# Business Analyst

## From design to backlog, without the copy-paste.

Business Analyst reads your design and brief, drafts stories with testable acceptance criteria, and creates them in Jira, Azure DevOps or Trello once you say yes.

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## The problem
- Analysts retype what is already in the design.
- Acceptance criteria arrive late, vague, or without accessibility.
- The same requirement gets written twice because nobody checked the wiki.

## What it does
- Turns screens and briefs into user needs, epics and stories
- Writes Given-When-Then criteria, including unhappy paths
- Adds a WCAG 2.2 AA criterion to every story with an interface
- Checks your wiki and tracker for duplicates first
- Creates items in your tracker only after you approve the exact list

## How it works
1. Get this on Gumroad and download the zip.
2. Unzip it into a project folder and open it in your AI tool.
3. Say `draft the backlog for <design or brief>`.
4. It works one stage at a time and stops for your yes.

| Stage | You get, then approve |
|---|---|
| 1. Understand | Requirements elicitation, Duplicate check |
| 2. Draft | Story writing, Acceptance criteria, Backlog triage |
| 3. Create | Tracker write |

## Built to a standard
Given-When-Then acceptance criteria, Service Standard user needs and WCAG 2.2 AA. Every claim cites its source. Nothing is written to your tools without your approval.

## Who it is for
Business analysts, product owners and delivery managers on UK public sector programmes.

## What you need
- An AI tool that reads project instructions: Claude Code, Cursor, or a tool that reads AGENTS.md. Claude Projects and custom bots work too, with copy-and-paste outputs.
- Your own AI subscription or API key. Nothing to host.
- Optional connections: Figma MCP, Confluence / ADO wiki, Jira (Atlassian Rovo MCP), Azure DevOps MCP, Trello MCP.

## What is in the zip
| File | What it does |
|---|---|
| `00-root-instructions.md` | Who the agent is, the rules, the gates |
| `01-understand.md` | Stage 1: Understand |
| `02-draft.md` | Stage 2: Draft |
| `03-create.md` | Stage 3: Create |
| `04-tools.md` | Connections and permissions |
| `05-manifest.md` | Which skill uses which tool |
| `06-adapters.md` | How to load it in your tool |
| `LICENCE.md` | What you may and may not do |
| `README.md` | Start here: set-up in two minutes |
| `guardrails.md` | Risks, controls and sign-off |
| `memory.md` | What is kept and where |
| `adapters/AGENTS.md` | Adapter for your AI tool |
| `adapters/CLAUDE.md` | Adapter for your AI tool |
| `adapters/business-analyst.mdc` | Adapter for your AI tool |
| `adapters/chat-system-prompt.md` | Adapter for your AI tool |
| `evals/eval-suite.md` | Tests and pass marks |
| `samples/01-blue-badge.md` | Synthetic sample input |
| `samples/02-visa-check.md` | Synthetic sample input |
| `samples/03-report-pothole.md` | Synthetic sample input |

## Questions
**Does it need Jira?**
No. Without a tracker it writes a CSV you can import.

**Can it change existing tickets?**
No. It only creates and links new items, after your yes.

**Does it work with Figma for Government?**
Yes, through the Figma desktop server or screenshots.

**Can I change the files?**
Yes. They are plain markdown. The licence lets you adapt them for your own work.

## Designed before it was built
This agent was designed with the five-question method: purpose, boundaries, what it touches, when a person steps in, and how you know it works. [Read the design](./anatomy).

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