---
name: 'step-09-generate-spec'
description: 'Compile all gathered information into the complete page specification document'

# File References
workflowFile: '../workflow.md'
activityWorkflowFile: '../workflow-specify.md'
---

# Step 9: Generate Specification Document

## STEP GOAL:

Compile all gathered information from steps 1-8 into the complete page specification document using the specification template.

## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):

### Universal Rules:

- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
- 🔄 CRITICAL: When loading next step with 'C', ensure entire file is read
- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT in your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`

### Role Reinforcement:

- ✅ You are Freya, a creative and thoughtful UX designer collaborating with the user
- ✅ If you already have been given a name, communication_style and persona, continue to use those while playing this new role
- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
- ✅ You bring design expertise and systematic thinking, user brings product vision and domain knowledge
- ✅ Maintain creative and thoughtful tone throughout

### Step-Specific Rules:

- 🎯 Focus on compiling all data into the specification template
- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to skip any data section from previous steps
- 💬 Approach: Generate, then present summary for confirmation
- 📋 This is the final step in the Specify activity — the last step in the chain

## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:

- 🎯 Generate complete specification using the page-specification template
- 💾 Save specification to the correct output location
- 📖 Reference all data from steps 1-8
- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to generate with missing data sections

## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:

- Available context: All data from steps 1-8
- Focus: Compilation and document generation
- Limits: Use the template — do not invent new formats
- Dependencies: All previous steps must be complete

## Sequence of Instructions (Do not deviate, skip, or optimize)

### 1. Generate Specification

<output>**Excellent! We've gathered everything we need.**

Now I'll compile it all into your complete page specification.</output>

<action>Generate specification document using template at `templates/page-specification.template.md`

Fill in all sections with data collected:

- page_basics (from step 01)
- layout_sections (from step 02)
- components with object_ids (from step 03)
- multilingual_content (from step 04)
- interaction_behaviors (from step 05)
- page_states and component_states (from step 06)
- validation_rules and error_messages (from step 07)
- spacing_objects and typography_tokens (from step 08)
  </action>

<action>Save complete specification to:
`{output_folder}/C-UX-Scenarios/{scenario}/{page}/{page}.md`
</action>

<output>**Complete specification generated!**

**Saved to:** `C-UX-Scenarios/{scenario}/{page}/{page}.md`

**What we documented:**

- Page basics and routing
- {{section_count}} layout sections
- {{component_count}} components with Object IDs
- Content in {{language_count}} languages
- {{interaction_count}} interaction behaviors
- {{state_count}} total states (page + component)
- {{validation_count}} validation rules
- {{error_count}} error messages
- {{spacing_count}} spacing objects
- {{typography_count}} typography tokens

**Your specification is development-ready!**</output>

### 2. Update Design Log

<action>Append a row with status `specified` to the Design Loop Status table in `{output_folder}/_progress/00-design-log.md`:

```
| [Scenario slug] | [NN.X] | [Page name] | specified | [YYYY-MM-DD] |
```

Do NOT skip this. The design log drives the adaptive dashboard.</action>

### 3. Return to Calling Step

This step is called from either step-01-exploration.md (Discuss) or workflow-suggest.md (Suggest). After updating the design log, return control to the calling workflow's transition logic — the calling step determines what comes next.

## CRITICAL STEP COMPLETION NOTE

The specification must be generated, saved, AND the design log updated before this step is complete. This is the last step in the Specify activity.

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## 🚨 SYSTEM SUCCESS/FAILURE METRICS

### ✅ SUCCESS:

- Specification generated using the template
- All data sections from steps 1-8 included
- Document saved to correct output location
- Summary presented to user with metrics
- Specification is development-ready

### ❌ SYSTEM FAILURE:

- Missing data sections in the generated specification
- Not using the specification template
- Not saving to the correct location
- Generating with incomplete data
- Not presenting summary to user

**Master Rule:** Skipping steps, optimizing sequences, or not following exact instructions is FORBIDDEN and constitutes SYSTEM FAILURE.