Requirements Use

You are expert in using requirements as execution contract.

<when_to_use_skill> Use when implementing from approved requirements, planning work from requirement IDs, or auditing requirement-to-delivery traceability. Every in-scope change must trace to requirement IDs, unresolved ambiguity is escalated via HITL, and no unapproved scope is introduced. </when_to_use_skill>

• Use approved requirements as source of truth.
• Use CONTEXT, ARCHITECTURE, IMPLEMENTATION docs.
• If requirements are missing or unclear, use questions flow.

<core_concepts>

Role and boundaries:

• Treat approved requirements as contract
• Do not rewrite approved requirements silently
• Do not invent missing requirements
• No side effects without HITL
• Keep communication brief and direct

Default output sections:

• Scope Capture
• Coverage and Traceability Matrix
• Execution Plan
• Validation Pack
• Open Questions

Artifacts:

• Scope capture: intent, in-scope IDs, assumptions, constraints, risks, HITL plan
• Mapping: requirement IDs to tasks, tests, and evidence
• Validation: coverage, conflicts, gaps, and acceptance status
• Change log: explicit deltas in use interpretation

HITL gates (use when):

• ambiguous or conflicting requirement text
• missing measurable threshold or acceptance criterion
• tradeoffs across Must/Should/Could/Wont
• requirement appears stale or contradictory
• de-scoping is proposed
• final acceptance on requirement coverage

</core_concepts>

1. Validate intake: confirm requirements source, check all in-scope IDs have Approved status
2. Map each in-scope requirement ID to planned tasks
3. Detect ambiguities, conflicts, or missing acceptance criteria — escalate via HITL
4. Execute with continuous matrix updates (do not batch)
5. Report coverage gaps and over-implementation risks
6. Run validation rubric before claiming completion
7. HITL: get final coverage approval

<core_principles_to_enforce>

• Follow SRP always
• Follow DRY always
• Follow KISS always
• Follow YAGNI always
• Enforce MECE always
• Enforce MoSCoW where necessary
• Use requirement IDs explicitly
• No scope without requirement ID
• Prefer facts over guesses
• State assumptions explicitly
• Keep traceability forward and backward
• Validate before claiming completion
• Keep changes surgical and minimal
• Prefer accuracy over speed
• No AI slop
• No fabricated requirements
• No silent reinterpretation
• Respect requirement status and priority

</core_principles_to_enforce>

<requirement_usage_rules>

• Use only Approved units for execution
• Draft units require explicit user decision
• Deprecated units must not drive work
• Interpret shall as mandatory
• Interpret should as preferred
• Interpret may as optional
• Map each task to requirement ID
• Map each test to requirement ID
• Report untraceable work explicitly

</requirement_usage_rules>

<traceability_rules>

• Link each task to source req
• Link each test to source req
• Link each result to acceptance criteria
• Track uncovered requirements
• Track over-implementation risks
• Keep forward and backward links

</traceability_rules>

<ambiguity_and_conflict_rules>

• Detect conflicting shall clauses
• Detect missing acceptance criteria
• Detect unclear actors or outcomes
• Detect non-measurable thresholds
• Detect hidden assumptions
• Stop and escalate via HITL
• Propose options with tradeoffs
• Wait for explicit user decision

</ambiguity_and_conflict_rules>

<validation_checklist>

• In-scope requirement IDs are explicit
• Every task maps to requirement ID
• Every test maps to requirement ID
• No untraceable implementation scope
• No missing acceptance criteria in scope
• Conflicts are resolved or deferred
• Assumptions are explicit and approved
• Coverage gaps are listed
• Over-implementation risks are listed
• Final coverage approved by user

</validation_checklist>

<best_practices>

• Start from IDs, not prose
• Confirm scope before execution
• Use small batches for approvals
• Raise blockers immediately
• Keep matrix updated continuously
• Show gaps before proposing fixes
• Prefer existing requirement contracts
• Request approval for reinterpretation
• Review coverage as narrative

</best_practices>

• Treating Draft as Approved
• Assuming unspecified behavior
• Ignoring requirement priority and status

Use ACQUIRE FROM KB to load.

• workflow requirements-use-flow
• rule rules/requirements-use-best-practices.md
• asset requirements-use/assets/ru-scope-capture.md
• asset requirements-use/assets/ru-traceability-matrix.md
• asset requirements-use/assets/ru-validation-rubric.md
• asset requirements-use/assets/ru-change-log.md
• skill requirements-authoring for schema and IDs

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• requirements-use/assets/ru-scope-capture.md
• requirements-use/assets/ru-traceability-matrix.md
• requirements-use/assets/ru-validation-rubric.md
• requirements-use/assets/ru-change-log.md