HVE Core - Project Planning
PRDs, BRDs, ADRs, and architecture diagrams
Create architecture decision records, requirements documents, and diagrams — all through guided AI workflows.
This collection includes agents for:
- Agile Coach — Create or refine goal-oriented user stories with clear acceptance criteria
- Architecture Decision Records — Create structured ADRs with solution comparison matrices
- Business Requirements Documents — Build BRDs through guided Q&A sessions
- Product Requirements Documents — Build PRDs with stakeholder-driven refinement
- Architecture Diagrams — Generate ASCII-art architecture diagrams from descriptions
Included Artifacts
Chat Agents
| Name |
Description |
| adr-creation |
Interactive AI coaching for collaborative architectural decision record creation with guided discovery, research integration, and progressive documentation building - Brought to you by microsoft/edge-ai |
| agile-coach |
Conversational agent that helps create or refine goal-oriented user stories with clear acceptance criteria for any tracking tool |
| arch-diagram-builder |
Architecture diagram builder agent that builds high quality ASCII-art diagrams |
| brd-builder |
Business Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration |
| prd-builder |
Product Requirements Document builder with guided Q&A and reference integration |
| product-manager-advisor |
Product management advisor for requirements discovery, validation, and issue creation |
| rpi-agent |
Autonomous RPI orchestrator running specialized subagents through Research → Plan → Implement → Review → Discover phases |
| system-architecture-reviewer |
System architecture reviewer for design trade-offs, ADR creation, and well-architected alignment |
| ux-ui-designer |
UX research specialist for Jobs-to-be-Done analysis, user journey mapping, and accessibility requirements |
Instructions
| Name |
Description |
| shared/hve-core-location |
Important: hve-core is the repository containing this instruction file; Guidance: if a referenced prompt, instructions, agent, or script is missing in the current directory, fall back to this hve-core location by walking up this file's directory tree. |
Getting Started
After installing this extension, the chat agents are available in GitHub Copilot Chat:
- Use custom agents by selecting the custom agent from the agent picker drop-down list in Copilot Chat
- Apply prompts through the Copilot Chat interface
- Reference instructions — they are automatically applied based on file patterns
Post-Installation Setup
Some chat agents create workflow artifacts in your project directory. See the installation guide for recommended .gitignore configuration and other setup details.
Pre-release Channel
HVE Core offers two installation channels:
| Channel |
Description |
Maturity Levels |
| Stable |
Production-ready artifacts only |
stable |
| Pre-release |
Early access to new features and experimental artifacts |
stable, preview, experimental |
To install the pre-release version, select Install Pre-Release Version from the extension page in VS Code.
Full Edition
Looking for more agents covering additional domains? Check out the full HVE Core extension.
Requirements
- VS Code version 1.106.1 or higher
- GitHub Copilot extension
License
MIT License - see LICENSE for details
Support
For issues, questions, or contributions, visit the GitHub repository.
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