Agentic Spec-Driven Development (Paperback)
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Independently Published, 2026
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Paperback. You gave the agent the task. It built fast. The results looked promising.Then week three arrived. The agent forgot decisions it made ten days ago. A change in one module broke three others. You spent more time re-explaining the project than reviewing progress. The code worked - but it was not what you actually meant.You blamed the model. But the model was not the problem. The problem was the specification.This book was born from a hard truth professionals are discovering the painful way: autonomous AI agents do not fail because they lack intelligence. They fail because the instructions they receive were never built for them. Traditional requirements were written for humans - people who can infer, ask questions, and fill gaps using experience. Agents cannot do that. When a requirement is vague, an agent guesses. When context is missing, an agent assumes. Every assumption is a risk you did not plan for.Inside this book, you will find a complete framework for closing that gap permanently.You will learn what makes a specification truly AI-ready - not longer, but structured, precise, constrained, and executable. You will write requirements that eliminate interpretive variance before execution begins. You will understand why context is a system resource that must be engineered and managed like memory or compute.You will walk through the anatomy of high-quality specifications - from functional and non-functional requirements, to agent-friendly workflows, to reusable templates across domains. The book covers single-agent and multi-agent architecture, workflow dependencies, error recovery, inter-agent communication, and orchestration at scale. You will also learn to test and validate specifications before a single line of code is generated.The book addresses failure modes that quietly kill agentic projects - objective drift, hidden assumption injection, context loss, overgeneralization, and multi-agent conflicts - with prevention strategies for each. It covers security, governance, and the principle of least autonomy. It shows how to optimize agent performance not by upgrading the model, but by reducing the cognitive load your specifications place on it.Real-world applications span software engineering, data engineering, DevOps, machine learning, enterprise automation, customer support, financial systems, healthcare, and education.This book is for software engineers tired of broken agent sessions. For architects designing systems where agents are active participants. For product managers who need to translate stakeholder intent into instructions machines can trust. For technical leaders who want to genuinely leverage autonomous AI - not just experiment with it.The future of software development will not be defined by smarter agents alone. It will be defined by clearer specifications.Do not let another project stall because the specification was not ready. Grab your copy now and start building AI systems that execute exactly as intended. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
Codice articolo 9798199958875
- Titolo
- Agentic Spec-Driven Development (Paperback)
- Autore
- Don R. McLain
- Editore
- Independently Published
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2026
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 13
- 9798199958875
Then week three arrived. The agent forgot decisions it made ten days ago. A change in one module broke three others. You spent more time re-explaining the project than reviewing progress. The code worked — but it was not what you actually meant.
You blamed the model. But the model was not the problem. The problem was the specification.
This book was born from a hard truth professionals are discovering the painful way: autonomous AI agents do not fail because they lack intelligence. They fail because the instructions they receive were never built for them. Traditional requirements were written for humans — people who can infer, ask questions, and fill gaps using experience. Agents cannot do that. When a requirement is vague, an agent guesses. When context is missing, an agent assumes. Every assumption is a risk you did not plan for.
Inside this book, you will find a complete framework for closing that gap permanently.
You will learn what makes a specification truly AI-ready — not longer, but structured, precise, constrained, and executable. You will write requirements that eliminate interpretive variance before execution begins. You will understand why context is a system resource that must be engineered and managed like memory or compute.
You will walk through the anatomy of high-quality specifications — from functional and non-functional requirements, to agent-friendly workflows, to reusable templates across domains. The book covers single-agent and multi-agent architecture, workflow dependencies, error recovery, inter-agent communication, and orchestration at scale. You will also learn to test and validate specifications before a single line of code is generated.
The book addresses failure modes that quietly kill agentic projects — objective drift, hidden assumption injection, context loss, overgeneralization, and multi-agent conflicts — with prevention strategies for each. It covers security, governance, and the principle of least autonomy. It shows how to optimize agent performance not by upgrading the model, but by reducing the cognitive load your specifications place on it.
Real-world applications span software engineering, data engineering, DevOps, machine learning, enterprise automation, customer support, financial systems, healthcare, and education.
This book is for software engineers tired of broken agent sessions. For architects designing systems where agents are active participants. For product managers who need to translate stakeholder intent into instructions machines can trust. For technical leaders who want to genuinely leverage autonomous AI — not just experiment with it.
The future of software development will not be defined by smarter agents alone. It will be defined by clearer specifications.
Do not let another project stall because the specification was not ready. Grab your copy now and start building AI systems that execute exactly as intended.
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