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Specification Quality Checklist: Integrate OTel GenAI Instrumentation into Claude Backend

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-02-28 Updated: 2026-03-01 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

  • Spec revised 2026-03-01: removed all user stories and requirements that duplicate the external instrumentation package's own spec. HoloDeck spec now covers only: dependency management, activation/deactivation lifecycle, span hierarchy alignment, graceful degradation, and otel_bridge.py coexistence.
  • Removed stories: GenAI span attribute population, token/cache metrics, multi-turn conversation.id correlation, content capture gating, tool/subagent tracing — all owned by the external otel-instrumentation-claude-agent-sdk package.
  • Remaining: 4 user stories, 12 FRs, 6 success criteria — all focused on HoloDeck's integration responsibilities.
  • All items pass validation. Spec is ready for clarification or implementation planning.