HackerNews MCP Server

# Specification Quality Checklist: HackerNews MCP Server **Purpose**: Validate specification completeness and quality before proceeding to planning **Created**: October 12, 2025 **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 Summary **Status**: ✅ PASSED - All quality checks passed **Details**: ### Content Quality Review - ✅ The specification focuses on WHAT users need (search posts, retrieve front page, get latest content) and WHY (content discovery, monitoring, trend analysis) - ✅ No mention of programming languages, frameworks, or implementation technologies - ✅ Written in business language accessible to non-technical stakeholders - ✅ All mandatory sections (User Scenarios, Requirements, Success Criteria, Assumptions) are complete and well-populated ### Requirement Completeness Review - ✅ No [NEEDS CLARIFICATION] markers present - all requirements are concrete and actionable - ✅ All 18 functional requirements are testable and unambiguous with clear capabilities described - ✅ Success criteria include specific measurable metrics (e.g., "under 2 seconds for 95% of queries", "100% accuracy", "95% success rate") - ✅ All success criteria are technology-agnostic, focusing on user outcomes rather than system internals - ✅ 6 prioritized user stories with 18 total acceptance scenarios covering all major use cases - ✅ 9 edge cases identified covering error handling, rate limits, validation, and boundary conditions - ✅ Scope clearly defined with comprehensive "Out of Scope" section (10 items) - ✅ 4 external dependencies documented and 11 assumptions clearly stated ### Feature Readiness Review - ✅ Each functional requirement maps to acceptance scenarios in user stories - ✅ User scenarios cover all primary flows: search (P1), front page (P1), latest posts (P1), item details (P2), user info (P3), advanced filtering (P2) - ✅ 12 measurable success criteria align with functional requirements and user needs - ✅ Specification maintains technology-agnostic language throughout, focusing on capabilities not implementations ## Notes - The specification is comprehensive and ready for the next phase - No clarifications needed - all requirements are concrete based on documented HackerNews API - Well-structured with clear prioritization (3 P1 stories, 2 P2 stories, 1 P3 story) - Strong alignment between user stories, functional requirements, and success criteria - Ready to proceed with `/speckit.plan` for technical planning