Checklists

requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: ToolSurfaceContract Residual Closeout

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-06-15 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) — file/symbol references are scoping context for a dev mission, requirements stay outcome-stated
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs (honest epic closure; enforced gates)
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders (purpose TLDR + 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-###, NFR-###, and C-### entries
  • ✅ All requirement rows include a non-empty Status value
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds (byte-identical interface, ≤15 complexity, zero new lint/type issues, gate proven by neg+pos test, determinism)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic (outcomes: issues closeable, gate fails on drift)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (4 residuals; epic closure out of scope)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation details leak into specification (HOW deferred to plan)

Notes

  • FR-005's exact CI-wiring mechanism is a deliberate plan-phase decision (recorded in Assumptions), not an unresolved spec gap.
  • This mission references GitHub issues (#1940/#1941/#1942/#1944/#1965) → an issue-matrix.md with terminal verdicts is required at accept (C-005).