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Step 02 of 9 15 min· intermediate

Step 2: Break the PRD into User Stories

Turn the PRD into INVEST-compliant user stories with acceptance criteria.

What you're doing in this step

Decompose the PRD into ticketable, testable stories. Acceptance criteria become test cases later.

Recommended prompts

Use one of these to do the work in your IDE

Open the template to read it in full. Click Copy prompt to grab it (with your stack values pre-filled where they apply) — then paste into Claude Code, Cursor, or wherever you build.

Primary recommendation 10 min

User Story Generator from PRD

Convert a PRD into INVEST-compliant user stories with Gherkin acceptance criteria.

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Template· Template 15 min

User Story Elaboration — Detailed Markdown

Expand a one-line story into a fully elaborated markdown story — header, background, 6+ ACs, out-of-scope, technical notes, dependencies, and DoD. Ready to paste into Jira or Confluence.

Use this when: You want a heavyweight markdown elaboration with Background, Technical Notes, and Definition of Done — ready to paste into Jira

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Template· Template 10 min

User Story Generator — BDD / Gherkin

Generate a user story whose acceptance criteria are full Given / When / Then scenarios, ready for BDD test runners.

Use this when: Your team writes BDD tests and wants stories whose ACs are full Given/When/Then

cucumberplaywrightbehave
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Template· Template 10 min

User Story Generator — API / Backend

Generate a backend-focused user story with endpoint, schema, error, and security details.

Use this when: The work is purely backend — endpoint contracts, schemas, status codes

apirestgraphql
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Template· Template 10 min

User Story Generator — UI / Frontend

Generate a frontend-focused user story with components, interaction flow, accessibility, and responsive notes.

Use this when: The work is purely frontend — components, interaction flow, accessibility

reactnextjstailwind
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Template· Template 15 min

User Story Generator — Enterprise

Generate an enterprise-grade user story with compliance, security, integration, performance, and audit requirements baked in.

Use this when: The work is regulated — needs compliance, security, and audit notes baked in

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When you're done

Verify these in your own work before moving on

This is a checklist for you to mentally tick off in your repo and IDE — the site doesn't track it, you do.

  • Every must-have requirement has at least one story
  • Each story has Given/When/Then acceptance criteria
  • Stories are sized so any one fits in a single PR
  • Stories are grouped by epic
Common pitfalls

What goes wrong at this step

  • Stories that span multiple PRs — split them
  • Acceptance criteria written as 'works correctly' instead of observable user behavior
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