Jira description preset

Acceptance Criteria (Given-When-Then)

Engineering-grade AC with Happy / Alternative / Error scenarios plus edge cases and out-of-scope.

Issue types:: Story, Epic
Tags:: engineering, agile, criteria, given-when-then

The full description body

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## Acceptance Criteria

### Scenario 1: Happy Path
**Given** {{actor}}
**When** {{action}}
**Then** {{outcome}}

### Scenario 2: Alternative Flow
**Given** [initial context/state]
**When** [action performed]
**Then** [expected outcome]

### Scenario 3: Error Handling
**Given** [initial context/state]
**When** [invalid action performed]
**Then** [error handling behavior]

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### Edge Cases
- [ ] [Edge case 1 handled]
- [ ] [Edge case 2 handled]

### Out of Scope
- [What this story does NOT include]

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