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Inside Software Factory: The End-to-End Module Flow Today, we explore Step 1 of Software Factory: Refinery. Refinery takes a user from Chaos (raw ideas) to Clarity (a structured PRD). Refinery is the first stop in Software Factory. It’s a workspace built for taking scattered product thinking and turning it into a coherent, evolving PRD. What the User Sees at Start? A versioned PRD document in a clean, simple layout with the necessary status indicators: versioning (v28), lifecycle tagging (“in production”) and ownership control. They also get an assistant PM, labeled Refinery Agent to help you add and refine the PRD. What the User Does? - Starts with existing or new PRD content. - Uploads supporting materials (PDFs, call transcripts, screenshots) using the upload tools. - Types into the PRD directly, or sends a prompt to the Refinery Agent: “Summarize customer pain points from uploaded transcript”, “Suggest edge cases based on this spec.” - The user doesn’t have to structure the doc manually, Refinery handles the mapping. Transition to SF Step 2 (Foundry): As the PRD reaches maturity (e.g. has goals, features, and scenarios filled in), the system proactively nudges the user: ✅ “Looks like this PRD is ready to be mapped into a system blueprint. Open in Foundry?” More on Step 2 (Foundry) in the coming days. Sing up and try it for yourself: https://t.co/0RJT5iwRhS