Plan around your work.

Coding tools & agents

For developers evaluating AI coding tools or changing an existing integration configuration.

Questions to answer first

• Which tool and version do you use?
• Which API format and authentication method does the client require?
• Does the workload rely on streaming, tool calls or long-running tasks?

Prepare a redacted configuration outline and a minimal example of the issue.

Products & business applications

For knowledge assistants, content workflows and other products that need a defined evaluation scope.

Questions to answer first

• What are the inputs and expected outputs?
• How will you judge whether results meet business requirements?
• What are the expected traffic, latency and cost constraints?

Prepare anonymized samples and acceptance criteria.

Enterprise & technical teams

For aligning engineering, business and procurement around a shared set of requirements.

Questions to answer first

• How many teams and applications are involved?
• What concurrency, data-handling and service requirements matter?
• Which purchasing, invoicing or contract terms need to be confirmed?

Create a requirements brief before confirming any specific service.