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title: Quick Start
description: Choose your flow and get started with specs.md
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## Choose Your Flow

specs.md offers three flows. Choose based on your project needs:

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  <Card title="FIRE Flow" icon="zap" href="/fire-flow/quick-start">
    **Adaptive execution** with right-sized checkpoints. Best for teams who hate friction.
  </Card>
  <Card title="AI-DLC Flow" icon="building" href="/agents/quick-start">
    **Full methodology** with DDD and comprehensive traceability. Best for complex domains.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Simple Flow" icon="feather" href="/simple-flow/quick-start">
    **Spec generation only**. Best for quick prototypes and documentation.
  </Card>
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Not sure which to pick? See [Choose Your Flow](/architecture/choose-flow) for a detailed comparison.
:::

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## Flow Comparison

| Flow | Checkpoints | Optimized For |
|------|-------------|---------------|
| **FIRE** | Adaptive (0-2) | Teams who hate friction, brownfield, monorepos |
| **AI-DLC** | Comprehensive | Full traceability, regulated environments, DDD |
| **Simple** | 3 phase gates | Spec generation only, quick prototypes |

### FIRE Flow

Adaptive Spec-Driven Development with first-class Monorepo and Brownfield support. FIRE dynamically decides when to ask for human input based on work complexity and your autonomy configuration.

<Card title="FIRE Quick Start" icon="zap" href="/fire-flow/quick-start">
  Ship your first feature with FIRE
</Card>

### AI-DLC Flow

Full AI-Driven Development Lifecycle with 4 agents, Mob rituals, and DDD integration. Comprehensive traceability for every change.

<Card title="AI-DLC Quick Start" icon="building" href="/agents/quick-start">
  Build with full methodology
</Card>

### Simple Flow

Lightweight 3-phase workflow for generating requirements, design, and tasks. No execution tracking—just clean specs.

<Card title="Simple Quick Start" icon="feather" href="/simple-flow/quick-start">
  Generate specs in minutes
</Card>