Claude-Code-Game-Studios/CCGS Skill Testing Framework/skills/analysis/scope-check.md

Skill Test Spec: /scope-check

Skill Summary

/scope-check is a Haiku-tier read-only skill that compares a feature's, sprint's or milestone's original planned scope against what has actually been implemented. It takes the whole argument string — a feature name (which may be several words), a sprint number, or a milestone name — and locates the baseline at design/gdd/[feature].md (or a matching file in design/), production/sprints/sprint-NNN.md, or production/milestones/[name].md. If the baseline is absent it reports the missing file and stops. It then reads the current state (related source files, git log, TODO/FIXME comments, the active sprint plan) and produces a comparison report: Original Scope, Current Scope, Scope Additions, Scope Removals, a Bloat Score, a Risk Assessment and Cut / Defer / Keep / Flag recommendations. The verdict follows the net scope change: ≤10% PASS, >10–25% CONCERNS, >25% FAIL. When the percentage would be meaningless — a baseline that enumerates no items, or a current state that cannot be read — the verdict is NOT ASSESSED and the numeric block is replaced. No files are written and no director gates are invoked.

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Static Assertions (Structural)

Checked against the SKILL.md by /skill-test spec — no fixture needed.

• Has required frontmatter fields: name, description, argument-hint, user-invocable, allowed-tools
• Has ≥2 phase headings
• Contains verdict keywords: PASS, CONCERNS, NOT ASSESSED, FAIL
• Does NOT require "May I write" language (the skill states it is read-only and allowed-tools has no Write/Edit)
• Has a next-step handoff (Phase 5: follow-up per verdict)

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Director Gate Checks

None. Scope check is a read-only advisory skill; no gates are invoked.

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Test Cases

Case 1: Happy Path — Multi-word feature on track

Fixture:

• design/gdd/inventory-crafting-system.md enumerates 20 scope items
• src/gameplay/inventory/ and src/gameplay/crafting/ implement all 20, plus one addition (item sorting) found in a recent commit
• No items were dropped

Input: /scope-check inventory crafting system

Expected behavior:

1. Skill uses the whole argument, "inventory crafting system", to locate the baseline — not only "inventory"
2. Skill reads design/gdd/inventory-crafting-system.md as the baseline (Phase 1)
3. Skill reads the current state: related source files, git log --oneline for the work, TODO/FIXME comments (Phase 2)
4. Report lists Original Scope and Current Scope; the Scope Additions table names item sorting with its source, date, justification and effort
5. Bloat Score: 20 original, 21 current, 1 added (+5%), 0 removed
6. Verdict: PASS — On Track
7. Phase 5: no action required; suggests re-running before the next milestone; ends with "Run /scope-check [name] again after cuts are made to verify the verdict improves."

Assertions:

• The baseline is located from the full multi-word argument, not its first word
• The addition is named in the Scope Additions table with source, when, justified and effort columns
• Bloat Score shows original, current, added and removed counts and the net percentage
• Verdict is PASS for a net change ≤10%
• No files are written

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Case 2: Significant Creep — Sprint gained unplanned items

Fixture:

• production/sprints/sprint-003.md lists 8 planned stories
• Commits since the sprint start add an online leaderboard, an achievement system and a photo mode, none of which appear in the sprint plan
• No planned stories were dropped

Input: /scope-check sprint-3

Expected behavior:

1. Skill reads production/sprints/sprint-003.md as the baseline
2. Skill finds the three additions from git log and the source tree
3. Scope Additions table names all three; Bloat Score shows 8 original, 11 current, +37.5%
4. Recommendations sort items into Cut / Defer / Keep / Flag
5. Verdict: FAIL — Significant Creep
6. Phase 5: recommends escalating to the producer and references /sprint-plan update for re-planning or /estimate to re-baseline

Assertions:

• Each unplanned addition is named explicitly in the Scope Additions table
• Verdict is FAIL for a net change between 25% and 50%
• Output recommends escalating to the producer and references /sprint-plan update or /estimate
• Skill does not edit the sprint plan or remove stories — findings are advisory

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Case 3: Baseline Missing — Report the missing file and stop

Fixture:

• No design/gdd/crafting.md and no file in design/ matches "crafting"
• src/gameplay/crafting/ contains implemented code

Input: /scope-check crafting

Expected behavior:

1. Phase 1 looks for design/gdd/crafting.md and a matching file in design/; none exists
2. Skill reports which baseline file was missing and stops
3. No comparison report, Bloat Score or percentage is produced

Assertions:

• Output names the baseline file it looked for and did not find
• Skill stops at Phase 1 — no Phase 3 comparison report is rendered
• No percentage and no PASS verdict are produced without a baseline
• No files are written

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Case 4: Empty Baseline — NOT ASSESSED, not 0%

Fixture:

• design/gdd/dialogue.md exists but contains only section headings and [TO BE CONFIGURED] placeholders — no scope items
• src/narrative/dialogue/ contains implemented code

Input: /scope-check dialogue

Expected behavior:

1. Phase 1 finds the baseline document, so it does not stop there
2. Phase 4 detects that the baseline enumerates no scope items
3. The Bloat Score block is replaced with Baseline unusable — see verdict and the reason; no Original items: 0 or Net scope change: 0% is rendered
4. Verdict: NOT ASSESSED, stating that the baseline side could not be read and why
5. Phase 5: says the baseline document needs populating; does not offer a re-run against the same inputs

Assertions:

• Verdict is NOT ASSESSED, never PASS, when the baseline has no items
• No computed percentage appears anywhere in the report
• Output says which side was unusable and what would fix it (populate the baseline document)
• Skill does not offer a re-run against the same inputs

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Case 4b: Unreadable Current State — NOT ASSESSED, not −100%

Fixture:

• production/sprints/sprint-004.md lists 6 planned stories
• No source files relate to those stories, git log shows no commits since the sprint start, and nothing is marked in progress

Input: /scope-check sprint-4

Expected behavior:

1. Phase 1 reads production/sprints/sprint-004.md as the baseline — 6 items
2. Phase 2 finds nothing to read for the current state
3. Phase 4 emits NOT ASSESSED instead of computing a change: 0 current items would compute −100%, which the ≤10% row would read as PASS
4. The Bloat Score block is replaced with Current state unusable — see verdict; no Current items: 0 or percentage is rendered
5. The verdict says the current-state side could not be read and why, and Phase 5 says what would fix it (point the skill at where the work lives) without offering a re-run on the same inputs

Assertions:

• Verdict is NOT ASSESSED, never PASS
• No −100% (or any percentage) appears in the report
• Output names the current state as the side that could not be read
• Skill does not offer a re-run against the same inputs

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Case 5: Minor Creep in Full Review Mode — CONCERNS, no gates

Fixture:

• project.yaml has modes.review_mode: full
• production/milestones/alpha.md enumerates 10 scope items
• Current state has all 10 plus two additions (a settings menu rework and an extra enemy type)

Input: /scope-check alpha

Expected behavior:

1. Skill reads production/milestones/alpha.md as the baseline
2. Bloat Score: 10 original, 12 current, +20%
3. Verdict: CONCERNS — Minor Creep
4. No director gate is invoked regardless of review mode
5. Phase 5: offers to identify the 2–3 additions with the best cut ratio and references /sprint-plan update
6. Skill ends without writing any files

Assertions:

• Verdict is CONCERNS for a net change between 10% and 25%
• No director gate is invoked in any review mode
• Output offers to identify the additions with the best cut ratio and references /sprint-plan update
• No files are written

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Protocol Compliance

• Locates the baseline document (design/gdd/, production/sprints/, production/milestones/) before any comparison, and stops if it is absent
• Reads the current state from source files, git log, TODO/FIXME comments and the active sprint plan
• Verdict follows the net-change table: ≤10% PASS, >10–25% CONCERNS, >25% FAIL
• Emits NOT ASSESSED instead of a percentage when the baseline has no items or the current state cannot be read
• Does not write any files
• No director gates are invoked
• Declares model: haiku (when a declared tier is used: .claude/docs/model-tiers.md)

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Coverage Notes

• The >50% "Out of Control" band shares the FAIL verdict with Case 2 and is not tested separately.