Phase 1: Success Criteria & Acceptance Metrics

Version: 1.0 Date: 2025-11-12 Phase: Phase 1 - Proof of Concept Sign-Off Required: Tech Lead, QA Lead, Security Engineer, CTO

Executive Summary

Phase 1 is considered COMPLETE when ALL criteria in this document are met. No partial completion - all acceptance criteria must pass.

Categories:

Functional: Do the components work?
Performance: Do they meet latency/throughput targets?
Quality: Are they well-tested and documented?
Security: Are they secure against known attacks?
Cost: Are we within budget and cost-efficient?
Operational: Can we deploy and monitor them?

Pass Threshold: 95% of criteria must pass (allowance for 5% non-critical items to be deferred to Phase 2)

Functional Criteria (FC)

FC-001: Reflex Layer Operational

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: Health check returns 200 OK Acceptance: ✅ GET /health returns {"status": "healthy", "redis": "connected"}

Verification Steps:

Start Reflex Layer: docker-compose up reflex-layer
Wait 10 seconds
Test: curl http://localhost:8001/health
Verify JSON response with status=healthy

Owner: Rust Engineer

FC-002: Reflex Layer Processes Requests

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: POST /api/v1/reflex/process returns valid response Acceptance: ✅ Request with text succeeds, returns detection results

Test Case:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8001/api/v1/reflex/process \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "text": "My SSN is 123-45-6789 and email is test@example.com",
    "check_pii": true,
    "check_injection": true
  }'

# Expected Response:
{
  "safe": false,
  "pii_detected": [
    {"type": "ssn", "value": "***-**-****", "confidence": 0.98}
  ],
  "injections": [],
  "cached": false,
  "latency_ms": 5.2
}

Owner: Rust Engineer

FC-003: Orchestrator Accepts Tasks

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: POST /api/v1/tasks returns task_id Acceptance: ✅ Task submitted successfully, task_id (UUID4) returned

Test Case:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "goal": "Echo hello world",
    "constraints": ["Complete in <30 seconds"],
    "context": {},
    "acceptance_criteria": ["Output contains 'hello world'"],
    "budget": {
      "max_tokens": 5000,
      "max_cost_usd": 0.10,
      "max_time_seconds": 60
    }
  }'

# Expected Response:
{
  "task_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "pending",
  "message": "Task accepted and queued for execution"
}

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

FC-004: Orchestrator Returns Task Status

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: GET /api/v1/tasks/{task_id} returns current status Acceptance: ✅ Status endpoint returns task state (pending/in_progress/completed/failed)

Test Case:

# After submitting task above
curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000

# Expected Response (if complete):
{
  "task_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "status": "completed",
  "goal": "Echo hello world",
  "result": {
    "output": "hello world",
    "metadata": {
      "steps_executed": 2,
      "total_duration_ms": 3420,
      "cost_usd": 0.002
    }
  },
  "created_at": "2025-11-12T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2025-11-12T10:00:04Z"
}

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

FC-005: Planner Generates Valid Plans

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: POST /api/v1/plan returns plan with 3-7 steps Acceptance: ✅ Plan has 3-7 steps, dependencies valid (DAG)

Test Case:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8002/api/v1/plan \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "goal": "List files in /tmp and count them",
    "constraints": ["Use only allowed commands"],
    "context": {}
  }'

# Expected Response:
{
  "plan": [
    {
      "step": 1,
      "action": "List files in /tmp directory",
      "required_arm": "executor",
      "acceptance_criteria": ["Output shows file list"],
      "depends_on": [],
      "estimated_cost_tier": 1,
      "estimated_duration_seconds": 5
    },
    {
      "step": 2,
      "action": "Count number of files",
      "required_arm": "executor",
      "acceptance_criteria": ["Output shows numeric count"],
      "depends_on": [1],
      "estimated_cost_tier": 1,
      "estimated_duration_seconds": 5
    }
  ],
  "rationale": "Two-step plan: list files, then count them",
  "confidence": 0.92,
  "total_estimated_duration": 10,
  "complexity_score": 0.2
}

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

FC-006: Executor Runs Allowed Commands

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: POST /api/v1/execute runs echo/ls/grep commands successfully Acceptance: ✅ Command executes in sandbox, returns output and provenance

Test Case:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8003/api/v1/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_type": "shell",
    "command": "echo",
    "args": ["Hello from Executor"],
    "timeout_seconds": 10
  }'

# Expected Response:
{
  "success": true,
  "output": "Hello from Executor\n",
  "error": null,
  "provenance": {
    "command_hash": "a1b2c3d4e5f6...",
    "timestamp": "2025-11-12T10:05:00Z",
    "executor_version": "1.0.0",
    "execution_duration_ms": 120,
    "exit_code": 0,
    "resource_usage": {
      "cpu_time_ms": 5,
      "max_memory_bytes": 1048576
    }
  }
}

Owner: Rust Engineer

FC-007: Executor Blocks Disallowed Commands

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: POST /api/v1/execute rejects rm, sudo, nc Acceptance: ✅ Returns HTTP 403 Forbidden with clear error message

Test Case:

curl -X POST http://localhost:8003/api/v1/execute \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_type": "shell",
    "command": "rm",
    "args": ["-rf", "/"],
    "timeout_seconds": 10
  }'

# Expected Response (403 Forbidden):
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Command 'rm' is not in the allowlist. Allowed commands: echo, cat, ls, grep, curl, wget, python3",
  "output": null,
  "provenance": null
}

Owner: Rust Engineer

FC-008: End-to-End Task Execution

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: Submit task to Orchestrator, receive result Acceptance: ✅ Task flows through Reflex → Orchestrator → Planner → Executor → Result

Test Case:

# Submit task
TASK_ID=$(curl -s -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "goal": "Echo the current date",
    "constraints": ["Complete in <30 seconds"],
    "context": {},
    "acceptance_criteria": ["Output contains date"],
    "budget": {"max_tokens": 5000, "max_cost_usd": 0.10, "max_time_seconds": 60}
  }' | jq -r '.task_id')

# Wait for completion
sleep 10

# Check status
curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks/$TASK_ID | jq '.status'
# Expected: "completed"

curl http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks/$TASK_ID | jq '.result.output'
# Expected: Contains current date (e.g., "Tue Nov 12 10:15:00 UTC 2025")

Owner: QA Engineer

Performance Criteria (PC)

PC-001: Reflex Layer Throughput

Priority: HIGH Measurement: k6 load test achieves >10,000 req/sec sustained Acceptance: ✅ 10k req/sec for 60 seconds without errors

Test Script (tests/performance/k6-reflex.js):

import http from 'k6/http';
import { check } from 'k6';

export let options = {
  vus: 100, // 100 virtual users
  duration: '60s',
};

export default function() {
  const payload = JSON.stringify({
    text: 'Test message',
    check_pii: true,
    check_injection: true
  });
  const res = http.post('http://localhost:8001/api/v1/reflex/process', payload, {
    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  });
  check(res, {
    'status is 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
    'latency < 10ms': (r) => r.timings.duration < 10,
  });
}

Expected Output:

scenarios: (100.00%) 1 scenario, 100 max VUs, 1m30s max duration
     data_received..................: 15 MB   250 kB/s
     data_sent......................: 12 MB   200 kB/s
     http_req_duration..............: avg=8.2ms  p(95)=9.8ms  p(99)=9.95ms
     http_reqs......................: 610000  10166/s
     vus............................: 100     min=100 max=100

Pass Criteria: http_reqs ≥ 10,000/s, p(95) latency < 10ms

Owner: Rust Engineer + QA Engineer

PC-002: Orchestrator Latency (P99)

Priority: HIGH Measurement: P99 latency <30s for 2-step tasks Acceptance: ✅ 99% of tasks complete in <30s

Test: Submit 100 simple 2-step tasks, measure completion time

Test Script:

import asyncio
import time
import httpx

async def submit_task(client, task_num):
    start = time.time()
    response = await client.post('http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks', json={
        'goal': f'Echo task {task_num}',
        'constraints': [],
        'context': {},
        'acceptance_criteria': [],
        'budget': {'max_tokens': 5000, 'max_cost_usd': 0.10, 'max_time_seconds': 60}
    })
    task_id = response.json()['task_id']

    # Poll for completion
    while True:
        status_response = await client.get(f'http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks/{task_id}')
        status = status_response.json()['status']
        if status in ['completed', 'failed']:
            return time.time() - start
        await asyncio.sleep(0.5)

async def main():
    async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
        tasks = [submit_task(client, i) for i in range(100)]
        durations = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
        durations.sort()
        p50 = durations[49]
        p95 = durations[94]
        p99 = durations[98]
        print(f'P50: {p50:.2f}s, P95: {p95:.2f}s, P99: {p99:.2f}s')
        assert p99 < 30.0, f"P99 latency {p99:.2f}s exceeds 30s target"

asyncio.run(main())

Pass Criteria: P50 <10s, P95 <25s, P99 <30s

Owner: QA Engineer

PC-003: Planner Success Rate

Priority: HIGH Measurement: 90%+ of 30 test tasks produce valid plans Acceptance: ✅ ≥27/30 test scenarios pass

Test Dataset: 30 diverse tasks in tests/planner/test_scenarios.json

10 simple (1-2 steps)
10 medium (3-5 steps)
10 complex (5-7 steps)

Test Script:

import pytest

@pytest.mark.parametrize('scenario', load_test_scenarios())
def test_planner_scenario(scenario):
    response = requests.post('http://localhost:8002/api/v1/plan', json=scenario)
    assert response.status_code == 200
    plan = response.json()
    assert 3 <= len(plan['plan']) <= 7
    assert validate_dependencies(plan['plan'])  # DAG check
    assert plan['confidence'] >= 0.5

Pass Criteria: ≥90% test pass rate (27/30)

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

Quality Criteria (QC)

QC-001: Unit Test Coverage (Python)

Priority: HIGH Measurement: pytest-cov shows >85% coverage Acceptance: ✅ All Python services have >85% line coverage

Test Command:

# Orchestrator
cd services/orchestrator
pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term --cov-report=html tests/

# Planner Arm
cd services/arms/planner
pytest --cov=app --cov-report=term --cov-report=html tests/

# Expected Output:
# Name                 Stmts   Miss  Cover
# ----------------------------------------
# app/__init__.py         10      0   100%
# app/main.py            150     15    90%
# app/models.py           80      5    94%
# app/services/*.py      200     20    90%
# ----------------------------------------
# TOTAL                  440     40    91%

Pass Criteria: TOTAL coverage ≥85% for each service

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior) + QA Engineer

QC-002: Unit Test Coverage (Rust)

Priority: HIGH Measurement: cargo tarpaulin shows >80% coverage Acceptance: ✅ All Rust services have >80% line coverage

Test Command:

# Reflex Layer
cd services/reflex-layer
cargo tarpaulin --out Xml --out Html --timeout 300

# Executor Arm
cd services/arms/executor
cargo tarpaulin --out Xml --out Html --timeout 300

# Expected Output:
# || Tested/Total Lines:
# || services/reflex-layer/src/main.rs: 45/50
# || services/reflex-layer/src/pii.rs: 120/140
# || services/reflex-layer/src/injection.rs: 80/95
# || services/reflex-layer/src/cache.rs: 60/70
# ||
# || 82.14% coverage, 305/355 lines covered

Pass Criteria: ≥80% line coverage for each service

Owner: Rust Engineer + QA Engineer

QC-003: All Health Checks Pass

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: docker-compose health checks show all services healthy Acceptance: ✅ 6/6 services show healthy state

Test Command:

docker-compose up -d
sleep 30  # Wait for startup
docker-compose ps

# Expected Output:
# NAME                   STATUS                    PORTS
# postgres               Up 30 seconds (healthy)   5432/tcp
# redis                  Up 30 seconds (healthy)   6379/tcp
# reflex-layer           Up 30 seconds (healthy)   8001/tcp
# orchestrator           Up 30 seconds (healthy)   8000/tcp
# planner-arm            Up 30 seconds (healthy)   8002/tcp
# executor-arm           Up 30 seconds (healthy)   8003/tcp

Pass Criteria: All 6 services show "(healthy)" status

Owner: DevOps Engineer

QC-004: Documentation Complete

Priority: MEDIUM Measurement: All README files exist and are >200 lines Acceptance: ✅ Each service has comprehensive README

Checklist:

services/reflex-layer/README.md (setup, config, examples)
services/orchestrator/README.md (architecture, API, troubleshooting)
services/arms/planner/README.md (system prompt, testing)
services/arms/executor/README.md (security model, allowlist)
infrastructure/docker-compose/README.md (quickstart, env vars)
docs/guides/quickstart.md (15-minute getting started)

Owner: All engineers (each responsible for their service)

Security Criteria (SC)

SC-001: No Container Escapes

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: Penetration test attempts to escape fail Acceptance: ✅ 0/10 escape attempts succeed

Penetration Test Suite (tests/security/container-escape-tests.sh):

#!/bin/bash
# Test 1: Mount host filesystem
attempt_escape "mount -t proc proc /proc"

# Test 2: Access Docker socket
attempt_escape "curl --unix-socket /var/run/docker.sock http://localhost/containers/json"

# Test 3: Privilege escalation
attempt_escape "sudo su"

# Test 4: Network access to unauthorized host
attempt_escape "curl http://internal-admin.example.com"

# Test 5-10: Additional escape vectors...

# Expected: All return 403 Forbidden or command rejected

Pass Criteria: 10/10 tests fail gracefully (no escapes)

Owner: Security Engineer

SC-002: No SQL Injection

Priority: HIGH Measurement: SQL injection tests fail Acceptance: ✅ Parameterized queries used, no injection possible

Test Case:

# Attempt SQL injection in task goal
curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/api/v1/tasks \
  -H "Content-Type": application/json" \
  -d '{
    "goal": "Echo'; DROP TABLE tasks; --",
    ...
  }'

# Expected: Task accepted, goal sanitized, no database impact
# Verify: Database 'tasks' table still exists

Pass Criteria: Database unaffected, task goal escaped

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

SC-003: Seccomp Profile Active

Priority: HIGH Measurement: Executor container has seccomp profile applied Acceptance: ✅ Restricted syscalls blocked

Test Command:

# Inspect executor container
docker inspect executor-arm | jq '.[0].HostConfig.SecurityOpt'

# Expected:
# [
#   "seccomp=/path/to/octollm-seccomp.json"
# ]

# Test syscall blocking
docker exec executor-arm syscall-test
# Expected: Blocked syscalls (socket, mount, etc.) fail with EPERM

Pass Criteria: Seccomp profile active, dangerous syscalls blocked

Owner: Security Engineer

Cost Criteria (CC)

CC-001: LLM API Costs <$100

Priority: MEDIUM Measurement: Track token usage, calculate cost Acceptance: ✅ Phase 1 total LLM cost <$100

Tracking:

# Prometheus metric
llm_tokens_used_total{model="gpt-3.5-turbo",service="planner"}

# Cost calculation
gpt_35_input_tokens * $0.0015 / 1000 + gpt_35_output_tokens * $0.002 / 1000
gpt_4_input_tokens * $0.03 / 1000 + gpt_4_output_tokens * $0.06 / 1000

Target:

GPT-3.5: 1.5M tokens × $0.002/1k = $3
GPT-4: 1M tokens × $0.04/1k = $40
Claude: 300k tokens × $0.015/1k = $4.50
Total: ~$47.50 (well under $100)

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

CC-002: Cost per Task <50% of Direct GPT-4

Priority: HIGH Measurement: Average cost per task vs baseline Acceptance: ✅ OctoLLM <50% cost of direct GPT-4 call

Calculation:

Direct GPT-4:
  - 2k input tokens × $0.03/1k = $0.06
  - 500 output tokens × $0.06/1k = $0.03
  - Total: $0.09 per task

OctoLLM (with GPT-3.5 planner + caching):
  - Planner: 1.5k tokens × $0.002/1k = $0.003
  - Executor: 0 LLM tokens (shell command)
  - Cache hit (40%): $0.00
  - Average: ~$0.025 per task

Savings: 72% reduction vs direct GPT-4

Pass Criteria: Average cost <$0.045 per task (50% of $0.09)

Owner: Python Engineer (Senior)

Operational Criteria (OC)

OC-001: Docker Compose Starts Cleanly

Priority: CRITICAL Measurement: docker-compose up succeeds without errors Acceptance: ✅ All 6 services start in <60 seconds

Test Command:

cd infrastructure/docker-compose
docker-compose down -v  # Clean slate
time docker-compose up -d

# Expected:
# Creating network "octollm_default" ... done
# Creating volume "octollm_postgres_data" ... done
# Creating volume "octollm_redis_data" ... done
# Creating octollm_postgres_1 ... done
# Creating octollm_redis_1 ... done
# Creating octollm_reflex-layer_1 ... done
# Creating octollm_orchestrator_1 ... done
# Creating octollm_planner-arm_1 ... done
# Creating octollm_executor-arm_1 ... done
#
# real    0m45.321s

Pass Criteria: All services start in <60s, no errors

Owner: DevOps Engineer

OC-002: Metrics Exposed

Priority: MEDIUM Measurement: All services expose /metrics endpoint Acceptance: ✅ Prometheus can scrape all 4 components

Test Command:

curl http://localhost:8001/metrics | grep -c "^# HELP"  # Reflex
curl http://localhost:8000/metrics | grep -c "^# HELP"  # Orchestrator
curl http://localhost:8002/metrics | grep -c "^# HELP"  # Planner
curl http://localhost:8003/metrics | grep -c "^# HELP"  # Executor

# Expected: Each returns >10 metric definitions

Pass Criteria: All endpoints return Prometheus-formatted metrics

Owner: All engineers (each service)

OC-003: Demo Video Published

Priority: LOW Measurement: 5-minute demo video uploaded Acceptance: ✅ Video accessible, shows successful task execution

Content Checklist:

(0:00-0:30) Architecture overview (diagram)
(0:30-1:00) docker-compose up demo
(1:00-3:30) Submit 3 tasks (simple, medium, complex)
(3:30-4:30) Show Grafana dashboard, logs
(4:30-5:00) Phase 2 preview

Platform: YouTube (unlisted link) or Vimeo (password-protected)

Owner: DevOps Engineer

Final Sign-Off Checklist

Before declaring Phase 1 COMPLETE, verify:

Sprint Completion

Sprint 1.1: Reflex Layer complete (26/26 subtasks)
Sprint 1.2: Orchestrator MVP complete (32/32 subtasks)
Sprint 1.3: Planner Arm complete (18/18 subtasks)
Sprint 1.4: Executor Arm complete (28/28 subtasks)
Sprint 1.5: Integration complete (15/15 subtasks)

Criteria Summary

Functional Criteria: 8/8 passing (100%)
Performance Criteria: 3/3 passing (100%)
Quality Criteria: 4/4 passing (100%)
Security Criteria: 3/3 passing (100%)
Cost Criteria: 2/2 passing (100%)
Operational Criteria: 3/3 passing (100%)

Total: 23/23 criteria passing (100%)

Stakeholder Sign-Off

Tech Lead: Confirms all technical criteria met
QA Lead: Confirms all test criteria met
Security Engineer: Confirms all security criteria met
CTO: Approves Phase 1 completion, authorizes Phase 2 start

Documentation

All README files complete
CHANGELOG.md updated with Phase 1 release notes
Phase 1 retrospective held
Phase 2 planning meeting scheduled

Phase 1 Success Declaration

Date: [To be filled] Declared By: [Tech Lead Name] Verified By: [QA Lead Name], [Security Engineer Name] Approved By: [CTO Name]

Phase 1 of OctoLLM is hereby declared COMPLETE and SUCCESSFUL. All acceptance criteria have been met or exceeded. The system is ready for Phase 2 development.

Key Achievements:

4 production-ready components (Reflex, Orchestrator, Planner, Executor)
119 subtasks completed across 5 sprints
340 hours of engineering effort
<$100 LLM API costs
0 critical security vulnerabilities
90% test coverage
Docker Compose deployment operational
Demo video published

Phase 2 Authorization: APPROVED, start date [To be filled]

Document Version: 1.0 Last Updated: 2025-11-12 Next Review: Phase 1 Final Review Meeting Owner: Tech Lead Sign-Off Required: Tech Lead, QA Lead, Security Engineer, CTO

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