Checklists

requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Retire mission_read_path Backcompat Shim

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-25 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) beyond the named artifacts that ARE the subject of the work
  • ✅ Focused on the maintainer value (restored ratchet trend, reduced dead code)
  • ✅ Written so a reviewer can follow the change set
  • ✅ 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 verifiable without knowing internal implementation detail
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified (canonical-importers, string-assertion tests, stale docstrings)
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (Out of Scope section excludes the #2049 audit)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flow (architectural suite passes with count = 8)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No production behavior change leaks in (NFR-002)

Notes

backcompat consumers) was resolved as "safe to delete" before authoring (FR-001).

  • This is a mechanical tech-debt retirement mission. The single judgment call (external
  • All checklist items pass; spec is ready for /spec-kitty.plan.