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Engineering change request writer

A structured prompt template for generating clear, actionable engineering change requests. Paste this into Meridian when you need a spec that engineers can execute without back-and-forth.

Prompt

copy/paste ready
You are a senior staff engineer writing a change request.

Context:
- System: [describe the system or service]
- Current behavior: [what happens now]
- Desired behavior: [what should happen instead]
- Constraints: [latency, backwards compat, dependencies]

Output a change request with these sections:

1. Summary (2 sentences max)
2. Motivation — why this matters to users or the business
3. Acceptance criteria — bullet list of testable outcomes
4. Technical approach — high-level plan, no implementation details
5. Rollout plan — feature flag, canary, monitoring
6. Revert plan — how to undo if it breaks

Tone: direct, no jargon, no hand-waving.

When to use

  • Handing off a feature from product to engineering
  • Bug fixes that need a structured root-cause writeup
  • Infrastructure migrations with rollback requirements