# Specification Quality Checklist: HackerNews MCP Server
**Purpose**: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning
**Created**: 2025-10-12
**Feature**: [spec.md](../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
## Validation Notes
**Content Quality**: ✅ PASS
- Specification describes WHAT users need and WHY
- No mention of specific implementation technologies (only references HN Algolia API as external dependency)
- Written in user-facing language about searching, retrieving, and filtering HN content
- All mandatory sections complete (User Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria)
**Requirement Completeness**: ✅ PASS
- Zero [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers - all requirements are concrete
- All 18 functional requirements are testable (e.g., FR-001 can be tested by executing search with query+tag)
- Success criteria include specific metrics (SC-001: <2s, SC-003: 1000+ req/hr, SC-007: 100% compliance)
- Success criteria are technology-agnostic (describe user-facing outcomes, not implementation)
- 4 user stories with 15 total acceptance scenarios covering all workflows
- 6 edge cases identified with resolution strategies
- Scope bounded to HN Algolia API read operations (explicitly stated in Assumptions)
- Dependencies clearly listed (HN API, MCP framework, HTTP client, rate limiter)
**Feature Readiness**: ✅ PASS
- Each functional requirement maps to user stories (FR-001/002 → US1, FR-003/004 → US2, etc.)
- User stories progress from MVP (search) to advanced features (filtering/pagination)
- Success criteria SC-001 through SC-010 provide measurable validation points
- Specification maintains user perspective without leaking implementation (e.g., "users search" not "HTTP GET to endpoint")
## Overall Status
**✅ SPECIFICATION READY FOR PLANNING**
All quality checks passed. The specification is:
- Complete with no clarifications needed
- Technology-agnostic and user-focused
- Testable with clear acceptance criteria
- Ready for `/speckit.plan` command
No spec updates required before proceeding to planning phase.
