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Prd Quality Gate by shipshitdev — Agent Skill

Name: Prd Quality Gate
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: shipshitdev

Prd Quality Gate

PRD completeness validation. Use to check that a PRD (or issue body that serves as one) contains the required sections before it is handed to a planning/execution agent, so the plan is built from a complete spec instead of hallucinated scope. Run it as a blocking gate or a warning-only lint.

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Required sections:

Executive Summary
Problem Statement
Goals
Functional Requirements
Acceptance Criteria
Verification Plan

Acceptance Criteria must be written in EARS (Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax) so each bullet is machine-checkable and pass/fail without judgement. Every bullet under Acceptance Criteria must match one of:

WHEN THE SYSTEM SHALL (event-driven)
WHILE THE SYSTEM SHALL (state-driven)
WHERE THE SYSTEM SHALL (optional feature)
IF THEN THE SYSTEM SHALL (unwanted behavior)
THE SYSTEM SHALL (ubiquitous)

A bullet that does not match this grammar (case-insensitive regex ^\s*(\d+\.\s*)?(WHEN|WHILE|WHERE|IF|THE SYSTEM)\b.*\bSHALL\b) is free-form prose, not a verifiable criterion.

When the quality gate is ENABLED (blocking):

Missing any required section → fail immediately with an actionable message listing the missing sections.
Any Acceptance Criteria bullet that is not EARS-shaped → fail, quoting each offending bullet and the EARS pattern it should take.
The author must update the PRD and re-run the gate before planning proceeds.

When the quality gate is DISABLED (default, warning-only):

Missing sections → log a warning.
Non-EARS Acceptance Criteria bullets → log a warning listing each offending bullet.
Planning proceeds. The planner should still note the gaps in its output.

Section matching is case-insensitive against ## and ### headings. Exact heading text must appear (e.g. "## Executive Summary" or "### Goals"). Headings nested inside code fences are ignored by convention (they are examples, not structure).

---name: prd-quality-gatedescription: PRD completeness validation. Use to check that a PRD (or issue body that serves as one) contains the required sections before it is handed to a planning/execution agent, so the plan is built from a complete spec instead of hallucinated scope. Run it as a blocking gate or a warning-only lint.--- <prd_quality_gate> A well-formed PRD (or the issue body that serves as one) must contain ALL of the following sections as markdown headings (## or ###). Required sections: - Executive Summary - Problem Statement - Goals - Functional Requirements - Acceptance Criteria - Verification Plan Acceptance Criteria must be written in EARS (Easy Approach to Requirements Syntax) so each bullet is machine-checkable and pass/fail without judgement. Every bullet under Acceptance Criteria must match one of: - WHEN <trigger> THE SYSTEM SHALL <response> (event-driven) - WHILE <state> THE SYSTEM SHALL <response> (state-driven) - WHERE <feature> THE SYSTEM SHALL <response> (optional feature) - IF <condition> THEN THE SYSTEM SHALL <response> (unwanted behavior) - THE SYSTEM SHALL <invariant> (ubiquitous) A bullet that does not match this grammar (case-insensitive regex `^\s*(\d+\.\s*)?(WHEN|WHILE|WHERE|IF|THE SYSTEM)\b.*\bSHALL\b`) is free-form prose, not a verifiable criterion. When the quality gate is ENABLED (blocking): - Missing any required section → fail immediately with an actionable message listing the missing sections. - Any Acceptance Criteria bullet that is not EARS-shaped → fail, quoting each offending bullet and the EARS pattern it should take. - The author must update the PRD and re-run the gate before planning proceeds. When the quality gate is DISABLED (default, warning-only): - Missing sections → log a warning. - Non-EARS Acceptance Criteria bullets → log a warning listing each offending bullet. - Planning proceeds. The planner should still note the gaps in its output. Section matching is case-insensitive against ## and ### headings. Exact heading text must appear (e.g. "## Executive Summary" or "### Goals"). Headings nested inside code fences are ignored by convention (they are examples, not structure). </prd_quality_gate>

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