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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Governed-State-Surface Coherence

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-18 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details that pre-empt design (file/function references are scoping anchors for a brownfield fix, not prescribed solutions)
  • ✅ Focused on user/operator value and system correctness
  • ✅ Written so a stakeholder can follow the failure scenarios
  • ✅ 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-### (001–013), NFR-### (001–006), and C-### (001–007)
  • ✅ All requirement rows include a non-empty Status value
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are verifiable without prescribing implementation
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (5 user scenarios + exception path)
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified (fail-closed handle; manifest-authority boundary)
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (Out of Scope / Non-Goals + C-001..C-004)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria (mapped to SC-001..SC-007)
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No speculative scope creep (mega-function split and caller re-routing explicitly excluded)

Notes

  • This is a brownfield bug-fix + behavior-preserving-refactor mission; FR rows cite concrete code surfaces deliberately as scoping anchors (the canonical seam to adopt is named), not as a substitute for /plan design.
  • WP ordering (Goal D first) is a recorded operator decision (C-007); final WP decomposition is a /tasks concern.
  • C2-e (FR-009) is conditional: live-repro gates whether it is a code fix or a documented non-reproducible verdict — per the live-evidence standing rule.