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requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Tooling Stability & Guard Coherence

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before /spec-kitty.plan Created: 2026-06-10 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details that overconstrain (surfaces named for traceability, not prescribed designs)
  • ✅ Focused on operator/tooling value (stability before PR)
  • ✅ All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • ✅ Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • ✅ Requirement types separated (FR / NFR / C)
  • ✅ IDs unique across FR-###, NFR-###, C-###
  • ✅ All requirement rows include a Status value
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds
  • ✅ Success criteria measurable (SC-1..SC-5)
  • ✅ Acceptance scenarios defined (A–D)
  • ✅ Edge cases identified (protected-branch must still block direct push — C-003)
  • ✅ Scope bounded (Out of Scope lists 01KTPKST-drained seams + #1738)
  • ✅ Dependencies/assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ Each FR has clear acceptance criteria (mapped to SC + per-ticket repros)
  • ✅ Scenarios cover primary flows (commit-guard, analysis-verdict, status-resolution, debt)
  • ✅ Meets measurable outcomes in Success Criteria
  • ✅ Every bundled ticket has an issue-matrix row + owning FR

Notes

  • Issue-matrix (issue-matrix.md) created at specify time per operator request: 10 in-mission + 2 deferred-with-followup.
  • Open item for /spec-kitty.plan: confirm the consolidated commit-guard's authoritative module + the doctor.py split boundary (design decisions).