Enhanced SIP Template with Improved Structure and Fixed YAML by gregsantos · Pull Request #8 · storyprotocol/SIPs

gregsantos · 2025-06-27T19:00:35Z

Summary

This PR enhances the Story Improvement Proposal (SIP) template to provide better guidance for proposal authors while maintaining usability. The changes include structural improvements, new required sections for comprehensive proposals, optional sections for flexibility, and fixes to the YAML front matter.

Key Changes

🔧 Fixed YAML Front Matter

Fixed parsing errors in the metadata section that prevented proper document processing
Improved structure with proper YAML formatting and data types
Added new metadata fields for better proposal tracking and organization

📋 Enhanced Required Sections

Abstract: New concise technical summary section
Specification: More detailed technical design requirements with RFC 2119 compliance
Security Considerations: Mandatory security analysis (critical for decentralized networks)
Performance Implications: Structured performance analysis framework
Implementation Plan: Phased development and deployment strategy
Community Consensus: Formal tracking of stakeholder feedback and governance

🔄 New Optional Sections

New Terminology (optional): For proposals introducing new concepts
Reference Implementation (optional): Pseudocode and implementation sketches
Economic Impact (optional if not applicable): Token economics and incentive analysis
Migration Guide (optional - required only for breaking changes): Step-by-step transition plans
Related Work (optional): Prior art and future work considerations
Appendices (optional): Additional reference materials

🏗️ Improved Structure

Better organized impact analysis with separate user, developer, network, and economic considerations
Enhanced compatibility section covering backward, forward, and ecosystem integration
Comprehensive dependency tracking for technical and process dependencies
Structured alternatives analysis with clear pros/cons evaluation

Benefits

Reduces proposal quality issues by providing clear guidance on required content
Improves consistency across all SIPs with standardized sections
Maintains flexibility with optional sections for different proposal types
Enhances governance process with better community consensus tracking
Fixes technical issues that prevented proper document parsing

Note: The enhanced template draws inspiration from successful improvement proposal processes in other decentralized networks while being tailored specifically for Story Protocol. New proposals should use the enhanced template for better consistency and completeness.

Add New Required and Optional Sections with details and examples. Fix YAML heading.

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:48:56Z

XXXXX-template.md

 sponsors: First Sponsor's Name (expert@example.org)
-created: (fill me in with today's date, YYYY-MM-DD)
-type: Standard/Ecosystem/Meta
+created: 2025-06-27


Why fill the date if this is not an SIP, but an improvement of the template?

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:50:01Z

XXXXX-template.md

-created: (fill me in with today's date, YYYY-MM-DD)
-type: Standard/Ecosystem/Meta
+created: 2025-06-27
+type: Standard


If this is still a template, it should have the 3 options.
If you want this proposal to be a Meta IP, then copy the template and modify that file, not the template directly

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:51:55Z

XXXXX-template.md

+- What new APIs or tools are needed?
+- How will this impact existing development workflows?
+
+### Network Impact


This one is also optional if not applicable?

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:52:42Z

XXXXX-template.md

+
+## Performance Implications (optional)
+
+### Computational Impact


How is this different from Performance Implication

XXXXX-template.md

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:57:32Z

XXXXX-template.md

+2. Phase 2: Integration and testing
+3. Phase 3: Deployment and migration
+
+### Testing Strategy


I think implementation details, dev phases, testing and deployment are OOO for a standard definition.
Ideally a standard may have different implementations with different strategies.

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:58:02Z

XXXXX-template.md

+
+## Documentation and Examples
+
+### Tutorial and Usage Examples


This also feel more like implementation

Ramarti · 2025-08-27T21:59:19Z

XXXXX-template.md

+- What is their level of support or concern?
+- How were conflicts resolved?
+
+### Governance Considerations


Governance process should be independent of individual SIPs, unless this is an SIP targeting governance.
Ideally there is a common governance process to settle which SIPs are included in a fork. For app/ecosystem standards it may not need voting for example.

ramtinms · 2025-09-02T22:20:51Z

Thanks for the proposal and already making the updates to the templates, do you mind also create a markdown file for these changes (beside the PR description), so we can keep track of changes in the history as well.

ramtinms · 2025-09-02T22:22:04Z

XXXXX-template.md

+## Abstract
+
+Provide a concise technical summary of the proposal in 2-3 sentences. This should be understandable to someone familiar with the Story Protocol ecosystem but not necessarily the specific problem domain.
+


we have limited length size that is broken here now.

ramtinms · 2025-09-03T22:29:32Z

XXXXX-template.md

@@ -1,85 +1,220 @@
 ---
-number: 'XXXXX' (update this part after PR creation)
+number: 'XXXXX'


maybe we still keep the details on when to update this number

ramtinms · 2025-09-03T22:29:46Z

XXXXX-template.md

+  - Second Author's name (author2@example.org)
 sponsors: First Sponsor's Name (expert@example.org)
-created: (fill me in with today's date, YYYY-MM-DD)
+created: 'XXXXX'


ramtinms · 2025-09-03T22:30:07Z

XXXXX-template.md

-status: Draft
-supersedes: (optional - fill this in if the SIP supersedes a previous SIP)
-superseded-by: (optional - fill this in if the SIP is superseded by a 
-subsequent SIP)
-extends: (optional - fill this in if the SIP extends the design of a 
-previous SIP)
+status: Draft/Accepted/Implemented/Released/Stagnant/Withdrawn
+supersedes: null
+superseded-by: null
+extends: null


same here, please don't remove the template helpers here

ramtinms · 2025-09-03T22:30:23Z

XXXXX-template.md

-concise—details should be provided in the below sections.
+Provide a brief summary of this proposal and why it's needed. Keep it concise—details should be provided in the below sections.

-Please include links to relevant community discussion threads.


Update XXXXX-template.md

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Add New Required and Optional Sections with details and examples. Fix YAML heading.

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		## Performance Implications (optional)

		### Computational Impact


		## Documentation and Examples

		### Tutorial and Usage Examples

		## Abstract

		Provide a concise technical summary of the proposal in 2-3 sentences. This should be understandable to someone familiar with the Story Protocol ecosystem but not necessarily the specific problem domain.

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gregsantos commented Jun 27, 2025

Summary

Key Changes

🔧 Fixed YAML Front Matter

📋 Enhanced Required Sections

🔄 New Optional Sections

🏗️ Improved Structure

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