Spec Review

Catch weak requirements before they become weak designs

How it works

  1. Point it at a spec
    Select a product spec from your project. The agent loads the spec, research briefs, personas, and any related artifacts for full context.

  2. Section-by-section evaluation
    Each section is scored 1-5 against specific criteria: are requirements testable? Are success criteria agent-evaluable? Are edge cases covered? Vague language is flagged with concrete replacements.

  3. Verdict with prioritized fixes
    Get a clear rating — Ready, Needs Work, or Not Ready — with scored sections and prioritized findings. Fix the issues, re-review, and advance to design spec.

Why use Spec Review

Catch gaps early

Identifies missing sections, untestable requirements, and weak success criteria before they propagate into design and prototyping.

Agent-evaluable success criteria

Ensures every success criterion can be verified by an agent reviewing a prototype — closing the loop from spec to design review.

Ambiguity detection

Flags vague words like "intuitive", "gracefully", and "as needed" with specific, testable replacement suggestions.

Structured scoring

Section-by-section scores (1-5) make it clear exactly where the spec is strong and where it needs work — no guessing.

When to use Spec Review

Pre-design quality gate

You have a product spec and want to verify it's solid before feeding it into design spec and prototyping.
We just wrote the product spec for the new onboarding flow. Review it before I hand it off to design — make sure the success criteria are tight enough to evaluate later.

Spec iteration

A spec has been updated after feedback and you want to confirm the fixes actually addressed the issues.
I updated the price alerts spec based on your last review. Check if the success criteria and edge case coverage are good now.

Inherited spec audit

You're picking up a spec someone else wrote and need to assess its quality before building on it.
This spec was written last month. Review it — I need to know if it's ready for design or if we need to fill in gaps first.

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