Acceptance Criteria: When the Agent Knows It's Done
Without clear acceptance criteria, the agent doesn't know when to stop. The result is gold-plating or incomplete delivery - the same problems humans have, amplified.
Without clear acceptance criteria, the agent doesn't know when to stop. The result is gold-plating or incomplete delivery - the same problems humans have, amplified.
Without explicit contracts, each agent invents its own interface. The result? Systems that work alone but break together.
The most underrated section of any RFC is 'out of scope'. For AI agents, it's the difference between a useful result and three hours of rework.
Every section of an RFC has an exact mirror in the world of prompts. Once you see the mapping, writing prompts becomes second nature.
Every RFC that works has six essential pieces. If you know how to assemble them for humans, you already know how to assemble them for AI agents.