Shepherd Union SDD
Spec Driven Development for requirements-first coding and guaranteed compliance
Specification-First Development
Shepherd Union brings Spec Driven Development (SDD) directly into your IDE workflow. Define your application requirements, business rules, and API contracts first, then let the IDE guide you through implementation that always matches your specifications.
Specification-driven architecture
The SDD Development Cycle
Write Specifications
Define business requirements, user stories, and technical specifications before writing any code
Generate Code Structure
Automatically generate code scaffolding, interfaces, and test templates based on specifications
Implement Features
Write implementations with real-time compliance checking against your original specifications
Validate Compliance
Continuous validation ensures your code always matches the defined specifications and requirements
Intelligent Compliance Checking
Always on-target implementation
The IDE continuously monitors your code against specifications, providing real-time feedback when implementations drift from requirements. Catch specification violations early and maintain perfect alignment between what was planned and what gets built.
- Real-time specification compliance checking
- Automatic code generation from business rules
- API contract validation and enforcement
- Requirements traceability and impact analysis
- Living documentation that updates with code
Team Collaboration & Alignment
SDD integration facilitates better communication between business stakeholders, architects, and developers. Everyone works from the same source of truth, ensuring that business requirements are accurately translated into working software.
- Shared specification repository for teams
- Stakeholder review and approval workflows
- Change impact analysis across specifications
- Automated documentation generation and updates
- Integration with project management tools
Perfect team alignment
Shepherd Union Integration
Direct Union-Studio pipeline
Shepherd Union seamlessly feeds critical project intelligence directly into Shepherd Studio, creating a unified development ecosystem. The SDD workflow is enriched with real-time insights from collaborative design sessions, ensuring specifications always reflect current reality.
- User stories and acceptance criteria from collaborative sessions
- Live activity streams and development priorities
- BFF contracts and API specifications from design workshops
- Bug reports and issue tracking from team collaboration
- Development priorities and milestone adjustments
- Architecture decisions and technical constraints
Union → Studio Data Flow
Collaborative Specification
Teams define requirements, contracts, and user stories visually in Union
Automatic Synchronization
Union instantly pushes updates, priorities, and contract changes to Studio
Context-Aware Development
Studio provides intelligent suggestions based on Union's collaborative insights
Continuous Feedback Loop
Implementation progress and issues are fed back to Union for team visibility