Article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission
For article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission, define the required context, classification rules, and duplicate or missing-data checks before work enters the operating queue.
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Internal Knowledge Base System PRD Template
A real SOT-based Internal Knowledge Base System PRD template connecting article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission, article search, category, and freshness lookup, review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling, search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting.
View source on GitHub · MIT licensed
USE CASE
Who this template is for
Teams designing an internal operations system for employee finding or authoring work knowledge and knowledge-base operations coordinator
CONTENTS
What the template includes
- Article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission
- Article search, category, and freshness lookup
- Review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling
- Search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting
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How to use and adapt this Internal Knowledge Base System
This Internal Knowledge Base System connects article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission, article search, category, and freshness lookup, review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling, and search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting in one SOT-based planning document. Use the complete HTML to review and share the plan, then adapt the SOT JSON with the VibeSpec plugin in Claude or Codex.
What this Internal Knowledge Base System actually includes
Article search, category, and freshness lookup
For article search, category, and freshness lookup, keep status, owner, priority, and change history together so the team can find the complete operating context.
Review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling
In review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling, connect assignment, approval or rejection, exception handling, and completion confirmation as one accountable workflow.
Search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting
Use search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting to track due dates, bottlenecks, exceptions, and completion outcomes by team, period, and operating category.
Policy, access, and integration foundations
Set the role-based access, audit history, notifications, and external-system boundaries that Internal Knowledge Base System needs to operate safely.
Start in three steps, even without planning experience
1. Review the complete HTML with your team
The download opens in a browser without setup. Compare the PRD, feature specification, screen structure, and user flow with the work your team does today.
2. Name your operating rules
Write down real user roles, required data, approval rules, exceptions, and success metrics. Start with the core flow from article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission through review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling.
3. Give the SOT JSON to VibeSpec
Attach the SOT JSON in Claude or Codex with the VibeSpec plugin and describe the change in plain language. VibeSpec keeps requirements, features, screens, and user flows connected.
Adapt this Internal Knowledge Base System for your team
Rename terms and states first
Replace the template vocabulary, states, and classification with the terms your team uses. Keep article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission and article search, category, and freshness lookup consistent.
Make roles, approvals, and exceptions explicit
Define who registers, reviews, approves, processes, and confirms completion, plus the conditions that trigger rejection or reprocessing in review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling.
Keep screens, metrics, and integrations connected
Decide what search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting should measure, then connect any SSO, messaging, or adjacent-system integration to the related screens and user flow.
Capabilities to add next
Automation and notifications
Create a separate Internal Knowledge Base System initiative for due-date alerts, owner assignment, approval reminders, and exception follow-up.
External-system integrations
Before connecting Internal Knowledge Base System to source data or adjacent systems, define synchronization cadence, failure handling, access boundaries, and audit records.
Operations analytics
Extend Internal Knowledge Base System with team, period, and category analysis plus action rules for deteriorating completion or service levels.
Prompts you can use with VibeSpec
Adapt it to our terminology and roles
Adapt this Internal Knowledge Base System for our team. Ask about our user roles, states, required fields, and approval steps first, then update the requirements, screens, and user flows together.Simplify it into an MVP
Reduce this Internal Knowledge Base System to an MVP that keeps article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission, article search, category, and freshness lookup, and review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling. Move automation and external integrations into separate initiatives.Add operations automation
Create a separate initiative on top of this Internal Knowledge Base System for due-date alerts and automatic owner assignment. Keep the connection to the existing screens and user flow.Internal Knowledge Base System FAQ
Can I use this template without development experience?
Yes. The complete HTML opens in a browser for review and sharing. To adapt the plan, attach the SOT JSON to Claude or Codex with the VibeSpec plugin and describe the change in plain language.
What is included in this planning template?
It includes article authoring and knowledge suggestion submission, article search, category, and freshness lookup, review, publishing, version management, and feedback handling, and search success, content freshness, and knowledge-usage reporting, plus foundations for access, audit history, notifications, and integrations.
What is the difference between the HTML and SOT JSON downloads?
The HTML is a complete planning document for reading and sharing. The SOT JSON is source data that VibeSpec can update while keeping requirements, features, screens, and user flows connected.
How should I add a new capability?
For a discrete capability such as automation, integration, or additional analytics, create and review a separate initiative before changing the product plan broadly.
WORKFLOW
Use it with VibeSpec
- Open the complete HTML file to review or share it immediately.
- Download the SOT JSON and load it in the VibeSpec viewer.
- Adapt the features, screens, and flows for your team.