Pm Working Backwards Agent

Working Backwards Agent for Product Managers

An open-source multi-agent AI system that guides product managers from a rough problem statement through stakeholder-ready research, a Working Backwards PRFAQ, a design brief with screen inventory and user flows, a BRD, and an engineer-ready build spec. Built on [CrewAI](https://www.crewai.com/) and Claude.

This is for product managers, not engineers. If you can fill out a markdown template and copy-paste an API key, you can run it. See [SETUP.md](SETUP.md) for a step-by-step walkthrough that assumes you have never used a terminal.

How it works

flowchart LR
    A[input brief
.md or .yaml] --> B[Agent 1
Research]
    B --> C[research_brief.md]
    C --> D[Agent 2
PRFAQ]
    D --> E[prfaq_v1.0.md]
    E --> K[Agent 3
Design Brief
optional]
    K --> L[design_brief_v1.0.md]
    L --> F[Agent 4
BRD + Build Spec]
    E -. "--skip-design" .-> F
    F --> G[brd_v1.0.md]
    F --> I[build_spec.md]
    I --> J[Drop into
Kiro / Claude Code / Cursor]

Four agents, five artifacts. Agent 3 (Design Brief) synthesizes the PRFAQ and research into a screen inventory, user flows, and design principles. It's optional in the full pipeline — pass `--skip-design` to reproduce the three-agent behavior. Agent 4 produces two artifacts in sequence — the BRD first, then the build spec after you approve the BRD. In the code, Agent 4 is two tasks within one agent, not two separate agents. SVG wireframe generation is coming soon; today Agent 3 produces the design brief only.

You write a short problem statement. The agents do the research, write the Working Backwards document, translate it into requirements, and produce a build spec your engineers (or coding agent) can run with. You stay in the loop at every handoff.

What This System Is Not

This system does not replace your existing tools:

• Not a replacement for Jira or Linear. It produces requirements, not