Verify Requirements Complete Skill

Verify Requirements Complete Skill

Purpose: Validate that all 3 stakeholder requirement reports (architect, tester, formatter) exist and are valid before proceeding to SYNTHESIS phase.

Performance: Prevents synthesis errors, ensures complete requirements gathered

When to Use This Skill

✅ Use verify-requirements-complete When:

• All stakeholder agents reported completion
• Before transitioning to SYNTHESIS phase
• Before invoking synthesize-plan skill
• Want to ensure requirements phase complete

❌ Do NOT Use When:

• Agents still working in REQUIREMENTS phase
• Already in SYNTHESIS phase
• Requirements already verified
• Task not in REQUIREMENTS phase

What This Skill Does

1. Checks Report Files Exist

# Verifies all 3 files present:
/​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​{task}-architect-requirements.md
/​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​{task}-tester-requirements.md
/​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​{task}-formatter-requirements.md

2. Validates Report Content

# For each report:
- Non-empty content
- Contains required sections
- Proper markdown format
- Actual analysis (not placeholder)

3. Checks Agent Status

# Verifies agent status.json files:
- All agents show "completed" status
- No agents in "failed" state
- Timestamps reasonable

4. Reports Results

# Clear output:
✅ architect-requirements.md: Valid (2,345 bytes, 5 sections)
✅ tester-requirements.md: Valid (1,867 bytes, 4 sections)
✅ formatter-requirements.md: Valid (1,234 bytes, 3 sections)

All requirements complete. Ready for SYNTHESIS.

Usage

Basic Verification

# Check if requirements complete
TASK_NAME="implement-formatter-api"

/​workspace/​main/​.claude/​scripts/​verify-requirements-complete.sh \
  --task "$TASK_NAME"

With Detailed Output

# Get detailed validation results
TASK_NAME="implement-formatter-api"

/​workspace/​main/​.claude/​scripts/​verify-requirements-complete.sh \
  --task "$TASK_NAME" \
  --verbose true

Validation Checks

File Existence Check

# All 3 reports must exist:
- architect-requirements.md
- tester-requirements.md
- formatter-requirements.md

# If any missing:
❌ FAILED: Missing reports: tester-requirements.md

Content Validation

Non-Empty:

# File must have content (>100 bytes minimum)
if [ $(wc -c < report.md) -lt 100 ]; then
  echo "❌ Report too small (likely placeholder)"
fi

Required Sections (Architecture):

# Must contain:
- ## Dependencies / Integration Points
- ## Design Patterns / Architecture
- ## API Design (if applicable)

Required Sections (Tester):

# Must contain:
- ## Test Coverage
- ## Test Strategy
- ## Edge Cases

Required Sections (Formatter):

# Must contain:
- ## Documentation Requirements
- ## Code Style Standards

Agent Status Check

# Check status.json for each agent
STATUS=$(jq -r '.status' agents/​{agent}/​status.json)

# Valid statuses:
✅ "completed" - Agent finished successfully
❌ "failed" - Agent encountered errors
❌ "in_progress" - Agent still working
❌ "not_started" - Agent never invoked

Workflow Integration

Pre-Synthesis Validation

REQUIREMENTS phase: Agents working
  ↓
All agents report completion
  ↓
[verify-requirements-complete skill] ← THIS SKILL
  ↓
Check all reports exist
  ↓
Validate report content
  ↓
Check agent status
  ↓
If ALL PASS:
  ✅ Ready for SYNTHESIS
  → Invoke synthesize-plan skill

If ANY FAIL:
  ❌ Not ready for SYNTHESIS
  → Fix missing/​invalid reports
  → Re-invoke failed agents

Output Format

Script returns JSON:

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "All requirements complete and valid",
  "task_name": "implement-formatter-api",
  "reports": {
    "architect": {
      "exists": true,
      "valid": true,
      "size_bytes": 2345,
      "sections": 5
    },
    "tester": {
      "exists": true,
      "valid": true,
      "size_bytes": 1867,
      "sections": 4
    },
    "formatter": {
      "exists": true,
      "valid": true,
      "size_bytes": 1234,
      "sections": 3
    }
  },
  "agent_status": {
    "architect": "completed",
    "tester": "completed",
    "formatter": "completed"
  },
  "ready_for_synthesis": true,
  "timestamp": "2025-11-11T12:34:56-05:00"
}

Or if validation fails:

{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Requirements incomplete",
  "task_name": "implement-formatter-api",
  "missing_reports": ["tester-requirements.md"],
  "invalid_reports": [],
  "failed_agents": ["tester"],
  "ready_for_synthesis": false,
  "errors": [
    "tester-requirements.md does not exist",
    "tester agent status: failed"
  ],
  "timestamp": "2025-11-11T12:34:56-05:00"
}

Common Failure Scenarios

Scenario 1: Missing Report

❌ tester-requirements.md not found

Cause: Agent failed to create output file
Fix: Re-invoke tester agent with explicit output path

Scenario 2: Empty Report

❌ formatter-requirements.md is empty (0 bytes)

Cause: Agent created file but wrote no content
Fix: Re-invoke formatter agent, check for errors

Scenario 3: Placeholder Content

❌ architect-requirements.md contains placeholder

Content: "TODO: Add requirements here"

Cause: Agent didn't complete analysis
Fix: Re-invoke architect agent with clear requirements

Scenario 4: Agent Failed

❌ tester agent status: failed

Cause: Agent encountered error during execution
Fix: Check agent error log, fix issue, re-invoke

Scenario 5: Missing Sections

❌ tester-requirements.md missing required sections

Missing: "Edge Cases" section

Cause: Agent provided incomplete analysis
Fix: Re-invoke with emphasis on complete sections

Recovery Actions

Missing Report

# Re-invoke missing agent
AGENT="tester"
TASK="implement-formatter-api"

# Invoke via Task tool with output requirement
Task tool: tester
  prompt: "Write requirements to /​workspace/​tasks/​$TASK/​$TASK-tester-requirements.md"

Invalid Content

# Re-invoke agent with stronger requirements
Task tool: architect
  prompt: "CRITICAL: Write complete analysis to requirements file.
  Must include all sections: Dependencies, Design Patterns, API Design.
  File must be >500 bytes with actual content."

Failed Agent

# Check error logs
cat /​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​agents/​{agent}/​error.log

# Fix underlying issue (missing dependencies, etc.)
# Re-invoke agent

Safety Features

Precondition Validation

• ✅ Verifies task exists
• ✅ Checks task in REQUIREMENTS phase
• ✅ Confirms task directory accessible

Comprehensive Checks

• ✅ File existence for all 3 reports
• ✅ Content validation (non-empty, sections)
• ✅ Agent status verification
• ✅ Format validation (markdown)

Clear Error Reporting

• ✅ Lists specific missing reports
• ✅ Identifies invalid reports
• ✅ Reports failed agents
• ✅ Provides recovery actions

Related Skills

• gather-requirements: Creates reports that this skill verifies
• synthesize-plan: Consumes verified reports
• state-transition: May use this for REQUIREMENTS → SYNTHESIS validation

Troubleshooting

False Positive: Report Valid But Flagged

# Report exists but validation incorrectly fails
# Possible causes:
1. Different file naming (check exact filename)
2. Report in wrong directory (check path)
3. Validation regex too strict (adjust)

# Manual verification:
ls -la /​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​*-requirements.md
cat /​workspace/​tasks/​{task}/​{task}-architect-requirements.md

Agent Completed But No Report

# Agent status shows "completed" but file missing
# Possible causes:
1. Agent wrote to wrong path
2. Agent didn't include Write tool call
3. File permissions issue

# Find where agent wrote:
find /​workspace/​tasks/​{task} -name "*requirements*"

# If found in wrong location, move it:
mv {wrong-path} {correct-path}

Report Exists But Content Invalid

# File exists but doesn't pass validation
# Check:
1. File size: wc -c {report}
2. Sections present: grep "^##" {report}
3. Actual content: head -50 {report}

# If truly invalid, re-invoke agent

Validation Criteria Summary

Architect Requirements

✅ VALID:

• File exists at correct path
• Size > 500 bytes
• Contains sections: Dependencies, Design Patterns, API Design
• Agent status: completed

❌ INVALID:

• File missing or empty
• Placeholder content only
• Missing required sections
• Agent status: failed or in_progress

Tester Requirements

✅ VALID:

• File exists at correct path
• Size > 400 bytes
• Contains sections: Test Coverage, Test Strategy, Edge Cases
• Agent status: completed

❌ INVALID:

• File missing or empty
• Generic content (not task-specific)
• Missing test strategy
• Agent status: failed or in_progress

Formatter Requirements

✅ VALID:

• File exists at correct path
• Size > 300 bytes
• Contains sections: Documentation Requirements, Code Style
• Agent status: completed

❌ INVALID:

• File missing or empty
• Just references to style-guide.md (no task specifics)
• Missing documentation requirements
• Agent status: failed or in_progress

Implementation Notes

The verify-requirements-complete script performs:

1. Precondition Phase

   • Check task exists
   • Verify task directory accessible
   • Confirm task in REQUIREMENTS phase

2. File Check Phase

   • Look for all 3 report files
   • Check file existence
   • Verify file readable

3. Content Validation Phase

   • Check file size (not empty/​placeholder)
   • Validate markdown structure
   • Check for required sections
   • Verify actual content present

4. Agent Status Phase

   • Read agent status.json files
   • Check completion status
   • Verify no failures
   • Validate timestamps

5. Aggregation Phase

   • Combine all validation results
   • Determine overall status
   • List specific failures
   • Provide recovery actions

6. Reporting Phase

   • Return JSON with detailed results
   • Report ready_for_synthesis boolean
   • List missing/​invalid reports
   • Provide next steps