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Hand context to a builder

Start building with Alis Build DBD from what a project has captured, so that whoever builds the thing starts from what was actually said rather than from a summary of it. There are two ways in, depending on who is building.

Prerequisites

  • A project whose context has settled: no Still settling note in alis ideate context <project>, and no stale outputs you intend to build from.
  • For the CLI routes, alis installed and signed in, with Build access on your active account.

Give a coding agent the project

A coding agent working through the CLI reads the project the same way you do:

  1. Hand the agent the project reference, ideas/<id>, in your prompt.
  2. The agent runs alis ideate context <id> first, then reads the outputs and contributions that matter with alis ideate artifacts read and alis ideate contribution.
  3. It then proceeds with Define, Build and Deploy for the product; see Ship your first service and Work with a coding agent.

alis docs ideate and alis docs tell the agent to do exactly this.

Take an artifact to an external tool

Two output types made before artifacts are written to be pasted into other tools rather than into Build:

  • UI design brief opens in a design tool of your choice: the menu beside Copy page lists the tools it targets under Open in, and Copy markdown copies the brief.
  • AI prototype prompt does the same for prototyping tools and coding assistants.