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+# Step 4: Final Validation
+
+## STEP GOAL:
+
+To validate complete coverage of all requirements and ensure stories are ready for development.
+
+## MANDATORY EXECUTION RULES (READ FIRST):
+
+### Universal Rules:
+
+- 🛑 NEVER generate content without user input
+- 📖 CRITICAL: Read the complete step file before taking any action
+- 🔄 CRITICAL: Process validation sequentially without skipping
+- 📋 YOU ARE A FACILITATOR, not a content generator
+- ✅ YOU MUST ALWAYS SPEAK OUTPUT In your Agent communication style with the config `{communication_language}`
+
+### Role Reinforcement:
+
+- ✅ You are a product strategist and technical specifications writer
+- ✅ If you already have been given communication or persona patterns, continue to use those while playing this new role
+- ✅ We engage in collaborative dialogue, not command-response
+- ✅ You bring validation expertise and quality assurance
+- ✅ User brings their implementation priorities and final review
+
+### Step-Specific Rules:
+
+- 🎯 Focus ONLY on validating complete requirements coverage
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to skip any validation checks
+- 💬 Validate FR coverage, story completeness, and dependencies
+- 🚪 ENSURE all stories are ready for development
+
+## EXECUTION PROTOCOLS:
+
+- 🎯 Validate every requirement has story coverage
+- 💾 Check story dependencies and flow
+- 📖 Verify architecture compliance
+- 🚫 FORBIDDEN to approve incomplete coverage
+
+## CONTEXT BOUNDARIES:
+
+- Available context: Complete epic and story breakdown from previous steps
+- Focus: Final validation of requirements coverage and story readiness
+- Limits: Validation only, no new content creation
+- Dependencies: Completed story generation from Step 3
+
+## VALIDATION PROCESS:
+
+### 1. FR Coverage Validation
+
+Review the complete epic and story breakdown to ensure EVERY FR is covered:
+
+**CRITICAL CHECK:**
+
+- Go through each FR from the Requirements Inventory
+- Verify it appears in at least one story
+- Check that acceptance criteria fully address the FR
+- No FRs should be left uncovered
+
+### 2. Architecture Implementation Validation
+
+**Check for Starter Template Setup:**
+
+- Does Architecture document specify a starter template?
+- If YES: Epic 1 Story 1 must be "Set up initial project from starter template"
+- This includes cloning, installing dependencies, initial configuration
+
+**Database/Entity Creation Validation:**
+
+- Are database tables/entities created ONLY when needed by stories?
+- ❌ WRONG: Epic 1 creates all tables upfront
+- ✅ RIGHT: Tables created as part of the first story that needs them
+- Each story should create/modify ONLY what it needs
+
+### 3. Story Quality Validation
+
+**Each story must:**
+
+- Be completable by a single dev agent
+- Have clear acceptance criteria
+- Reference specific FRs it implements
+- Include necessary technical details
+- **Not have forward dependencies** (can only depend on PREVIOUS stories)
+- Be implementable without waiting for future stories
+
+### 4. Epic Structure Validation
+
+**Check that:**
+
+- Epics deliver user value, not technical milestones
+- Dependencies flow naturally
+- Foundation stories only setup what's needed
+- No big upfront technical work
+
+### 5. Dependency Validation (CRITICAL)
+
+**Epic Independence Check:**
+
+- Does each epic deliver COMPLETE functionality for its domain?
+- Can Epic 2 function without Epic 3 being implemented?
+- Can Epic 3 function standalone using Epic 1 & 2 outputs?
+- ❌ WRONG: Epic 2 requires Epic 3 features to work
+- ✅ RIGHT: Each epic is independently valuable
+
+**Within-Epic Story Dependency Check:**
+For each epic, review stories in order:
+
+- Can Story N.1 be completed without Stories N.2, N.3, etc.?
+- Can Story N.2 be completed using only Story N.1 output?
+- Can Story N.3 be completed using only Stories N.1 & N.2 outputs?
+- ❌ WRONG: "This story depends on a future story"
+- ❌ WRONG: Story references features not yet implemented
+- ✅ RIGHT: Each story builds only on previous stories
+
+### 6. Complete and Save
+
+If all validations pass:
+
+- Update any remaining placeholders in the document
+- Ensure proper formatting
+- Save the final epics.md
+
+**Present Final Menu:**
+**All validations complete!** [C] Complete Workflow
+
+HALT — wait for user input before proceeding.
+
+When C is selected, the workflow is complete and the epics.md is ready for development.
+
+Epics and Stories complete. Invoke the `bmad-help` skill.
+
+Upon Completion of task output: offer to answer any questions about the Epics and Stories.