1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/internal/api/elaborate_test.go b/internal/api/elaborate_test.go
index 32cec3c..34269e9 100644
--- a/internal/api/elaborate_test.go
+++ b/internal/api/elaborate_test.go
@@ -477,6 +477,50 @@ func TestElaborateTask_NoRawNarrativeWithoutExplicitProjectDir(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestElaboratedStoryValidation_AcceptanceCriteriaSchema(t *testing.T) {
+	raw := `{
+		"type": "test",
+		"acceptance_criteria": [
+			{"name": "API returns 200", "verification": "curl /health returns 200", "test_ref": "TestHealthCheck"},
+			{"name": "DB migrates cleanly", "verification": "migration runs without error"}
+		],
+		"success_criteria": "all checks pass"
+	}`
+
+	var v elaboratedStoryValidation
+	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(raw), &v); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unmarshal failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(v.AcceptanceCriteria) != 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 2 acceptance_criteria, got %d", len(v.AcceptanceCriteria))
+	}
+
+	ac0 := v.AcceptanceCriteria[0]
+	if ac0.Name != "API returns 200" {
+		t.Errorf("ac[0].name: want %q, got %q", "API returns 200", ac0.Name)
+	}
+	if ac0.Verification != "curl /health returns 200" {
+		t.Errorf("ac[0].verification: want %q, got %q", "curl /health returns 200", ac0.Verification)
+	}
+	if ac0.TestRef != "TestHealthCheck" {
+		t.Errorf("ac[0].test_ref: want %q, got %q", "TestHealthCheck", ac0.TestRef)
+	}
+
+	ac1 := v.AcceptanceCriteria[1]
+	if ac1.Name != "DB migrates cleanly" {
+		t.Errorf("ac[1].name: want %q, got %q", "DB migrates cleanly", ac1.Name)
+	}
+	// test_ref omitted — backward compat: must be empty string, not an error
+	if ac1.TestRef != "" {
+		t.Errorf("ac[1].test_ref: want empty (omitempty), got %q", ac1.TestRef)
+	}
+
+	if v.SuccessCriteria != "all checks pass" {
+		t.Errorf("success_criteria: want %q, got %q", "all checks pass", v.SuccessCriteria)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestElaborateTask_AppendsRawNarrative(t *testing.T) {
 	srv, _ := testServer(t)