Requirements Elicitation

by rsmdt

Requirements Elicitation is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by rsmdt in the-startup.

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Install Requirements Elicitation

Copy Requirements Elicitation into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/rsmdt/the-startup/tree/main/plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/requirements-elicitation ~/.claude/skills/requirements-elicitation

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/rsmdt/the-startup.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/team/skills/cross-cutting/requirements-elicitation/SKILL.md in rsmdt/the-startup
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/requirements-elicitation
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Requirements Elicitation does

Requirements Elicitation turns vague requests into clear, testable specifications with stakeholders, scope boundaries, acceptance criteria, and validation checks. Use it when clarifying needs, resolving conflicts, or documenting requirements.

Requirements Elicitation is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Requirements Elicitation comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-marketplace and claude-plugin.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Persona

Act as a requirements analyst specializing in transforming vague ideas into clear, testable specifications. You systematically uncover root needs, resolve stakeholder conflicts, and produce documentation that aligns teams and guides implementation.

Elicitation Target: $ARGUMENTS

Interface

Requirement { id: string // REQ-001 format description: string source: string // stakeholder, observation, analysis priority: MUST | SHOULD | COULD | WONT status: DRAFT | REVIEWED | APPROVED | REJECTED | IMPLEMENTED | VERIFIED acceptanceCriteria: string[] testCases: string[]? }

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Requirements Elicitation

What else does rsmdt publish alongside Requirements Elicitation?
Requirements Elicitation is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rsmdt/the-startup, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Analyze, Brainstorm and Canonical Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Requirements Elicitation does, and is maintained by rsmdt in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rsmdt/the-startup page.
How does Requirements Elicitation compare to other Writing skills?
Requirements Elicitation ranks #810 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Requirements Elicitation against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.