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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Phase 6 Composition Stabilization

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-04-25 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) — spec names files and APIs as part of the bug context (StepContractExecutor, runtime_bridge.py), which is intentional for a bug-fix tranche where those names are the actual subject; no new tech-stack choices are introduced
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs — unblocks #505, restores trail integrity, restores correct action recording
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders where possible — Purpose / Stakeholder Context / Success Criteria are non-technical
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • ✅ Requirements are testable and unambiguous (each FR / NFR / C is binary)
  • ✅ 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 Approved)
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds (specific commands, ≥90% coverage, mypy --strict, ruff)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic where stakeholder-facing — SC-001/SC-002/SC-003/SC-006/SC-007 are outcome-focused; SC-004/SC-005 reference exact tooling commands because the charter / brief explicitly fixes those tools as the verification surface
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (A through E)
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified (EDGE-001 through EDGE-006)
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (explicit Out of Scope + Constraints)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria — each FR maps to a Scenario or Edge case
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows — Scenarios A/B/D are the three primary flows (one per issue)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No unintended implementation creep — StepContractExecutor stays a composer (C-005), ProfileInvocationExecutor stays the single primitive (C-006)

Notes

  • This is a bug-fix tranche on a tightly-bounded subsystem; the spec deliberately names existing modules and APIs because those names are the actual subject of the requirements. Per the brief in start-here.md, the implementation direction is constrained to runtime_bridge.py, mission_step_contracts/executor.py, and invocation/executor.py.
  • All 17 FRs, 5 NFRs, and 11 Cs are sourced directly from start-here.md and the user's confirmed intent summary. No deferred decisions, no open clarifications.
  • Status: PASSED — ready for /spec-kitty.plan.