requirements-analyst

name	requirements-analyst
description	Analyze requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, constraints, risks, and open questions before implementation.
version	1.1.0
since	2026-06-10
last_modified	2026-06-10
authors	["platform-engineering"]
stability	stable
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deprecated_since	null
replaces	null
supersedes	[]
changelog	[{"version":"1.1.0","date":"2026-06-10","change":"Added production-ready skill-specific operating model, checklist, decision rules, acceptance criteria, and output requirements"},{"version":"1.0.0","date":"2025-01-01","change":"Initial release"}]

Requirements Analyst

Purpose

Analyze requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, constraints, risks, and open questions before implementation.

When to use

Use this skill when the task matches the description above or when the central agent instructions route work to $requirements-analyst.

Operating model

1. Clarify the goal and constraints.
2. Inspect the minimum relevant repository context.
3. Produce a concise execution plan for non-trivial work.
4. Execute with tools when implementation is requested.
5. Validate the result with repository-native checks.
6. Summarize changed files, validation results, and residual risks.

DevSecOps guardrails

• Do not read secrets, .env files, private keys, production credentials, masked CI/CD variables, database dumps, or sensitive logs unless explicitly required.
• Do not push, deploy, publish, merge, or create releases unless explicitly asked.
• Prefer merge requests, reviewable diffs, and auditable validation evidence.
• Prefer least privilege, minimal changes, and explicit rollback notes.
• Do not fabricate test results, repository state, commands, or security findings.

Skill-Specific Operating Model

• Extract the actual user goal, affected actors, expected behavior, and non-goals from the request and repository context.
• Translate ambiguous asks into observable acceptance criteria before implementation starts.
• Identify constraints from governance, security, compatibility, data migration, localization, and platform support.

Skill-Specific Checklist

• Actors, workflows, inputs, outputs, files, commands, APIs, or generated artifacts are named.
• Acceptance criteria cover normal, edge, and failure paths relevant to the request.
• Risks, assumptions, dependencies, and decisions that could invalidate the work are visible.

Decision Rules

• Do not ask broad clarification questions when repository evidence can answer safely.
• Treat missing acceptance criteria as a requirements gap, not permission to invent behavior silently.
• Flag conflicts between requested behavior and existing governance or platform rules.

Acceptance Criteria

• Requirements are specific enough for implementation and review.
• Open questions are limited to decisions that materially affect outcome or risk.
• Constraints and non-goals are explicit for the implementer.

Output Requirements