Give your AI coding agent the whole picture
Updated 2026-11-10
A written specification gives an AI coding agent requirements, evidence behind them, and open decisions before implementation starts. Cohervio investigates a business request and returns an evidence-linked specification, plus the decisions still needed.
A short request can hide several meanings
A request can sound clear while different people mean different things. Cohervio illustrates this with “available” inventory: store operations, e-commerce, supply chain, and finance each use a different definition.
That gap matters before code begins. Cohervio investigates the people, systems, and open questions behind one business request. See why projects fail before the first line of code.
Give the agent evidence, not just instructions
A specification should connect each requirement to the interview, document, or system behind it. Cohervio returns an evidence-linked specification, a stakeholder map, approvals, and a risk report with items still to validate.
This gives an implementation team a clearer starting point without false certainty. Cohervio can surface a decision, but a person has to make it. Learn how Cohervio works through its six steps from request to specification.
Make unresolved decisions visible
Open questions belong in the specification, with the people who need to answer them. For example, Cohervio’s illustrative inventory specification leaves open whether reserved stock counts as available and asks who owns the answer.
The investigation can loop back to the right stakeholder when specifying reveals a missing assumption. Human decisions remain explicit, so the document does not present an unresolved question as settled.
Keep supporting reading and decisions nearby
A specification draws on interviews, documents, and existing systems. You can keep related written reading and decisions in KnowMan, which saves articles and links, searches them by meaning, answers questions with citations, and keeps memories.
For a practical overview of that role, read A specification knowledge base for software projects. KnowMan is a separate place to keep and search written notes.
Start with the business outcome
Cohervio’s process starts by understanding the objective: define the business outcome, what success means, and what is still assumed. It then discovers stakeholders, interviews them, investigates systems, specifies requirements, and aligns approvals.
The result is a traceable record of what stakeholders said, what existing systems can support, and what remains open. That gives an AI coding agent and its implementation team more of the picture before they build.
Frequently asked questions
What does Cohervio produce?
Cohervio returns an evidence-linked specification, approvals, a stakeholder map, and a risk report covering items still to validate.
Why give an AI coding agent a written specification?
A specification connects requirements to their evidence and makes open decisions visible before implementation starts.
Does Cohervio make open decisions for you?
No. Cohervio can surface a decision, but a person has to make it.
Where can I keep supporting reading and decisions?
KnowMan saves articles and links, searches them by meaning, answers questions with citations, and keeps memories.
See the whole picture before you build
Choose a business request and see how Cohervio investigates stakeholders, hidden requirements, system constraints, and unanswered questions before producing a specification.