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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Specify on Protected Primary + Branch-Protection Config

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-21 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

references in FR/Constraints are intentional for this technical mission; Success Criteria stay outcome-focused)

  • ✅ No implementation details that belong to planning (engineer-facing code-surface
  • ✅ Focused on user/operator value (operator unblocked; owner control; maintainer clarity)
  • ✅ Written so stakeholders can read the Overview and Success Criteria without code
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

assumption, not an unresolved scope question)

NFR-003 0 reads; NFR-001/004 suite-green + byte-identical default)

feature-branch primary, genuine-failure actionable error)

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain (carrier choice recorded as a plan decision /
  • ✅ Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • ✅ Requirement types are separated (Functional / Non-Functional / Constraints)
  • ✅ IDs are unique across FR-### (11), NFR-### (4), and C-### (6) entries
  • ✅ All requirement rows include a non-empty Status value (Draft)
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds (NFR-002 < 2 s / 0 network;
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic (outcome-framed)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined (US1 kentonium3 repro; US2 config; US3 single-source)
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified (#1718 create-window, empty config, already-materialized,
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (Out of Scope: #2040 desync, GH-API detection, plan/tasks path)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria (US1–US3 + SC-001..005)
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows (protected-primary commit; owner config; single-source)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation lock-in leaks into Success Criteria (carrier left to plan)

Notes

extend ExecutionContext/WorkspaceContext) is deliberately deferred to /spec-kitty.plan — the spec binds the boundary-resolution + inward-propagation property, not a class.

  • The final configuration-context carrier (new RepositoryContext/EnvironmentContext vs.
  • P0 sequencing: US1 (deadlock fix) is the MVP slice; US2/US3 (config + context) follow.