non-goal-boundary-definition
CommunityStop scope creep with testable exclusions.
Software Engineering#versioning#acceptance criteria#API design#scope management#risk control#product boundaries#anti-scope-creep
Authormachenjie
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?
This Skill prevents silent scope expansion by forcing non-goals, version boundaries, and deferred decisions to be explicit, reviewable, and enforceable in implementation.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Testable Non-Goal Exclusions: Converts vague “not doing X” statements into specific, verifiable exclusions that QA can check.
- Version Boundary Contracts: Defines what v1 will and will not do, including forbidden assumptions about future work.
- Deferred Decision Guardrails: Prevents placeholder behavior in APIs, data models, permissions, and UI by making “defer” mean “no surface area added now.”
Quick Start
Ask the agent to produce a v1 scope boundary for your change request, including explicit out-of-scope exclusions with acceptance criteria that verify the excluded artifacts do not exist.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
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Please help me install this Skill: Name: non-goal-boundary-definition Download link: https://github.com/machenjie/rd-skills/archive/main.zip#non-goal-boundary-definition Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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