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# Project Planning

PRDs, BRDs, ADRs, and architecture diagrams

## Overview

Create architecture decision records, requirements documents, and diagrams — all through guided AI workflows. Evaluate AI-powered systems against Responsible AI standards and conduct STRIDE-based security model analysis with automated backlog generation.

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### Chat Agents

| Name                             | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **adr-creation**                 | Interactive AI coaching for collaborative architectural decision record creation with guided discovery, research integration, and progressive documentation building - Brought to you by microsoft/edge-ai                                                                       |
| **agile-coach**                  | Conversational agent that helps create or refine goal-oriented user stories with clear acceptance criteria for any tracking tool                                                                                                                                                 |
| **arch-diagram-builder**         | Architecture diagram builder agent that builds high quality ASCII-art diagrams                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| **brd-builder**                  | Business Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **implementation-validator**     | Validates implementation quality against architectural requirements, design principles, and code standards with severity-graded findings                                                                                                                                         |
| **meeting-analyst**              | Meeting transcript analyzer that extracts product requirements for PRD creation via work-iq-mcp                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **network-isa95-planner**        | ISA-95-aligned network planning assistant for secure edge Kubernetes to Azure connectivity, remediation roadmaps, and beginner-friendly guidance                                                                                                                                 |
| **phase-implementor**            | Executes a single implementation phase from a plan with full codebase access and change tracking                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **plan-validator**               | Validates implementation plans against research documents, updating the Planning Log Discrepancy Log section with severity-graded findings                                                                                                                                       |
| **prd-builder**                  | Product Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **product-manager-advisor**      | Product management advisor for requirements discovery, validation, and issue creation                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| **rai-planner**                  | Responsible AI assessment planning agent with 6-phase conversational workflow. Guides planning against NIST AI RMF 1.0 as the default evaluation framework. Prepares RAI security model, impact assessment, control surface catalog, and dual-format backlog handoff.            |
| **researcher-subagent**          | Research subagent using search tools, read tools, fetch web page, github repo, and mcp tools                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| **rpi-agent**                    | Autonomous RPI orchestrator running Research → Plan → Implement → Review → Discover phases, using specialized subagents when task difficulty warrants them                                                                                                                       |
| **rpi-validator**                | Validates a Changes Log against the Implementation Plan, Planning Log, and Research Documents for a specific plan phase                                                                                                                                                          |
| **security-planner**             | Phase-based security planner that produces security models, standards mappings, and backlog handoff artifacts with AI/ML component detection and RAI Planner integration                                                                                                         |
| **sssc-planner**                 | Guides users through a six-phase assessment of their repository's supply chain security posture against OpenSSF Scorecard, SLSA, Sigstore, and SBOM standards, producing a prioritized backlog referencing reusable workflows from hve-core and microsoft/physical-ai-toolchain. |
| **system-architecture-reviewer** | System architecture reviewer for design trade-offs, ADR creation, and well-architected alignment                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| **ux-ui-designer**               | UX research specialist for Jobs-to-be-Done analysis, user journey mapping, and accessibility requirements                                                                                                                                                                        |

### Prompts

| Name                            | Description                                                                                                                                     |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **incident-response**           | Incident response workflow for Azure operations scenarios                                                                                       |
| **rai-capture**                 | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from existing knowledge using the RAI Planner agent in capture mode                                 |
| **rai-plan-from-prd**           | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from PRD/BRD artifacts using the RAI Planner agent in from-prd mode                                 |
| **rai-plan-from-security-plan** | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from a completed Security Plan using the RAI Planner agent in from-security-plan mode (recommended) |
| **risk-register**               | Creates a concise and well-structured qualitative risk register using a Probability × Impact (P×I) risk matrix.                                 |
| **security-capture**            | Initiate security planning from existing notes or knowledge using the Security Planner agent in capture mode                                    |
| **security-plan-from-prd**      | Initiate security planning from PRD/BRD artifacts using the Security Planner agent in from-prd mode                                             |
| **sssc-capture**                | Start a new SSSC assessment via guided conversation using the SSSC Planner agent in capture mode                                                |
| **sssc-from-brd**               | Start an SSSC assessment from existing BRD artifacts using the SSSC Planner agent                                                               |
| **sssc-from-prd**               | Start an SSSC assessment from existing PRD artifacts using the SSSC Planner agent                                                               |
| **sssc-from-security-plan**     | Extend a Security Planner assessment with supply chain coverage using the SSSC Planner agent                                                    |

### Instructions

| Name                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| **rai-planning/rai-backlog-handoff**   | RAI review and backlog handoff for Phase 6: review rubric, RAI review summary, dual-format backlog generation                                                                                                                                               |
| **rai-planning/rai-capture-coaching**  | Exploration-first questioning techniques for RAI capture mode adapted from Design Thinking research methods                                                                                                                                                 |
| **rai-planning/rai-identity**          | RAI Planner identity, 6-phase orchestration, state management, and session recovery                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **rai-planning/rai-impact-assessment** | RAI impact assessment for Phase 5: control surface taxonomy, evidence register, tradeoff documentation, and work item generation                                                                                                                            |
| **rai-planning/rai-security-model**    | RAI security model analysis for Phase 4: AI STRIDE extensions, dual threat IDs, ML STRIDE matrix, and security model merge protocol                                                                                                                         |
| **rai-planning/rai-standards**         | Embedded RAI standards for Phase 3: NIST AI RMF 1.0 trustworthiness characteristics, subcategory mappings, and framework isolation architecture                                                                                                             |
| **security/backlog-handoff**           | Dual-format backlog handoff for ADO and GitHub with content sanitization, autonomy tiers, and work item templates                                                                                                                                           |
| **security/identity**                  | Security Planner identity, six-phase orchestration, state management, and session recovery protocols                                                                                                                                                        |
| **security/operational-buckets**       | Operational bucket definitions with component classification guidance and cross-cutting security concerns                                                                                                                                                   |
| **security/security-model**            | STRIDE-based security model analysis per operational bucket with threat table format and data flow analysis                                                                                                                                                 |
| **security/sssc-assessment**           | Phase 2 supply chain assessment protocol with the 27 combined capabilities inventory for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                      |
| **security/sssc-backlog**              | Phase 5 dual-format work item generation with templates and priority derivation for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                           |
| **security/sssc-gap-analysis**         | Phase 4 gap comparison, adoption categorization, and effort sizing for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| **security/sssc-handoff**              | Phase 6 backlog handoff protocol with Scorecard projections and dual-format output for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                        |
| **security/sssc-identity**             | Identity and orchestration instructions for the SSSC Planner agent. Contains six-phase workflow, state.json schema, session recovery, and question cadence.                                                                                                 |
| **security/sssc-standards**            | Phase 3 OpenSSF Scorecard, SLSA, Best Practices Badge, Sigstore, and SBOM standards mapping for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                               |
| **security/standards-mapping**         | Embedded OWASP and NIST security standards with researcher subagent delegation for CIS, WAF, CAF, and other runtime lookups                                                                                                                                 |
| **shared/disclaimer-language**         | Centralized disclaimer language for AI-assisted planning agents requiring professional review acknowledgment                                                                                                                                                |
| **shared/hve-core-location**           | Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |
| **shared/story-quality**               | Shared story quality conventions for work item creation and evaluation across agents and workflows                                                                                                                                                          |

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## Install

```bash
copilot plugin install project-planning@hve-core
```

## Agents

| Agent                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| agile-coach                  | Conversational agent that helps create or refine goal-oriented user stories with clear acceptance criteria for any tracking tool - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                      |
| product-manager-advisor      | Product management advisor for requirements discovery, validation, and issue creation                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ux-ui-designer               | UX research specialist for Jobs-to-be-Done analysis, user journey mapping, and accessibility requirements                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| adr-creation                 | Interactive AI coaching for collaborative architectural decision record creation with guided discovery, research integration, and progressive documentation building - Brought to you by microsoft/edge-ai                                                                                                   |
| arch-diagram-builder         | Architecture diagram builder agent that builds high quality ASCII-art diagrams - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| brd-builder                  | Business Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| network-isa95-planner        | ISA-95-aligned network planning assistant for secure edge Kubernetes to Azure connectivity, remediation roadmaps, and beginner-friendly guidance - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                      |
| system-architecture-reviewer | System architecture reviewer for design trade-offs, ADR creation, and well-architected alignment - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                                                      |
| rpi-agent                    | Autonomous RPI orchestrator running Research → Plan → Implement → Review → Discover phases, using specialized subagents when task difficulty warrants them - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                            |
| prd-builder                  | Product Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| meeting-analyst              | Meeting transcript analyzer that extracts product requirements for PRD creation via work-iq-mcp - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                                                       |
| rai-planner                  | Responsible AI assessment planning agent with 6-phase conversational workflow. Guides planning against NIST AI RMF 1.0 as the default evaluation framework. Prepares RAI security model, impact assessment, control surface catalog, and dual-format backlog handoff. - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core |
| security-planner             | Phase-based security planner that produces security models, standards mappings, and backlog handoff artifacts with AI/ML component detection and RAI Planner integration                                                                                                                                     |
| sssc-planner                 | Guides users through a six-phase assessment of their repository's supply chain security posture against OpenSSF Scorecard, SLSA, Sigstore, and SBOM standards, producing a prioritized backlog referencing reusable workflows from hve-core and microsoft/physical-ai-toolchain.                             |
| researcher-subagent          | Research subagent using search tools, read tools, fetch web page, github repo, and mcp tools                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| plan-validator               | Validates implementation plans against research documents, updating the Planning Log Discrepancy Log section with severity-graded findings - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                            |
| phase-implementor            | Executes a single implementation phase from a plan with full codebase access and change tracking - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                                                      |
| rpi-validator                | Validates a Changes Log against the Implementation Plan, Planning Log, and Research Documents for a specific plan phase - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                               |
| implementation-validator     | Validates implementation quality against architectural requirements, design principles, and code standards with severity-graded findings - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                              |

## Commands

| Command                     | Description                                                                                                                                     |
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| security-plan-from-prd      | Initiate security planning from PRD/BRD artifacts using the Security Planner agent in from-prd mode                                             |
| security-capture            | Initiate security planning from existing notes or knowledge using the Security Planner agent in capture mode                                    |
| incident-response           | Incident response workflow for Azure operations scenarios - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                |
| risk-register               | Creates a concise and well-structured qualitative risk register using a Probability × Impact (P×I) risk matrix.                                 |
| rai-capture                 | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from existing knowledge using the RAI Planner agent in capture mode                                 |
| rai-plan-from-prd           | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from PRD/BRD artifacts using the RAI Planner agent in from-prd mode                                 |
| rai-plan-from-security-plan | Initiate responsible AI assessment planning from a completed Security Plan using the RAI Planner agent in from-security-plan mode (recommended) |
| sssc-capture                | Start a new SSSC assessment via guided conversation using the SSSC Planner agent in capture mode                                                |
| sssc-from-prd               | Start an SSSC assessment from existing PRD artifacts using the SSSC Planner agent                                                               |
| sssc-from-brd               | Start an SSSC assessment from existing BRD artifacts using the SSSC Planner agent                                                               |
| sssc-from-security-plan     | Extend a Security Planner assessment with supply chain coverage using the SSSC Planner agent                                                    |

## Instructions

| Instruction                        | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| rai-backlog-handoff.instructions   | RAI review and backlog handoff for Phase 6: review rubric, RAI review summary, dual-format backlog generation                                                                                                                                               |
| rai-identity.instructions          | RAI Planner identity, 6-phase orchestration, state management, and session recovery - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                                  |
| rai-impact-assessment.instructions | RAI impact assessment for Phase 5: control surface taxonomy, evidence register, tradeoff documentation, and work item generation - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                     |
| rai-security-model.instructions    | RAI security model analysis for Phase 4: AI STRIDE extensions, dual threat IDs, ML STRIDE matrix, and security model merge protocol - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                  |
| rai-standards.instructions         | Embedded RAI standards for Phase 3: NIST AI RMF 1.0 trustworthiness characteristics, subcategory mappings, and framework isolation architecture - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                      |
| rai-capture-coaching.instructions  | Exploration-first questioning techniques for RAI capture mode adapted from Design Thinking research methods - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                          |
| identity.instructions              | Security Planner identity, six-phase orchestration, state management, and session recovery protocols - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                                 |
| operational-buckets.instructions   | Operational bucket definitions with component classification guidance and cross-cutting security concerns - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                            |
| standards-mapping.instructions     | Embedded OWASP and NIST security standards with researcher subagent delegation for CIS, WAF, CAF, and other runtime lookups - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                          |
| security-model.instructions        | STRIDE-based security model analysis per operational bucket with threat table format and data flow analysis - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                          |
| backlog-handoff.instructions       | Dual-format backlog handoff for ADO and GitHub with content sanitization, autonomy tiers, and work item templates - Brought to you by microsoft/hve-core                                                                                                    |
| sssc-identity.instructions         | Identity and orchestration instructions for the SSSC Planner agent. Contains six-phase workflow, state.json schema, session recovery, and question cadence.                                                                                                 |
| sssc-assessment.instructions       | Phase 2 supply chain assessment protocol with the 27 combined capabilities inventory for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                      |
| sssc-standards.instructions        | Phase 3 OpenSSF Scorecard, SLSA, Best Practices Badge, Sigstore, and SBOM standards mapping for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                               |
| sssc-gap-analysis.instructions     | Phase 4 gap comparison, adoption categorization, and effort sizing for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| sssc-backlog.instructions          | Phase 5 dual-format work item generation with templates and priority derivation for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                           |
| sssc-handoff.instructions          | Phase 6 backlog handoff protocol with Scorecard projections and dual-format output for SSSC Planner.                                                                                                                                                        |
| disclaimer-language.instructions   | Centralized disclaimer language for AI-assisted planning agents requiring professional review acknowledgment                                                                                                                                                |
| hve-core-location.instructions     | Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |
| story-quality.instructions         | Shared story quality conventions for work item creation and evaluation across agents and workflows                                                                                                                                                          |

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> Source: [microsoft/hve-core](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core)

