A scenario gardenfor AI product work.
Turn rough product intent into inspectable scenarios, AI-agent handoffs, and verification evidence — before the code runs away from the decision.
Keep agent speed attached
to product judgment.
Four phases. The same trail every scenario walks — from rough product moment to verified delivery.
Intent
Start with the product moment, the user, and the constraint that matters.
Scenario
Shape it into typed cards for actor, world state, trigger, behavior, guardrails, and evidence.
Agent Run
Compile a clean handoff for Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or the CLI path you already use.
Evidence
Keep verification attached to the scenario so speed does not erase judgment.
A workspace for the context
agents usually lose.
STOA is not another blank chat box. It is a structured way to describe the work, test the handoff, and keep the trail visible as AI agents move through implementation.
Handoff score
100
Scenario scoring
STOA makes weak handoffs visible before an agent starts writing code.
Guided categories
Actor, Starting Context, Guardrails, and Evidence become practical prompts, not schema trivia.
Product Canvases
Keep unrelated products isolated so exports and AI context do not bleed across work.
CLI and skills
Use scenarios from the app, the CLI, or reusable agent skills without changing the source of truth.
Implementation handoffs
Compile one scenario into a worker-ready packet with constraints and verification targets.
Traceable delivery
Link scenarios to Linear, branches, PRs, and evidence so the trail survives the chat.
When agents write the code,
the spec is the one thing they can’t game.
Most teams are still bolting agents onto old workflows and watching productivity sag. The teams pulling real lift do something different: they keep scenarios outside the chat as a holdout set — behavioral specs the agent never sees while it works.
STOA gives those scenarios a home. They become portable context — scored, exported, and linked to delivery — so the next agent, the next teammate, and the next “should we build this?” all start from the same trail.
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