# Proposal: <Concise Title>

Status: draft
Authors: <names/handles>
Owners: <approvers/maintainers>
Created: <yyyy-mm-dd>
Scope: spec|infra|policy|process
Related: <links to issues/PRs/specs>

Summary
- One paragraph that states the problem, the audience, and the outcome.

Motivation
- Why this matters to our community (especially those with chronic/terminal illness). Link data or feedback.

Goals / Non‑Goals
- Goals: …
- Non‑Goals: …

User Stories
- As a <role>, I want … so that …

Requirements
- Functional: …
- Accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA+ requirements …
- Privacy & Compliance: PHI/PII boundaries, HIPAA/GDPR notes …
- Performance/SLOs: …

Architecture & Design
- System overview and component boundaries
- Data model updates (ERD snippet or tables)
- API design (OpenAPI excerpt or endpoints)
- Feature flags / configuration

Security & Threat Model
- Trust boundaries, principal actions, abuse cases, mitigations

Observability & Telemetry
- Logs/metrics/traces; PII/PHI handling policy

Migration / Rollout Plan
- Data migration steps, backfills, dry‑run plan
- Rollout stages, monitoring, rollback

Test Plan
- Unit, integration, E2E, accessibility checks

Risks & Mitigations
- …

Alternatives Considered
- … and why not chosen

Work Breakdown
- Milestones and tasks with owners

Acceptance Criteria
- Checkable criteria that define done

Open Questions
- …

Slash Commands
- `/review areas=accessibility,compliance,security,mobile,web,backend`
- `/apply spec=openspec/specs/<target-file>.md` once approved
- `/archive link=<PR>` after merge