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Specification Quality Checklist: HierarchicalDocumentTool

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-01-29 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

  • No implementation details (languages, frameworks, APIs)
  • Focused on user value and business needs
  • Written for non-technical stakeholders
  • All mandatory sections completed

Requirement Completeness

  • No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers remain
  • Requirements are testable and unambiguous
  • Success criteria are measurable
  • Success criteria are technology-agnostic (no implementation details)
  • All acceptance scenarios are defined
  • Edge cases are identified
  • Scope is clearly bounded
  • 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

Notes

  • All checklist items passed validation
  • Specification is ready for clarification or implementation planning
  • The spec maintains domain-agnosticism as requested (no legal-specific, medical-specific, etc.)
  • Vector store backend selection is appropriately deferred to implementation planning (D-004)