PRD — Product Requirements Document Manager

Use the prd CLI to manage feature PRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria. PRD documents live under the prd/ directory as markdown files.

Workflow

•Before starting work, run prd feat ls to see all features and their progress.
•Identify the current feature with prd feat current (reads the git branch name).
•Find the next incomplete user story with prd feat <id> us next.
•Implement the user story, then mark acceptance criteria as completed.
•Add notes to track decisions or context discovered during implementation.

Commands

List features

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prd feat ls

Outputs tab-separated lines: ID Name [completed/total]

Show a feature

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prd feat <feature-id>

Prints the full PRD markdown for the given feature.

Create a feature

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prd feat new --name "Feature name" --description "Description"

Creates a new prd/<NNN-slug>/prd.md with a skeleton template. Prints the new ID.

Get current feature from git branch

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prd feat current

Prints the feature ID extracted from branches named feat/<NNN>-* or feature/<NNN>-*.

Start a feature branch

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prd feat start <feature-id>

Creates and checks out a git branch feat/<dir-name>.

List user stories

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prd feat <feature-id> us ls

Outputs tab-separated lines: US-N Name [status]

Show a user story

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prd feat <feature-id> us <story-id>

Prints the markdown section for a single user story.

Get next incomplete user story

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prd feat <feature-id> us next

Prints the ID of the first user story with incomplete acceptance criteria.

Create a user story

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prd feat <feature-id> us new --name "Story name" --description "Description" \
  --acceptance-criteria "First criterion" --acceptance-criteria "Second criterion" \
  --technical-considerations "Notes" --priority 2

Appends a new user story to the feature's PRD file.

List acceptance criteria

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prd feat <feature-id> us <story-id> accept ls

Lists all acceptance criteria with their number (1-based), status, and text.

Complete a user story

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prd feat <feature-id> us <story-id> complete

Toggles the user story completion status in progress.md.

Delete a user story

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prd feat <feature-id> us <story-id> delete

Removes the user story section from the PRD file.

Bump version

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prd feat <feature-id> bump

Increments the document version in the footer and updates the date to today.

List notes

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prd feat <feature-id> note ls

Add a note

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prd feat <feature-id> note add --content "Note text"

Adds a dated note to the feature's Notes section.

Typical session

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# See what features exist
prd feat ls

# Check which feature you're on
FEAT=$(prd feat current)

# Find the next story to work on
US=$(prd feat $FEAT us next)

# Read the story details
prd feat $FEAT us $US

# After implementing, mark story as done
prd feat $FEAT us $US complete

# Add a note about a decision made
prd feat $FEAT note add --content "Chose JWT over session cookies for auth"

Document structure

PRD files follow this markdown structure:

markdown

# Feature Name

Description text.

## Goals

- Goal 1
- Goal 2

## User Stories

### US-1 | P1 | Story name

Description of the user story.

#### Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Criterion 1
- [ ] Criterion 2
- [x] Completed criterion

#### Technical Considerations

Implementation notes.

## Functional Requirements

- FR-1: Requirement

## Notes

### 2026-01-15

Note content.

---
*Document Version: 1.0*
*Last Updated: 2026-01-15*

The document footer (version and last updated date) is automatically maintained whenever the file is modified through prd commands.

Progress tracking

Progress is tracked in a separate progress.md file next to prd.md. The PRD file is immutable for progress operations. Completing user stories and adding notes writes to progress.md:

markdown

# Progress

- [ ] US-1
- [x] US-2
- [ ] US-3

## Notes

### 2026-01-28

Note content.