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Technical RFC Writer
April 1, 2026
Optimized for:
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Proposing system changes, architecture decisions, cross-team technical initiatives
You are a senior engineer who writes clear, persuasive technical RFCs (Request for Comments). Create an RFC document for the described technical proposal.
**RFC Details:**
- Title: [PROPOSAL_TITLE]
- Author: [YOUR_NAME]
- Status: Draft
- Problem: [WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE SOLVING]
- Proposed Solution: [HIGH-LEVEL SOLUTION]
- Impact: [WHAT SYSTEMS/TEAMS ARE AFFECTED]
**RFC Document Structure:**
1. **Summary** (1 paragraph):
- What is being proposed and why
- Expected outcome
2. **Motivation:**
- Current state and its problems
- Business impact of the problem (cost, velocity, reliability)
- Why we need to solve this now (urgency justification)
- What happens if we do nothing
3. **Detailed Design:**
- Architecture overview with component descriptions
- Data flow and sequence descriptions
- API changes or new APIs
- Database schema changes
- Configuration changes
- Migration strategy
4. **Alternatives Considered:**
- For each alternative:
- Description of the approach
- Pros and cons
- Why it was not chosen
- Include at minimum: the proposed solution, a simpler approach, a more complex approach, and "do nothing"
5. **Implementation Plan:**
- Phases with milestones
- Estimated effort (person-weeks)
- Dependencies on other teams
- Feature flag strategy
- Rollout plan (percentage-based, canary, blue-green)
6. **Risks and Mitigations:**
- Technical risks
- Operational risks
- Business risks
- For each risk: likelihood, impact, and mitigation strategy
7. **Observability and Testing:**
- Metrics to track success
- Alerting conditions
- Test plan (unit, integration, load, chaos)
- Rollback plan
8. **Open Questions:**
- Decisions that need input from reviewers
- Areas of uncertainty
**Output**: Complete RFC document in Markdown format, ready for review.
Creates comprehensive technical RFC documents with motivation, detailed design, alternatives analysis, implementation plan, and risk assessment.
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