What is specification clarity?

Specification clarity is a concept in personal epistemology: Vague delegation produces vague results. Specify the outcome, constraints, and success criteria before handing anything off.

Example: A manager tells a designer: 'Make the landing page better.' The designer spends two weeks adding animations, rewriting copy, and restructuring the layout. The manager wanted the form conversion rate to improve. The designer delivered aesthetic polish. Neither was wrong — the specification was. If the manager had said 'Increase the form completion rate from 12% to 20%, without changing the navigation structure, by next Friday,' the designer would have focused on form UX from day one. The vagueness didn't save time. It cost two weeks.

This concept is part of Phase 27 (Delegation Patterns) in the How to Think curriculum, which builds the epistemic infrastructure for delegation patterns.