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Specification Quality Checklist: Glossary Semantic Integrity Runtime for Mission Framework

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-02-16 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs)
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • ✅ Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no implementation details)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation details leak into specification

Validation Notes

Validation Pass 1 (2026-02-16):

✅ Content Quality: All items passed

  • Spec focuses on WHAT (semantic integrity, conflict detection) and WHY (ensure consistency, prevent hallucinations), not HOW to implement
  • Written for mission authors and developers (users of spec-kitty), not implementers
  • All mandatory sections (User Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria) are complete

✅ Requirement Completeness: All items passed

  • No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers present (all details were clarified during discovery)
  • All 19 functional requirements are testable and unambiguous (use MUST statements with concrete behaviors)
  • Success criteria are measurable (e.g., "under 2 minutes", "100% enforcement", "90% auto-resolvable")
  • Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no mention of Python, YAML parsers, specific libraries)
  • Acceptance scenarios defined for all 5 user stories (Given/When/Then format)
  • 6 edge cases identified with clear outcomes
  • Scope is bounded (explicitly lists non-goals: external imports, full CRUD CLI, governance workflows)
  • Dependencies identified (uses existing event/log architecture)

✅ Feature Readiness: All items passed

  • All 19 functional requirements map to user stories and success criteria
  • 5 prioritized user stories (P1-P5) cover the complete workflow from metadata setup to replay
  • All success criteria are measurable and derived from functional requirements
  • No implementation details in spec (no mention of specific Python modules, classes, or code structure)

Validation Pass 2 (2026-02-16 - Contract Alignment):

🔧 Fixes Applied (P1/P2 Issues):

1. [P1] Glossary checks now enabled by default (opt-out, not opt-in)

  • Added FR-020: Checks enabled by default unless strictness=off or explicit disable
  • Updated User Story 1 acceptance scenario 1: Default behavior now runs checks
  • Updated User Story 1 acceptance scenario 2: Must explicitly disable with glossary_check: disabled

2. [P1] Off-mode behavior now internally consistent

  • Updated FR-003: Events only emitted when checks actually run (medium/max or explicit override)
  • Updated User Story 5 acceptance scenario 1: No events emitted in off mode
  • Clarified: off mode skips both checks AND events (no SemanticCheckEvaluated in off mode)

3. [P2] Event shape now matches feature 007 canonical contracts

  • Updated SemanticCheckEvaluated entity: Added missing fields (effective_strictness, recommended_action, detailed classification payload)
  • Added explicit reference to feature 007 event contracts
  • Updated FR-003 to require conformance to feature 007 contracts

4. [P2] Replaced non-canonical event with canonical event set

  • Removed: GlossaryResolution (non-canonical)
  • Added: GlossaryClarificationResolved (canonical from feature 007)
  • Added: GlossarySenseUpdated (canonical from feature 007)
  • Both new events reference feature 007 contracts explicitly

✅ Re-validation After Fixes:

  • All content quality items: PASS (no implementation details added)
  • All requirement completeness items: PASS (20 FRs now, all testable)
  • All feature readiness items: PASS (event contracts aligned with feature 007)
  • Contract consistency: PASS (all events use canonical shapes from feature 007)
  • Default behavior: PASS (automatic-by-default aligns with "mostly invisible" intent)

Overall Status: ✅ READY FOR NEXT PHASE (POST-FIXES)

The specification is complete, unambiguous, contract-aligned, and ready for /spec-kitty.plan.