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Start your AI Driven Development practice today. Four ready-to-use resources to begin orchestrating GitHub Copilot agents and shipping structured, high-quality code.

What You'll Learn

The AI Driven Development Methodology is structured, repeatable, and aligned with how professional teams work. Instead of reactive prompting, you'll define intent (PRD), structure work (PLAN), and assign tasks (TASK prompts) to GitHub Copilot agents.

The Four Phases

  1. PRD (Product Requirements Document) — Define what you want to build. Scope, constraints, success criteria. This is what the AI agent will reason about.
  2. PLAN (Implementation Plan) — Break the PRD into structured steps. What builds first? What depends on what? This is your architectural map.
  3. TASK (Agent Task Prompt) — Give the agent one precise instruction per task. Include context, constraints, and verification rules. This is how you maintain control.
  4. IMPLEMENTATION (Human Review) — Before anything merges, verify the output actually satisfies the TASK, tests pass, conventions are followed, and security and edge cases were considered. Use the included checklist file to work through it.

The human stays the architect. The AI becomes the builder. Never merge code without human review.

This Starter Kit now includes all four phases — PRD, PLAN, and TASK templates plus an IMPLEMENTATION-checklist.md for the human review gate. See how the review works on the IMPLEMENTATION phase page.

How to Start

  1. Download the Starter Kit (four resources, 100% free)
  2. Copy the templates into your project repository root
  3. Fill in the PRD for your current feature or project
  4. Ask Copilot to generate a PLAN — feed it the PRD and let it structure the work
  5. Use TASK prompts to execute each step — one task, one approval, at a time
  6. Review before merging — work through IMPLEMENTATION-checklist.md: tests pass, conventions followed, security and edge cases checked

Download the Starter Kit

Four ready-to-use resources. Works in any language, any framework, any project.

Download Starter Kit (ZIP)

What's Inside the Kit

  • PRD-template.md — Template for capturing product intent, scope, and constraints
  • PLAN-template.md — Template for structuring the implementation workflow
  • TASK-prompt-template.md — Template for precise, context-rich agent instructions
  • IMPLEMENTATION-checklist.md — Human review checklist: scope, tests, conventions, security (see the IMPLEMENTATION phase page)

Real-World Example

You want to build a feature: "Add user authentication to my API."

  1. Fill in PRD-template.md: Define success (JWT tokens, Redis cache, 2FA optional, tests required)
  2. Send the PRD to Copilot and ask: "Generate an implementation plan based on this PRD"
  3. Structure the output using PLAN-template.md — maybe 5 tasks: setup dependencies, create token service, write middleware, implement refresh, add tests
  4. For each task, use TASK-prompt-template.md to give Copilot one focused instruction with full context
  5. Before merging each task, work through IMPLEMENTATION-checklist.md — tests pass, conventions followed, security checked

Why This Works

  • Consistent output — AI agents work best with structured, explicit intent
  • Architectural control — you stay in charge; AI is a tool, not the decision-maker
  • Repeatable workflow — same structure works for microservices, React frontends, data pipelines, anything
  • Production ready — structured checkpoints catch issues early
  • Team-friendly — your teammates can follow the same workflow and handoff

Next Steps

This starter kit is free and ready to use immediately. No sign-up, no course required. Just download, copy the templates, and start.

Want to go deeper? The full AI Driven Development Methodology — with agent mode walkthroughs, real Java/TypeScript projects, and GitHub Copilot configuration — is taught in:

Questions? Email info@aiarchitectmastery.com