CapabilityProduct memoryOne memory across stages, files and chats.CapabilityTraceabilityThe why behind every decision, and alerts on conflicts.

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