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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Canonical-State Integrity & Recovery

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-09-20 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) — FR/NFR/C describe observable behavior; file:line seams deferred to plan
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs (operator/agent recoverability)
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders (Intent Summary + user stories are plain-language)
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • ✅ Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • ✅ Requirement types are separated (Functional / Non-Functional / Constraints)
  • ✅ IDs are unique across FR-###, NFR-###, and C-### entries
  • ✅ All requirement rows include a non-empty Status value (all Open)
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds (0 unrecoverable states; 0 detect-without-cure rows; complexity ≤15; deterministic/idempotent)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable (SC-001..004 have counts/percentages)
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (Given/When/Then per story)
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified (Assumptions section records delegate decisions + honest #4786 severity)

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

Notes

  • #4786 scoped as a full structural fix per operator ruling despite being clearable today; recorded honestly in Assumptions so a later reviewer is not misled about current severity.