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Stage 930 minutesIndividual301-P · Executable intent

Specify an unfamiliar outcome

Take an outcome signal you have not seen and produce a ratifiable specification, without the stage worksheets.

You will produce

Independent specification record

We will demonstrate

The complete path from signal to ratifiable spec

Done when

The spec was written without the worksheets and survived ratification.

Sibling repository../payments-validation-fixture836a75dShared with course 301. You work from specs/product/payments.md rather than the diff.

Orient

Why this stage exists

Transfer is demonstrated when the prompts are removed.

This stage needs a facilitator-supplied signal. Round 0 cannot be reused, because you have now read its answer.

Start from

What you start from

Work from these inputs only. Anything not on this list is either a later stage’s concern or a decision you do not own.

Unfamiliar signal
A facilitator-supplied outcome signal with hidden intent.
The workbench
The full reference, with no prescribed subset.
A ratifier
Someone who has not seen your working.
Demonstrate

The complete path from signal to ratifiable spec

One worked pass, so the shape of the work is visible before you do it on your own.

  1. Diagnose what the signal does not decide.
  2. Write the hypothesis, then the criteria with their evaluation paths.
  3. Bound the scope and decompose.
  4. Submit for ratification and record the result.

What this turns onThe assessment measures whether a pod could take your spec and return what was intended.

Practice

Do the work

  1. Work alone from the unfamiliar signal.
  2. Produce the specification.
  3. Submit it cold for ratification.
  4. Compare it with the hidden intent after submission.
Output

You produce

Artifact

Independent specification record

  • Outcome hypothesis
  • Acceptance contract
  • Scope boundary
  • Decomposition
  • Ratification result
  • Bounded acceptance claim
Pressure-test

Challenge your own result

The signal looks clear and nothing seems ambiguous. What do you write?

Show how this resolves

Write the exclusions and the evaluation paths anyway. A signal that looks unambiguous usually has an unstated policy behind it, and the fastest way to find it is to try writing the criterion that would settle it.

Gate

Ready to continue when

Readiness gate
  • The spec was written without the stage worksheets.
  • It survived ratification, or its objections are owned.
  • The acceptance claim is bounded by evidence that could exist.

What transfersDiagnose, hypothesize, specify, bound, decompose and ratify without course prompts.

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