How to Stop Starting From Scratch: Write Better Specs With Korey
Blank specs slow down even the fastest teams. You have a good idea, and you just need to turn it into something your team can actually build. That’s where everything stops.
You open your project management tool, start a new story, and stare at the empty fields.
“Title.”
“Description.”
“Acceptance Criteria.”
It’s supposed to be quick, but you spend 20 minutes deciding how to phrase it, another 10 writing subtasks, and somehow you still forget something the engineer will ask about later. Multiply that across an entire sprint, and the overhead adds up fast.
Writing specs is essential, but it’s also expensive.
With Korey, it doesn’t have to be.
The Problem With Manual Spec Writing
Every software team faces the same pattern. Someone has to take a rough idea and turn it into development-ready work. It’s tedious, repetitive, and often inconsistent. Some specs are perfect, others are missing key details like dependencies or acceptance criteria.
Even when teams have templates, writing out every detail still takes time. Product managers and engineers spend hours each week writing and formatting things could have been automated. The cost is not just the lost time but the context that gets lost between “what we intended” and “what actually got built.”
And because everyone writes differently, quality varies. One engineer’s “done” looks different from another’s. That misalignment shows up later as rework, bugs, or “quick syncs” that eat up even more time.
Teams don’t need more forms or templates. They need clarity, consistency, and speed without the drag.
AI Spec Writing That Actually Works
That’s where Korey comes in. Instead of starting with a blank page, you describe what you’re building in natural language, for example, “Add a dark mode toggle to settings,” and Korey generates a full, structured spec automatically.
Each spec includes a clear description and acceptance criteria, written in your team’s preferred format. You can also ask Korey to break it down into sub-tasks when you’re ready to move from planning to execution. The result is real, usable work that’s ready for review, not another half-written note.
Unlike generic AI assistants, Korey isn’t guessing. It’s built specifically for engineering workflows, pulling context from your workspace (Shortcut, GitHub Issues, and more connectors coming soon) to ensure the details fit how your team actually builds. It learns your naming conventions, structure, and tone, producing output that feels native to your team rather than machine-generated.
This is AI spec writing done right: fast, accurate, and context-aware.
Why It Matters
Manual project documentation is one of the biggest sources of friction in modern software development. As teams get smaller but expectations stay high, that overhead compounds. A decade ago, a Series A startup might have 30 engineers; today, it could be 8 or less. Those teams can’t afford to waste a full day each week just writing tickets.
An AI project management agent like Korey exists to remove that drag and automates the repetitive parts of project planning so your engineers and PMs can focus on higher-value work, such as building, shipping, and improving.
In practice, teams using Korey see three major gains:
- Time savings: Specs and tasks are generated instantly from rough ideas. Teams report saving over 1 hour per day per person after putting Korey to work, which is valuable time back to focus on building.
- Consistency: Every spec follows the same logical structure with acceptance criteria and sub-tasks built in.
- Clarity: Developers pick up work faster because they know exactly what’s expected, without follow-up threads.
That combination leads to smoother sprints, clearer handoffs, and fewer blockers later in the cycle.
A Real Example
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Input: “Help me write a story about adding a dark mode toggle to the settings page.”
Output:
Title: Add dark mode toggle to settings page
Description: Add a dark mode toggle control to the settings page that allows users to switch between light and dark themes for improved visual comfort and accessibility.
Acceptance Criteria:
- Dark mode toggle is visible and easily accessible on the settings page
- Toggle switches the application theme between light and dark modes when activated
- User's theme preference is saved and persists across browser sessions and logins
- Toggle state accurately reflects the current active theme (light/dark)
- Dark mode applies consistently across all application pages and components
Dependencies:
- Dark mode CSS styling framework must be implemented or available
- Settings page infrastructure must support new toggle controls
This is what AI spec writing looks like when it’s designed for product and engineering teams rather than generic text generation. The output isn’t filler; it’s ready to go straight into your sprint plan.
How It Fits Into the Bigger Picture
Creating and improving stories is one of many capabilities Korey offers as part of its mission to make AI a true Product Manager teammate.
Korey handles the overhead that slows teams down:
- Turning messy ideas into structured, development-ready specs
- Breaking down large initiatives into actionable sub-tasks
- Providing instant progress updates
- Generating release notes and summaries
- Surfacing project health automatically
Together, these capabilities make Korey the AI project management tool that finally closes the gap between planning and execution. Instead of juggling templates, documents, and dashboards, teams can simply describe what they need, and Korey builds the structure around it.
From Idea to Execution Without the Overhead
With Korey, the “blank page problem” disappears. Product managers don’t have to choose between speed and clarity. Engineers don’t have to decode vague tickets. Leadership doesn’t have to wait for updates that could have been automated.
It’s not about replacing people. It’s about eliminating the work about work, the repetitive documentation, the formatting, and the alignment effort that slows everyone down.
Korey acts as your AI Product Manager, taking on that load so your team can move faster and stay focused on what they do best: building great software.
The Result
Every idea becomes a clear, structured spec in seconds. Teams start aligned, stay aligned, and ship faster. Korey ensures quality and consistency without adding process overhead, which makes it a game-changer for any team scaling their workflow with AI.
No more blank specs.
No more inconsistent tasks.
Just fast, accurate, development-ready work every time.
Get Started with Korey
Go from idea to spec in seconds and spend more time building instead of writing. Sign up for Korey and see how fast your team can move.