requirements-gathering
Systematically collect, document, and validate requirements from stakeholders. Ensure clarity, completeness, and agreement before development begins to reduce scope creep and rework.
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Works with every agent the skills CLI supports.
npx skills add https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill requirements-gathering- 01
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Run the command in your project. The CLI asks which agents to install for.
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Ask your agent for something this skill covers. It loads requirements-gathering automatically when relevant.
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Review the result
The agent follows the SKILL.md steps, scripts and references bundled with the skill.
SKILL.md
The instructions your agent reads when the skill is triggered.
Requirements Gathering
Table of Contents
Overview
Effective requirements gathering establishes a shared understanding of what will be built, preventing misalignment and expensive changes later in the project.
When to Use
- Project kickoff and planning
- Feature development initiation
- Product roadmap planning
- System modernization projects
- Customer discovery
- Stakeholder alignment sessions
- Writing user stories and acceptance criteria
Quick Start
Minimal working example:
# Identify and analyze stakeholders
class StakeholderDiscovery:
STAKEHOLDER_CATEGORIES = [
'End Users',
'Business Owners',
'Technical Leads',
'Operations/Support',
'Customers',
'Regulatory Bodies',
'Integration Partners'
]
def identify_stakeholders(self, project):
"""Map all stakeholder groups"""
return {
'primary': self.get_primary_stakeholders(project),
'secondary': self.get_secondary_stakeholders(project),
'tertiary': self.get_tertiary_stakeholders(project),
'total_to_engage': self.calculate_engagement_strategy(project)
}
def analyze_stakeholder_needs(self, stakeholder):
"""Understand what each stakeholder needs"""
return {
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)
Reference Guides
Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:
| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| Stakeholder Discovery | Stakeholder Discovery |
| Requirements Elicitation Techniques | Requirements Elicitation Techniques |
| Requirements Documentation | Requirements Documentation |
| Requirement Validation & Sign-Off | Requirement Validation & Sign-Off |
| Requirements Traceability Matrix | Requirements Traceability Matrix |
Best Practices
✅ DO
- Engage all key stakeholders early
- Document requirements in writing
- Use specific, measurable language
- Define acceptance criteria
- Prioritize using MoSCoW method
- Get stakeholder sign-off
- Create traceability matrix
- Review requirements regularly
- Distinguish must-haves from nice-to-haves
- Document assumptions and constraints
❌ DON'T
- Rely on memory or verbal agreements
- Create requirements without stakeholder input
- Use ambiguous language (quickly, easily, etc.)
- Skip non-functional requirements
- Ignore constraints and dependencies
- Over-document trivial details
- Rush through requirements phase
- Build without stakeholder agreement
- Make scope changes without process
- Forget about edge cases and error conditions
FAQ
What does the requirements-gathering skill do?
Systematically collect, document, and validate requirements from stakeholders. Ensure clarity, completeness, and agreement before development begins to reduce scope creep and rework.
How do I install requirements-gathering?
Run npx skills add https://github.com/aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts --skill requirements-gathering in your project. The skills CLI detects the agents you use and copies the skill into the right folder. For Claude Code you can also place the skill folder at ~/.claude/skills/requirements-gathering/ (personal) or .claude/skills/requirements-gathering/ (project).
Which AI agents can use requirements-gathering?
Any agent that supports the open Agent Skills format (a folder with a SKILL.md file), including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, Cline, OpenCode and more.
Is requirements-gathering safe to install?
No partner security audit is available yet. Skills can run commands and scripts, so read the SKILL.md and any bundled files before installing.
Who maintains requirements-gathering?
It is published by aj-geddes in aj-geddes/useful-ai-prompts. It has 655 recorded installs.
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