// AI SPEC LAYER — v1.0

You converse.
We spec.

Voice transcripts, Slack threads, emails, agent chats — Rikki generates a governed artifact at every phase: PRD in Envision, SPEC + Validation Report in Create, deployable Plan in Deliver, Evolve Note in production. You confirm at every gate. Agents build from specs, not assumptions. // Platform: Rikki joins the call and listens live — no input needed.

SPEC-auth-flow-2026-05-04.md
## Functional Requirements

FR-001 Implement TOTP-based MFA on login 🟢
Source: Raj — "TOTP for now, simpler"

FR-002 Lock account after 5 failed attempts 🟢
Source: Priya — "five tries"

FR-003 Session timeout after inactivity 🟡
Inferred — standard for auth flows

## Human Gates

🔵 Intent Gate — customer confirmed
🟡 Review Gate — stack pending
🔴 Ship Gate — after build

## Gaps & Open Questions

GAP-001 Session timeout duration not discussed
Decide before build — affects UX + security
60–80%
of meeting decisions never reach structured requirements — Standish Group
Day 1
traceability from every conversation Rikki processes
3 gates
human sign-off at Intent, Review, and Ship before code ships
0 lines
of code written before requirements are locked and reviewed

// THE RIKKI PIPELINE

Envision → Create → Deliver → Evolve

Four phases. Three human gates. Envision is free — the complete pipeline unlocks on Platform. Every agent builds from a locked spec, not a prompt.

// Envision is your free entry point. // Create → Deliver → Evolve unlocks on Platform.
Try Envision free →
Envision
🔵 Intent Gate
// free — start here
You talk
Paste any conversation. Rikki structures it into a PRD. You confirm at the Intent Gate. // Platform: live listener joins — no paste needed
PRD
Create
🟡 Review Gate
// Platform →
Rikki specs
Three locked artifacts from the PRD. You confirm the tech stack at the Review Gate — SPEC locked as single source of truth.
SPECValidation ReportPlan
Deliver
🔴 Ship Gate
// Platform →
Agents build
Agents build from the locked Plan. You run Validation Criteria. Nothing ships without Ship Gate sign-off.
Working buildShip Gate sign-off
Evolve
// Platform →
You learn
Rikki generates an Evolve Note reviewing outcomes against the PRD Target State. Every cycle starts sharper.
Evolve Note
// who
Envision
Create
Deliver
Evolve
🤖 Rikki
Generates PRD — customer, requirements, Acceptance Criteria, MoSCoW
Generates SPEC, Validation Report, and Plan from the PRD
Not in the build loop
Generates Evolve Note — outcome review against PRD Target State
🙋 You
Confirm customer, scope, Target State at the Intent Gate
// future: listener joins — no paste
Confirm tech stack at the Review Gate — SPEC locked as single source of truth
Run Validation Criteria. Approve Ship Gate before go-live
Review Evolve Note. Sign off the cycle. Name the next conversation
⚙️ Agent
Not active
Not active
Builds from the locked Plan — Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code
Not active

// WHERE RIKKI LISTENS

Any conversation. Any format.

Meetings, Slack threads, emails, planning docs — wherever decisions happen, Rikki turns them into governed specs.

🎙️

Meeting transcripts

Zoom, Teams, any recording tool. Rikki reads who said what, identifies decisions and intent, and structures it into a governed spec.

"We need MFA on login — two incidents this quarter."
💬

Slack & chat threads

Copy a Slack thread where a feature was discussed. Rikki extracts requirements from informal conversation — even if it was never meant to be a spec.

"Let's add a rate limit — maybe 5 attempts before lockout?"
📝

Planning sessions & docs

Paste notes from a sprint planning or whiteboard session. Rikki turns exploratory thinking into structured, traceable requirements.

"Dashboard needs real-time data — users complained about stale metrics."
📧

Emails & stakeholder feedback

Customer emails, exec direction, or informal feedback. Rikki structures the intent and flags what needs clarification before anyone builds.

"The client needs WCAG compliance before the contract can proceed."
🗣️

Voice notes & rough ideas

Early-stage thinking that hasn't been formalized. Rikki scores confidence on every interpretation — so you know what's solid and what needs follow-up.

"I think we might need versioning — not sure yet, worth discussing."
PLATFORM — COMING
🎤

Live meeting listener

Rikki joins your call as a silent listener. Real-time NLP. Spec generated automatically when the meeting ends — no transcript needed.

Zoom · Teams · Google Meet — join waitlist →

// WHERE RIKKI FITS IN YOUR STACK

Built for Claude Code, Copilot, and Cursor.

Every IDE agent is capable of building well — but only from a spec worth building from. Rikki is the spec layer that sits upstream of your agent.

// Today — manual

Copy SPEC → paste into IDE

Download your Rikki SPEC as a .md file. Drop it into your repo. Reference it in your Claude Code, Copilot, or Cursor session as context. Agents build from requirements, not guesswork.

// Platform — shallow

SPEC auto-synced to repo

Platform writes SPEC-feature.md directly to your GitHub repo on generation. Your IDE agent picks it up automatically. No copy-paste required.

// Platform — deep

Drift detection on every PR

Rikki watches GitHub PRs against the locked SPEC. Flags divergence before merge. Links Jira tickets to Plan items. The agent never builds beyond what the spec permits.

// Supported: Claude Code · GitHub Copilot · Cursor · Windsurf · VS Code · JetBrains — no integration required to start.

// WHAT CHANGES WITH RIKKI

Before. After.

The organizational shift to AI — what it looks like without Rikki and with it.

// without Rikki
// with Rikki
60–80%
of meeting decisions never reach structured requirements
Decisions stay in someone's head — context scattered across notes, messages, and memory
Every conversation captured and structured — AI-ready spec before the meeting ends
AI amplifies ambiguity
Vague prompts produce fast but ungoverned output — Gartner 2025
AI agents get unstructured inputs and produce unpredictable, untraceable output
AI agents build from governed specs — traceably, with human review at every gate
Day 1
traceability from every conversation Rikki processes
Compliance reviews happen late — the audit trail is missing or invented after the fact
Governance baked in from the start — every decision traceable from conversation to code
42%
of institutional knowledge lost when a key person leaves — Panopto 2019
Context walks out the door — institutional knowledge disappears with every departure
Context stays with the org — searchable and structured, independent of any individual
30–35%
SDLC productivity gain — only for orgs that redesign for AI — Deloitte 2026
AI tools added to an unchanged workflow — most productivity potential unrealized
Envision → Create → Deliver → Evolve — a development cycle redesigned for the AI era
// governance applied automatically: OWASP Top 10NIST AI RMFISO 42001WCAG 2.2EU AI ActSTRIDE

// KNOW WHEN TO UPGRADE

The free skill works brilliantly for one person.

It breaks down the moment your needs grow beyond a single session. Four signals:

👥

Team scale

Three PMs each running their own Rikki sessions with no shared memory. Context lives in individual Claude Projects, diverges immediately, and walks out the door with every departure.

// Platform: persistent org memory + shared spec repository
🔍

Compliance pressure

Audit trails that live in chat history aren't auditable. Enterprise needs centralized traceability from conversation to code, permanently.

// Platform: centralized traceability — conversation to production

Sprint velocity

Manually checking whether a GitHub PR matches the locked SPEC is fine once. At sprint velocity across three parallel workstreams, it becomes a full-time job.

// Platform: automated drift detection on every PR
🎤

Meeting volume

The transcript copy-paste step is tolerable for one feature. For a team running five parallel conversations a day, it becomes the tax that kills adoption.

// Platform: live listener — spec generated on call end
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// PRODUCTS

One pipeline. Three ways in.

The Rikki pipeline runs Envision → Create → Deliver → Evolve. The free Skill gets you into Envision today. Platform unlocks the complete pipeline.

// Free

Rikki Skill

$0

Your entry point into the Rikki pipeline. Paste any conversation, get a governed PRD. The foundation every other phase builds from.

+PRD, SPEC, Validation Report, Plan, Evolve Note
+Tech stack declared once — applied as constraints across all specs
+Confidence scoring and governance applied automatically
+Change log — every requirement change traced to source
// Paid — for teams

Rikki Framework Guide

$49 one-time

The complete playbook for leading your organization through the AI transition — from business conversation to governed, shipped code.

+Complete Rikki methodology and AI transition playbook
+Industry templates and governance reference cards
+Team structure guidance for every AI maturity level
COMING
// Platform

Rikki Platform

Soon

Every conversation, every spec, every line of code — aligned, traceable, and audit-ready across your entire organization.

+Persistent organisational memory across every session
+Drift detection — GitHub PRs vs locked SPEC
+Connectors — GitHub, Jira, Slack, Linear, Notion
+Live meeting listener — no transcript needed
+Continuous governance monitoring in production
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