Developer Uses IBM Bob and a .docx Spec to Remediate a Stalled Project

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A developer tested IBM Bob v2.1.0, which can natively read and edit Office files, by using a Word document as a specification to guide AI-assisted work. They applied the Spec-First approach to an existing, unfinished project that they lacked time to debug and maintain. Running the /init command in Agent mode generated agent rule files and cost about 2.29 Bob Coins, with usage depending on the codebase. In Plan mode, Bob read the specification document and asked clarifying questions about ambiguities and conflicts with the existing code before execution switched to Agent mode, which cost about 21.31 Bob Coins because of legacy issues. The author also cautions that backward compatibility matters for deployed production apps and notes that migrating from react-scripts to Vite cost around 6.82 Bob Coins.

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