Checklists

requirements.md

Specification Quality Checklist: Write-Side Seam: Matrix & Tracer Writers

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-07-29 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • ✅ No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs) — command behaviour is described; no module/symbol names appear in mandatory sections (ticket refs live in the informative Traceability section)
  • ✅ Focused on user value and business needs — reduces agent token-burn and prevents lost mission state on consolidation
  • ✅ Written for non-technical stakeholders — framed around the agent/operator experience and outcomes
  • ✅ 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 (all Open)
  • ✅ Non-functional requirements include measurable thresholds (0 source reads, p95 < 3s, 0 lane commits, complexity ≤ 15, gates green)
  • ✅ Success criteria are measurable
  • ✅ Success criteria are technology-agnostic (outcome-framed; the two internal regression targets, SC-005, are named as the mission's own no-regression bar)
  • ✅ All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • ✅ Edge cases are identified
  • ✅ Scope is clearly bounded (C-006 names the out-of-scope fast-follows)
  • ✅ Dependencies and assumptions identified

Feature Readiness

  • ✅ All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • ✅ User scenarios cover primary flows (matrix verdict, lane finding, durable consolidation)
  • ✅ Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • ✅ No implementation details leak into specification

Notes

  • All items pass on the first validation iteration. Scope decisions (tracer stays coord + lane→coord routing; #2993 in core; both matrix writers in core; #2996/#2939 fast-follow) were confirmed with the operator before authoring.
  • Spec is ready for /spec-kitty.plan.