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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Next Resolves State From Committed Authority

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-08-31 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) — spec speaks in observable command behavior and domain concepts (committed status authority, operator provenance, coordination checkout); no function names or file paths
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs — operator-facing outcomes (no restart of merged missions; no stall on operator cancellation)
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders — the "user" is the operator; scenarios are in plain command-behavior terms
  • ✅ 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 (0 verdict variance; 0 extra reductions; 100% fail-closed)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable (100%/0-count outcomes; RED→GREEN regression gate)
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic (command outcomes, not internals)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (Given/When/Then for both stories)
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified (no-checkout terminal; stale-not-merged; template-like operator reason; never-started; implement vs review)
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (two issues; C-006 names the out-of-scope follow-ups)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified (Intent Summary assumptions; C-001..C-003 non-goals)

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria (FR-001..004 → US1 scenarios; FR-005..007 → US2 scenarios)
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows (merged-mission recognition; operator-cancel advancement)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation details leak into specification

Notes

  • Items marked incomplete require spec updates before /spec-kitty.plan. All items pass.
  • Post-spec adversarial squad findings folded before commit.