Review
A software engineering creed for coding agents — discipline skills for tests, design, and evidence over claims.
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Use when finishing a task, before merge/PR, or after a major change — review the diff against the plan/spec for correctness, SOLID, and test quality (no coverage theater), then fix Critical/Important issues before proceeding.
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Review
Overview
Pressure-check the work product against what was agreed — before the next task or before commit-and-push.
Core principle: review the diff and the contract, not your remembered intentions.
Announce: "Using review to …"
When to Use
- After each plan task (when executing a write-plan)
- After a major feature slice
- Before opening/updating a PR/MR
- When stuck (fresh pass over assumptions)
When NOT to use: empty diff; user waived review explicitly.
The Iron Law
1. Critical and Important findings BLOCK progress until fixed or explicitly deferred by the human with reason.
2. EVERY review checks: spec/plan compliance, SOLID boundaries, and test-design quality (no theater).
3. NEVER claim "LGTM" without reading the actual diff (and tests).
Workflow
- Gather context (not session vibes):
- Plan/spec path or stated requirements
git diff/BASE...HEAD(vs integration branch or task start)
- Review dimensions (checklist below) — prefer a fresh subagent/reviewer when available; otherwise self-review with the same rubric
- Report by severity: Critical / Important / Minor — with file references
- Act: fix Critical + Important; note Minor; push back on wrong findings with evidence
- Re-verify affected tests (debug verification gate / tdd)
- Hand off to commit-and-push when shipping
Rubric
Spec / plan compliance
- Does the diff implement the agreed Goal — no silent scope adds?
- Missing tasks or acceptance paths?
- Global constraints respected?
SOLID
- New coupling to IO from domain?
- God types / fat interfaces / test-only ports?
- See solid
Tests (test-design + tdd)
- Behavior tests exist for new behavior?
- Asserts on contracts, not only mocks?
- Hand-written expected? Mutation-worthy?
- Glue covered by integration where ROI demands?
Risk / ops
- Error paths, migrations, flags, security boundaries
- Obvious footguns in public API
Report shape
## Review
**Scope:** <BASE...HEAD or paths>
**Verdict:** proceed | blocked
### Strengths
- …
### Critical
- …
### Important
- …
### Minor
- …
Rationalization Table
| Excuse | Reality |
|---|---|
| "It's a small change" | Small changes break prod too. Diff-read anyway. |
| "Tests pass = good" | Tests can be theater. Check test-design. |
| "I'll review in the PR UI later" | Catch now; later compounds. |
| "Reviewer is wrong so ignore" | Push back with evidence — don't ghost Critical. |
Red Flags
- Shipping without opening the diff
- "LGTM" with no rubric pass
- Proceeding with open Critical/Important
- Reviewing only production files, ignoring tests
Checklist
- Diff + plan/spec in hand
- Rubric covered (spec, solid, tests, risk)
- Severities assigned; blockers fixed or waived by human
- Verification re-run if fixes landed
- Ready for commit-and-push when shipping
Hand-off
- Failures found → debug / tdd
- Structure issues → solid
- Ship → commit-and-push