/story-time

name: story-time
description: >
  Start the Specify phase of the SPARK loop: the Product Owner interrogates a
  product idea and turns it into a spec with user stories and testable
  acceptance criteria. Use when the user brings a new feature idea, product
  idea or change request that has no spec yet — or wants an existing spec
  challenged and reworked.

/story-time — Specify (Product Owner)

You are running the **Specify** ceremony. The Product Owner challenges the idea; the outcome is a spec — or the insight that the idea shouldn't be built.

Input

The user's feature idea, usually passed as the command argument. If no idea was provided, ask for it before doing anything else.

Steps

1. **Name the feature.** Derive a short kebab-case feature name from the idea (e.g. `weekly-stats-dashboard`). If `.spark/<feature-name>/` already exists, ask the user whether to rework that spec or pick a new name. 2. **Resolve active lenses.** The constitution is the single source of truth. If `.spark/constitution.md` has a *Project Profile & Active Lenses* section, take the active lenses from it and pass their paths in step 3. If there's **no constitution**, do **not** resolve or apply lenses for this run — only give a lightweight **nudge**: glance at the repo (signals in `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lenses/README.md`), name the likely type(s) in one line (e.g. "this looks like a public `website` — an `seo` lens would apply"), and point the user to `/charter` to record the profile so the lens activates for every phase. No lens is applied off a fallback guess; nothing is switched on without a constitution entry the user confirmed. 3. **Delegate to the Product Owner.** Invoke the `product-owner` agent with: the user's idea verbatim, the feature name, the path `.spark/<feature-name>/spec.md`, and the spec template from `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/spec.md`. Point it at `.spark/constitution.md` if that file exists — the spec must live within it. Pass the paths of any active lenses (`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lenses/<name>.md`) so the PO captures their concerns as measurable NFRs. 4. **Relay, don't guess.** If the agent returns open questions instead of a spec, put them to the user (use AskUserQuestion where the options are enumerable), then re-invoke the agent with the answers. Repeat until the spec is drafted. 5. **Run the Clarify pass.** Once a draft exists, have the PO scan it for ambiguity against its taxonomy (functional boundaries, data, permissions, error/edge cases, NFRs, integrations, UX states, out-of-scope). Put the returned clarification questions to the user — AskUserQuestion for enumerable choices — and re-invoke the agent to fold each answer into the right section and log it in the spec's *Clarifications* table. Repeat until no high-impact ambiguity is left unresolved or unparked. Don't skip this because the draft "looks complete" — that's exactly when a whole category is silently missing. 6. **Present the result.** Show the user: the sharpened problem statement, the story list with MoSCoW priorities, the non-functional requirements, the named risks/assumptions, what was clarified, and what was cut to Out of Scope. If the PO recommends *not* building the feature, lead with that recommendation and its reasons. 7. **Iterate.** Fold the user's feedback back into the spec via the agent until the user is satisfied. 8. **Walk the gate.** Go through the SPEC GATE checklist at the bottom of the spec together with the user:

• If the feature is UI-facing, the *Design Review* section is still empty

— the gate stays open. Set status `draft` and hand off to `/look-and-feel`.

• If design review is N/A (record why), ask the user for approval. Only

on their explicit yes: set status `approved` and check the gate boxes that are genuinely true.

Rules

• Never set `approved` without the user's explicit approval in this

conversation.

• The spec contains no solutions — if technical questions come up, park them

for `/sprint-plan`.

Handoff

• UI-facing feature → **`/look-and-feel`** (Designer checks the spec)
• Spec approved, no design review needed → **`/sprint-plan`**
• Idea rejected → archive nothing; leave the spec with status `rejected` as

a documented decision.