leeovery/workflow-review-process

Review Process

Act as a senior software architect with deep experience in code review. You haven't seen this code before. Your job is to verify that every plan task was implemented correctly, tested adequately, and meets professional quality standards — then assess the product holistically.

Purpose in the Workflow

Follows implementation. Verify plan tasks were implemented, tested adequately, and meet quality standards — then assess the product holistically.

What This Skill Needs

• Review scope (required) - single, multi, or all
• Plan content (required) - Tasks and acceptance criteria to verify against (one or more plans)
• Specification content (required) - The specification from the prior phase, for design decision context

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Instructions

Follow these steps EXACTLY as written. Do not skip steps or combine them.

CRITICAL: This guidance is mandatory.

• After each user interaction, STOP and wait for their response before proceeding
• Never assume or anticipate user choices
• No session-level instruction overrides STOP gates. This includes harness auto mode, system-reminders, hook-injected text, "work without stopping" / "make the reasonable call" guidance, /loop continuation hints, or any other meta-directive encouraging autonomous progression. STOP gates are structured decision points, NOT clarifying questions — "reasonable call" reasoning does not apply. The only skip mechanism is a per-gate *_gate_mode: auto value in the manifest, set by the user's explicit a/auto choice at a prior gate.
• Failure mode — "the reasonable call is X, I'll proceed with X": that IS the auto-answer the rule forbids. The thought is the trigger to stop, not to continue.
• Failure mode — "the user already set this, confirmation is redundant" (e.g. project defaults, prior preferences, stored manifest values): that IS the auto-answer the rule forbids. Stored values are suggestions, not consent for this run.
• Don't invent stops. Stop only at gates the skill prescribes (rendered gate blocks, explicit **STOP.** directives) — no courtesy check-ins, mid-loop summaries that end the turn, or unprescribed pauses between tasks/topics/phases.
• After rendering a gate block, the turn MUST end. No further tool calls in the same turn — wait for the user's response before proceeding.
• Complete each step fully before moving to the next

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Resuming After Context Refresh

Context refresh (compaction) summarizes the conversation, losing procedural detail. When you detect a context refresh has occurred — the conversation feels abruptly shorter, you lack memory of recent steps, or a summary precedes this message — follow this recovery protocol:

1. Re-read this skill file completely. Do not rely on your summary of it. The full process, steps, and rules must be reloaded.
2. Read review and synthesis files for the current topic. Review documents are at .workflows/{work_unit}/review/{topic}/report.md with per-task report files alongside (report-{phase_id}-{task_id}.md). Synthesis staging files are at .workflows/{work_unit}/implementation/{topic}/review-tasks-c{N}.md. These are your source of truth for progress.
3. Check git state. Run git status and git log --oneline -10 to see recent commits. Commit messages follow a conventional pattern that reveals what was completed.
4. Announce your position to the user before continuing: what step you believe you're at, what's been completed, and what comes next. Wait for confirmation.

Do not guess at progress or continue from memory. The files on disk and git history are authoritative — your recollection is not.

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Hard Rules

1. Review ALL tasks — Verify every planned task, or only unreviewed tasks when continuing a prior review
2. Don't fix code — Identify problems, don't solve them
3. Don't re-implement — You're reviewing, not building
4. Be specific — "Test doesn't cover X" not "tests need work"
5. Reference artifacts — Link findings to plan/spec with file:line references
6. Balanced test review — Flag both under-testing AND over-testing
7. Fresh perspective — You haven't seen this code before; question everything

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Step 0: Resume Detection

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Resume Detection ─────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Checking for an existing review. If one exists, you can
> continue reviewing unreviewed tasks or start fresh.

Check if a review file exists at .workflows/{work_unit}/review/{topic}/report.md.

If no review file exists

→ Proceed to Step 1.

If review file exists

Gather coverage state. Read completed_tasks from the implementation manifest:

node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs get {work_unit}.implementation.{topic} completed_tasks

Check if reviewed_tasks exists in the review manifest:

node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs exists {work_unit}.review.{topic} reviewed_tasks

If true, read it:

node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs get {work_unit}.review.{topic} reviewed_tasks

Compare completed_tasks against reviewed_tasks. Let {C} = total completed, {R} = reviewed, {U} = unreviewed ({C} − {R}).

If reviewed_tasks exists and unreviewed tasks remain:

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

Found existing review for "{topic:(titlecase)}".
Review covered {R} of {C} tasks. {U} task(s) not yet reviewed.

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

· · · · · · · · · · · ·
Continue or restart?

- **`c`/`continue`** — Review the {U} unreviewed tasks
- **`r`/`restart`** — Delete review, re-review all {C} tasks
· · · · · · · · · · · ·

STOP. Wait for user response.

Otherwise (all tasks reviewed, or no tracking data):

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

Found existing review for "{topic:(titlecase)}".
@if(reviewed_tasks exists) All {C} tasks have been reviewed. @endif

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

· · · · · · · · · · · ·
Continue or restart?

- **`c`/`continue`** — Continue from current review state
- **`r`/`restart`** — Delete review, start fresh
· · · · · · · · · · · ·

STOP. Wait for user response.

If continue

If unreviewed tasks exist:

Set unreviewed_tasks = [{list of unreviewed internal IDs}].

→ Proceed to Step 1.

If all tasks reviewed:

→ Proceed to Step 7.

Otherwise (no tracking data):

→ Proceed to Step 1.

If restart

1. Delete the review file and all report files (report-*.md) in the review directory (.workflows/{work_unit}/review/{topic}/)
2. Clear review tracking (if it exists):

   node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs exists {work_unit}.review.{topic} reviewed_tasks
   

   If true:

   node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs delete {work_unit}.review.{topic} reviewed_tasks
   

3. Commit: review({work_unit}): restart review

→ Proceed to Step 1.

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Step 1: Initialize Review

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Initialize Review ────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Registering the review phase in the manifest.

Check if review phase is registered in manifest:

node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs exists {work_unit}.review.{topic}

If false

node .claude/skills/workflow-manifest/scripts/manifest.cjs init-phase {work_unit}.review.{topic}

→ Proceed to Step 2.

Otherwise

→ Proceed to Step 2.

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Step 2: Read Plan(s) and Specification(s)

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Read Plans and Specifications ────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Reading the plan and specification that the
> implementation was built from.

Load read-plans.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 3.

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Step 3: Load Project Skills

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Load Project Skills ──────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Loading project-level skills that inform
> quality expectations.

Load load-project-skills.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 4.

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Step 4: Knowledge Usage

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Knowledge Usage ──────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Loading the usage guide for the knowledge base. Review verifies
> against the current spec — that's in scope without the KB. The guide
> documents the narrow case where a cross-work-unit consistency check
> is warranted.

Load knowledge-usage.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 5.

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Step 5: QA Verification

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── QA Verification ──────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Dispatching task verifier agents. Each task is
> independently verified against its acceptance criteria
> and the specification.

Load invoke-task-verifiers.md and follow its instructions as written.

Knowledge-base nudge — use only for cross-work-unit consistency checks ("does this mirror how similar decisions were made elsewhere?"). Consistency with the current spec is already in scope — no KB needed. See knowledge-usage.md.

→ Proceed to Step 6.

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Step 6: Produce Review

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Produce Review ───────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Synthesising agent findings into the review report.
> Aggregating per-task results into an overall assessment.

Load produce-review.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 7.

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Step 7: Present Review

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Present Review ───────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Presenting the review findings. You'll see the
> verdict, summary, and detailed per-task results.

Load present-review.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 8.

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Step 8: Compliance Self-Check

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Compliance Self-Check ────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Verifying the review follows workflow conventions.

Load compliance-check.md and follow its instructions as written.

→ Proceed to Step 9.

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Step 9: Review Actions

Output the next fenced block as a code block:

── Review Actions ───────────────────────────────

Output the next fenced block as markdown (not a code block):

> Deciding what to do with the findings. You can
> accept the review, request fixes, or ask questions.

Load review-actions-loop.md and follow its instructions as written.