Recipe
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 readyYou 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