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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Complexity and Code Smell Remediation

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-04-12 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
  • ✅ 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
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds
  • ✅ 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

Notes

  • FR-007 is conditionally scoped via C-001 (DRG rebuild gate). The deferral condition is expressed only in C-001, not inline in FR-007.
  • C-002 (no touches to deprecated specify_cli/charter/) is critical and must be surfaced in every implementation WP prompt that touches the charter slice.
  • The rename requirements (FR-005, FR-012) have explicit constraint C-004 requiring all call sites be updated atomically.
  • reducer.py::_should_apply_event (CC=14) is explicitly excluded from scope — already below the ≤ 15 target threshold.
  • Checklist result: PASS — spec is ready for /spec-kitty.plan.