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Returns Flow — E-commerce App
● Ready to buildScore: 95
Goal

Reduce return processing from 5 days to same-day for eligible orders

User Stories 4

As a customer, I can initiate a return from order history...

As a warehouse operator, I can process returns with barcode scan...

Edge Cases 5

Return after 30-day window

Item was a gift purchase

Partial refund on bundled items

Failure States 3

Payment timeout → retry 3x with backoff, then queue

Inventory sync failure → alert ops, hold refund

DescribeClarifyReview
Understood goal

Add a returns flow to the e-commerce app

e-commerce·workflow

Do gift recipients get the refund, or the original purchaser?

This determines the refund routing logic and notification flow

Original purchaser gets the refund

Should customers be able to return individual items from a bundle?

Partial returns on bundles require inventory reconciliation

Yes, with prorated refund amount

The process

Not generic questions. Domain-specific ones that prevent rework.

ClearSpec asks the questions a senior PM would ask — about gift returns, bundle pricing, fraud edge cases — not "who is the user?" Short answers are fine. The AI infers the rest.

For existing specs

Paste any PRD. Find what's missing before engineering starts.

Gap analysis catches missing failure states, security blind spots, and ambiguous acceptance criteria. Each gap comes with a specific, implementable suggestion — not just "this is vague."

7 gaps found
2 critical3 important2 nice to have
criticalNo rate limiting on return API

Add rate limiting: max 5 returns per user per hour with exponential backoff

criticalMissing fraud detection

Flag accounts with >3 returns in 30 days for manual review

importantNo accessibility for return form

Add ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, and screen reader announcements

Why this matters

AI made it fast to build the wrong thing.

19%

slower. Experienced developers using AI were measurably slower — despite believing they were 20% faster.

91%

longer review times. PR volume doubled, but verification became the bottleneck.

30–50%

of engineering time spent clarifying requirements. 15–30% rework from ambiguous specs.

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Head of Engineering, 300+ enterprise

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