From messy docs to merged code, in one thread.

1. 01
   — Capture

   Messy inputs become structured specs

   Drop in PRDs, meeting transcripts, Slack threads, or rough notes. Spectrace extracts the intent, structures it into acceptance criteria, and asks the clarifying questions before a line of code is written.

   import · review

   Slack@maya · #checkout · today

   support says people abandon at the signup wall. can guests just pay?

   DocPRD-atlas-checkout · §2.1

   Guests get receipts; orders retrievable by email + order number.

   TranscriptStandup · 09:14:02

   …and the cart has to survive a card decline. agreed.

   Emailfinance@atlas · Mon

   Re: receipts. Within a minute of payment, or reconciliation breaks.

   spectrace · structured

   Approvedatlas-021

   Guest checkout with order lookup

   • Pay without an account
   • Receipt within a minute
   • Cart survives failed payment
   • Lookup by email + order number

   Finance: receipts within a minute, agreed.

2. 02
   — Implement

   Context for humans and agents

   The full spec lives in your IDE and in the agent doing the work. Hand it to Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex from the extension; on a paid plan, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex can also read it live over MCP. Tick criteria as you go; every push re-checks the PR against them.

   atlas-021 · in development3 of 4 done

   Guest checkout with order lookup

   As a shopper, I want to check out and find my order later without creating an account.

   Guest can pay without creating an account

   Receipt email lands within a minute of payment

   Cart survives a failed payment attempt

   Order lookup by email and order numbernot done yet

   Start with SpecAI →Cursor · Copilot · Claude Code · Codex
3. 03
   — Verify

   Proof at every merge

   Every PR checked against its requirement. Evidence and a verdict per criterion, posted back to GitHub or GitLab, so reviewers see what actually shipped against what was asked for.

   github.com/atlas · PR #218

   Spectrace verification3 OF 4PR #218

   atlas-021 · Guest checkout with order lookup

   Guest can pay without creating an account

   guest.ts:31-58

   Receipt email lands within a minute of payment

   receipts.ts:12-44

   Cart survives a failed payment attempt

   cart.ts:104-131

   Order lookup by email and order number

   not in this diff

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