Running SLCR as a service, AI Agents

SLCR Agency Implementation, Agent-Ready Requirement Specs

Learn how to write machine-readable software requirements that coding agents can parse, slice, and validate without hallucination. This course teaches agencies to structure specs in JSON/TOML/YAML, map acceptance criteria to validators, and run slcr check in CI pipelines to verify agent-generated code meets the original spec.

Open the decision record for SLCR

What does running SLCR for clients commit you to?

Published figures for this service. Blank fields are not published.

Monthly tool cost
SLCR is published as open-source; no paid tier or setup fee is listed in the available pricing data. Agency investment is primarily engineering time to author structured requirements and map validators, that labor cost must be supplied by the agency.
Time to first value
Publishing timeline of days is indicated by time_to_value, but no exact engineering hours are published
Payback
Not modeled, requires client price, labor cost, CI/usage overhead, and expected volume, none of which are in the supplied data
Guided implementation
8 hours

Is SLCR worth running as a client service?

The evidence supports SLCR as a credible managed-service foundation for agencies handing long-lived codebases to coding agents, with sliceable, checkable requirements verified through existing validators. What remains unproven is agency revenue economics: no client pricing, labor cost, or retention outcome is evidenced.

An agency-fit judgement for reselling this service. It is separate from the tool description on the decision record.

Before you start

What has to be in place before the first client engagement.

Tools and subscriptions

  • SLCR Rust CLI (open-source reference implementation)
  • Agent skill installed via `npx skills add wack/slcr`
  • ast-grep or existing linters for validator mappings
  • GitHub for CI-connected `slcr check` runs
  • Repository access to the client codebase under management

People and inputs

  • Engineer capable of authoring requirements with modality and acceptance criteria
  • Someone to wire validator declarations to tests, linters, browser tests, or agent checks
  • Defined slice boundaries so each agent task gets only its relevant requirements
  • CI configuration access for running `slcr check` on every change

Included with the course

7 working documents for delivering this service.

  • SLCR Spec Template for Client Handofftemplate
  • Acceptance Criteria to Validator Mapping Worksheetworksheet
  • Agent Requirement Slicing Checklistchecklist
  • CI Pipeline Setup Guide for slcr checkguide
  • Requirement Linking Logic (AND/OR/XOR) Decision Treeworksheet
  • Agent Skill Installation and Configuration SOPsop
  • Client Deliverable: Spec Validation Report Templatetemplate

Listed by name. These documents are not yet published as individual downloads.