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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Coord-Authority Gate Hardening

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-27 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details that pre-empt design (the spec names the gate surfaces as scope anchors, not solutions)
  • ✅ Focused on the value (a static gate that catches coord-read residuals before merge) and the reduce-friction constraint
  • ✅ Readable by a reviewer/maintainer stakeholder
  • ✅ 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 (NFR-001 zero new line-pins; NFR-004 full arch green; etc.)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic where it matters (SC-001..SC-005 framed as observable CI/behavioral outcomes)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (primary, no-false-positive edge, partition, routing)
  • ✅ Edge cases identified (legit param-passing must stay green; the false-positive risk)
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (C-003: static-gate + test-coverage + the single #2197 routing change)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified (#2071/#2077/#2167/#2017/#2160; verify-not-greenfield #2198)

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria (mapped to SC-001..SC-005)
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows + the must-not-slip rule (C-001)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation details leak that would constrain the planner's design freedom

Notes

  • The one scope subtlety to carry into /plan: this mission is NOT purely behavior-neutral — FR-004 (#2197) is a production read-routing change paired with FR-005's scan-scope un-mask.
  • C-006 records the design preference: lighter scope-unify + parameter-discipline over full inter-procedural (the friction risk).
  • Validation: all items pass on first authoring; no NEEDS CLARIFICATION.