# AC Validation Report - sef-agents

**Reviewer:** QA Lead
**Date:** 2024-12-27
**Agent:** Requirements Integrity Strategist

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## Executive Summary

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Stories Reviewed | 5 |
| Total ACs | 19 |
| ✅ Passed | 14 |
| ⚠️ Minor Issues | 5 |
| ❌ Blocked | 0 |

**Overall Verdict:** ⚠️ APPROVED WITH NOTES - Minor clarifications needed, not blocking.

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## STORY-001: Agent Activation System

### Validation Matrix

| AC | G/W/T | Testable | Edge Cases | Binary | Issue |
|----|-------|----------|------------|--------|-------|
| AC-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | "injected" undefined |
| AC-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | Same as AC-1 |
| AC-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |

### Issues

| # | AC | Severity | Issue | Recommendation |
|---|-----|----------|-------|----------------|
| 1 | AC-1,2 | Low | "prompt injected" ambiguous | Define: "prompt text prepended to system context" |

### Verdict: ✅ APPROVED
Edge cases well-documented. Minor terminology clarification.

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## STORY-002: Technical Debt Scanner

### Validation Matrix

| AC | G/W/T | Testable | Edge Cases | Binary | Issue |
|----|-------|----------|------------|--------|-------|
| AC-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | Severity criteria? |
| AC-4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-5 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | Cache mechanism undefined |

### Issues

| # | AC | Severity | Issue | Recommendation |
|---|-----|----------|-------|----------------|
| 2 | AC-3 | Low | Severity classification criteria missing | Add: "Critical=bare-except, High=no-types, Medium=TODO, Low=magic-numbers" |
| 3 | AC-5 | Medium | "cache-based" vague | Define: "file hash comparison, stored in `.sef/cache/`" |

### Verdict: ⚠️ APPROVED WITH NOTES
AC-5 needs cache spec before implementation.

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## STORY-003: Dead Code Scanner

### Validation Matrix

| AC | G/W/T | Testable | Edge Cases | Binary | Issue |
|----|-------|----------|------------|--------|-------|
| AC-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |

### Issues
None.

### Verdict: ✅ APPROVED
Well-specified. Edge cases (dynamic imports, __init__.py) documented.

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## STORY-004: Workflow State Machine

### Validation Matrix

| AC | G/W/T | Testable | Edge Cases | Binary | Issue |
|----|-------|----------|------------|--------|-------|
| AC-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-5 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | "appropriate agent" vague |

### Issues

| # | AC | Severity | Issue | Recommendation |
|---|-----|----------|-------|----------------|
| 4 | AC-5 | Low | "appropriate agent based on phase" undefined | Add lookup table: Discovery→PM, Requirements→Architect, etc. |

### Verdict: ✅ APPROVED
Agent suggestion logic documented in Technical Notes section.

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## STORY-005: Context Persistence Manager

### Validation Matrix

| AC | G/W/T | Testable | Edge Cases | Binary | Issue |
|----|-------|----------|------------|--------|-------|
| AC-1 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-2 | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | "configured limit" undefined |
| AC-3 | ✅ | ✅ | ⚠️ | ⚠️ | Merge strategy unclear |
| AC-4 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |
| AC-5 | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | - |

### Issues

| # | AC | Severity | Issue | Recommendation |
|---|-----|----------|-------|----------------|
| 5 | AC-2 | Low | "configured limit" - where configured? | Reference AC-5 limits |
| 6 | AC-3 | Low | Merge strategy for conflicts? | Add: "project < epic < story priority" |

### Verdict: ⚠️ APPROVED WITH NOTES
AC-5 actually defines limits. AC-2 should reference it.

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## Consolidated Issues

| # | Story | AC | Severity | Issue | Status |
|---|-------|-----|----------|-------|--------|
| 1 | STORY-001 | AC-1,2 | Low | "injected" undefined | Note |
| 2 | STORY-002 | AC-3 | Low | Severity criteria missing | Note |
| 3 | STORY-002 | AC-5 | Medium | Cache mechanism undefined | **Action Required** |
| 4 | STORY-004 | AC-5 | Low | Agent suggestion logic | Note |
| 5 | STORY-005 | AC-2 | Low | Limit reference | Note |
| 6 | STORY-005 | AC-3 | Low | Merge strategy | Note |

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## Recommendations

### Blocking (Before Development)
- **STORY-002 AC-5**: Define cache mechanism or defer incremental scanning to v2.

### Non-Blocking (Can Clarify During Implementation)
- All "Low" severity items: clarify in Technical Notes or code comments.

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## Sign-off

| Agent | Decision | Date |
|------|----------|------|
| QA Lead | ⚠️ Approved with Notes | 2024-12-27 |

**Next Action:** Escalate STORY-002 AC-5 to PM for cache mechanism spec, or descope to v2.

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## Handoff

| To | Artifact | Action |
|----|----------|--------|
| Test Designer | This report | Create conceptual test cases ✅ Done |
| Product Manager | Issue #3 | Clarify cache spec |
| Architect | All stories | Proceed with design |
