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Product Requirements Document (PRD)

A Product Requirements Document (PRD) is a foundation for AI Agent development in Teammately. It provides a clear roadmap that aligns all agents around a shared vision.

PRD Structure Breakdown

Essential Components of a PRD​

Agent Summary​

The Overview section provides a high-level explanation of what the AI Agent does and which problem it solves. This section should explain how the Agent creates value for specific business cases and offers context for all subsequent requirements and serves as an executive summary for stakeholders who need a quick understanding of the project.

The Objectives section defines what success looks like for your Agent. These usually (but not always) include:

  1. Technical performance goals
  2. Validation methodologies
  3. Testing frameworks

This seaction creates accountability by establishing concrete targets for Development and Evaluation; guides prompt engineering efforts.

Use Cases​

This section highlights the specific business case scenarios where your Agent will provide value. Each use should state a discrete task the agent will perform. It helps to connect technical capabilities to real-world applications; guides test case generation and ensures development remains focused on delivering practical value.

Evaluation Metrics​

This section is crucial to your Agent's quality as it defines how performance will be measured in the automated evaluation pipeline. So even if you used automatic metrics generation, before proceeding to the development stage, you have to make sure that all your metrics are:

  • Objective
  • Relevant to real business objectives
  • Can be measured without human intervention

If done correctly, it enables objective evaluation of Agent performance; informs ongoing model optimization, and provides benchmarks for assessing improvement.

Knowledge & API​

The Knowledge outlines the domain knowledge the Agent requires to function effectively, including terminology, contextual understanding requirements, and reference materials and sources. It defines the scope of retrieval systems and knowledge bases needed to support the Agent.

API Specifications is a clear documentation of input and output formats that ensures seamless integration with other systems. It affects integration points and ensures consistent data handling across the Agent pipeline.

How to create great PRD​

  1. Collaborate with stakeholders - Gather input from all parties who will use or be affected by the Agent.
  2. Prioritize requirements - Distinguish between essential features and nice-to-have additions.
  3. Use clear, precise language - Avoid ambiguity that could lead to misaligned development efforts.
  4. Define relevant metrics and use cases - Provide relevant and well-defined Evaluation metrics and Major use cases.
  5. Always review generated PRDt - Update/edit generated PRD before proceeding to the development stage.