Specification: From Business Request to Product Definition

Chapter 03 · Episode 1 of 3

The Specification module takes the approved Business Request and derives the complete system design, architecture diagrams, data schemas, API contracts, and user experience flows.

Specification Generation Flow
1 Architecture
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2 Data Models
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3 API Schemas
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4 Acceptance Criteria
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5 Specification Sign-Off

Traditional specification writing is slow and prone to human gaps. In DeX, specialized specification agents extract architectural blueprints, generate relational PostgreSQL entity schemas, synthesize strict OpenAPI 3.1 specifications, and author Gherkin Given-When-Then acceptance criteria. The resulting specification serves as a deterministic source of truth for both developers and autonomous coding swarms, eliminating requirements drift.

Key Takeaway: DeX transforms ambiguous briefs into machine readable OpenAPI definitions, schema models, and executable acceptance test criteria before code generation begins.

Key Topics and Timestamps
Moving from Business Request to Specification
Relational Data Models and ERD Diagrams
OpenAPI 3.1 REST API Contract Generation
Gherkin Acceptance Criteria and Spec Sign-Off