Troubleshooting & Support

Find solutions to common problems and get your AI Product Manager working smoothly.

Content Quality Issues

Generated Content is Too Generic

Symptoms:

Output lacks specific details, uses standard language without customization

Solutions:

  • Provide more detailed input in product description
  • Include specific features, unique selling points, and differentiators
  • Add examples of similar products or features you want to emulate
  • Regenerate with additional constraints and requirements
  • Try a different AI model (Claude typically produces less generic output)

Missing Important Features or Sections

Symptoms:

PRD skips key requirements, architecture misses components

Solutions:

  • Check if you mentioned all features in input
  • Regenerate with more comprehensive product description
  • Manually add missing sections (system allows full editing)
  • Use PRD as draft and refine with team expertise
  • Try with a different model or configuration

Incorrect Architecture Recommendations

Symptoms:

Tech stack doesn't match our preferences, missing integration points

Solutions:

  • Explicitly state technology preferences in product description
  • Mention existing systems and integrations
  • Specify performance requirements and scalability needs
  • Manually edit architecture section with correct recommendations
  • Share company tech standards as input for regeneration

Tasks Are Too Large or Too Small

Symptoms:

Generated tasks don't match team's estimation practices

Solutions:

  • Manually adjust story points based on team experience
  • Break large tasks into smaller subtasks
  • Combine very small tasks into single tickets
  • Regenerate tasks with specific scope guidance
  • Establish team standards then customize output

Timeline & Estimation Issues

Timeline Estimates Are Unrealistic

Symptoms:

Timeline is too optimistic or too pessimistic for your team

Solutions:

  • Have engineering lead review all estimates
  • Adjust for team experience (junior teams need more time)
  • Account for team size and allocation
  • Factor in technology familiarity
  • Add 15-20% buffer for unknowns
  • Use historical project data to calibrate

Phases Are Too Aggressive

Symptoms:

Sprint durations seem too short, dependencies not properly mapped

Solutions:

  • Extend individual sprint durations
  • Re-sequence phases to reduce dependencies
  • Break phases into smaller increments
  • Regenerate roadmap with specific duration constraints
  • Get team input on realistic sprint pacing

Missing Critical Path Issues

Symptoms:

Roadmap doesn't account for hard dependencies

Solutions:

  • Manually identify and mark critical dependencies
  • Regenerate with explicit dependency information
  • Create dependency diagram to share with AI for regeneration
  • Have engineering team review and correct dependency order

Technical Issues

Generation Timeout or Takes Too Long

Symptoms:

Generation appears stuck, takes 10+ minutes to complete

Solutions:

  • Try switching to faster model (Groq is 50% faster)
  • Reduce scope (generate PRD only instead of full planning)
  • Simplify product description to reduce complexity
  • Try again in off-peak hours (avoids server congestion)
  • Contact support if consistent timeouts occur

Export to Project Management Tool Fails

Symptoms:

Integration sync doesn't work, tasks don't appear in Jira/Linear/Asana

Solutions:

  • Verify API connection is properly authenticated
  • Check that you have write permissions in target tool
  • Ensure project/board is selected before sync
  • Try exporting as CSV and manual import instead
  • Contact support with error message

Upload File Fails or Shows Invalid Format

Symptoms:

Can't upload existing document, unsupported format error

Solutions:

  • Check file size is under 10MB
  • Verify file format is supported (PDF, Word, Markdown, TXT, CSV)
  • Convert file to supported format if needed
  • Try removing images/attachments from original file
  • Copy-paste content instead of uploading

Diagrams or Formatting Look Broken

Symptoms:

Mermaid diagrams don't render, formatting is corrupted

Solutions:

  • Try regenerating just the architecture section
  • Switch export format (PDF, Markdown, JSON)
  • Copy raw Mermaid code and render in separate tool
  • Manually recreate diagram in preferred tool
  • Report to support with screenshot

Workflow Issues

Can't Find Previous Version

Symptoms:

Version history is empty, can't revert to earlier state

Solutions:

  • Check version history panel (should show all generations)
  • Try refreshing page to reload version list
  • Filter by date range to find specific version
  • Contact support if versions appear to be deleted
  • Always create snapshots before major changes

Team Member Can't See Shared Document

Symptoms:

User doesn't have access despite being invited

Solutions:

  • Check user has accepted invitation
  • Verify user has correct permission level (view vs edit)
  • Resend invitation link to user
  • Add user directly from access settings
  • Try logging out and back in

Changes Not Saving

Symptoms:

Edits to document don't persist after refresh

Solutions:

  • Check internet connection is stable
  • Look for save indicator (should show saved status)
  • Try refreshing page to see if changes persisted
  • Clear browser cache and try again
  • Switch browsers to test if issue is browser-specific

AI Model & Quality Issues

Claude Generation Fails Midway

Symptoms:

Generation starts but stops partway through

Solutions:

  • Try with Groq or OpenRouter as alternative
  • Reduce scope of generation (fewer requirements)
  • Simplify product description
  • Wait a few minutes and try again
  • Contact support if consistently fails

Different Models Give Very Different Results

Symptoms:

Outputs from Claude vs Groq are significantly different

Solutions:

  • This is expected - different models have different strengths
  • Claude better for nuance and quality
  • Groq better for speed and consistency
  • Use Claude for important/complex projects
  • Use Groq for quick drafts and iteration

Model Keeps Generating Same Mistakes

Symptoms:

Regenerating with same model doesn't fix issues

Solutions:

  • Modify your input description to address the issue
  • Be very specific about what you want differently
  • Try different model for different output
  • Make partial edit then regenerate that section
  • Create different project with revised input

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