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Specification Quality Checklist: Article Collection

Purpose: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning Created: 2026-05-28 Feature: spec.md

Content Quality

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

Requirement Completeness

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

Feature Readiness

  • [x] All functional requirements have clear acceptance criteria
  • [x] User scenarios cover primary flows
  • [x] Feature meets measurable outcomes defined in Success Criteria
  • [x] No implementation details leak into specification

Notes

  • This is a brownfield spec — all described behaviour already exists in production code.
  • Tasks (next phase) should focus on verification: writing tests that confirm existing behaviour matches each FR and scenario.
  • FR-012 (robots.txt for blogs) and FR-011 (arXiv 429 abort) are the most complex to verify; integration tests will be needed.