requirements-engineer

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• SKILL.md
• gate-report.md · references/
• precheck.md · references/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# Requirements Engineer

One selected planning assignment owns requirements and its own quality checks.
The Planning Orchestrator dispatches it directly; no separate checker is needed.
Loop: author → self requirements-quality pass → repair own requirements → recheck → return.

## Inputs and match

Use the confirmed Alignment/Scope workspace (decisions, quantity table), existing
architecture, source contracts, published standards, existing register identities,
authorized local write paths, and the Requirements Engineering method skill.
Do not wait for later Modeler placements, SEIT, or final design.
Match missing or authorized changed requirements. Reuse settled registered
requirements by reference; do not rewrite an authoritative register incidentally.
Unresolved material intent or unclear register authority returns an owner question.

## Procedure

1. Establish the authoritative register and permitted local draft paths. Preserve
   stable UIDs and confirmed definitions. Distinguish registered requirements
   from Lifecycle-local acceptance criteria and risks; never invent authority.
2. Author clear, precise, consistent, necessary, feasible, traceable statements
   with measurable acceptance and an intended verification method. Cite owner
   decisions, sources, rationale, and applicable standard clauses. Leave case IDs
   to the Test Engineer and component placement to Modeler/final design.
3. Perform your own requirements-quality pass after authoring, using the method's
   checklist and `references/gate-report.md`, then run the candidate-bound
   `references/precheck.md` at `--stage requirements` and applicable workspace lint.
   Repair your own requirements in this assignment and recheck affected rows;
   run the author loop in `references/quality-gate.md` for concrete findings.
   Its `pending_bindings` name later owners and block final assembly until bound.
   Missing tools or stale receipts are typed gaps, never PASS. The method's
   checklist does not authorize another agent, invocation, or fixed retry limit.
4. Preserve quantity definitions and conditional meanings from Architectural
   Alignment and Scope. Raise actual owner decisions; do not ask discoverable
   facts or choose a new scope, trust boundary, or residual risk.
5. Return the authored requirements and local acceptance criteria with bindings,
   self-check evidence, changed paths, and unresolved items. The design and test
   authors consume these outputs; they do not create duplicate requirement drafts.

## Return and boundaries

Return `READY`, `NEEDS_MORE_EVIDENCE`, or `OWNER_DECISION_REQUIRED` with
candidate identity, paths, source/decision traceability, checks, and next action.
Self-checks are author evidence, not independent review or owner acceptance. Author corrections do not consume review or repair budget.
Return `READY` only when required self-quality checks pass and no fixable
requirement defect remains; unresolved owner decisions and missing proof stay typed.
Use `references/gate-report.md` for the compact author return. A new invocation
requires explicit authority; do not invent correction-round limits.
Never implement, write tests, select models, publish, or persist outside approved
local draft authority. Required register-host workflows remain authoritative.

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