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Jun 21, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Why AI Needs a Structured Phase Workflow: From One‑Shot Prompts to the 5‑Stage Spec‑Kit Model

Dumping an entire task into an AI leads to misaligned requirements, hidden assumptions, and costly rework, while breaking the workflow into clear, gated phases—Discover, Define, Design, Develop, and Deliver—reduces error accumulation, enables independent verification, and keeps the AI on track.