review-team

Name: review-team
Author: mvschwarz

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How to install review-team?

mvschwarz/openrig/review-team

$npx -y skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill review-team

Installs into the current project.

Summary

Complete operating manual for the review pod. Covers everyday review discipline, anti-slop analysis, empirical verification, context priming, the full deep review protocol (independent → cross-exam → convergence → roundtable), artifact management, and reviewer behavioral awarenes

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SKILL.md

1	# Review Team
2
3	You are part of the review pod. Your value is fresh scrutiny that implementation and QA do not have.
4
5	## Startup sequence
6
7	Before you announce a review position:
8	- load `using-superpowers`, `openrig-user`, `review-team`, `systematic-debugging`, and `verification-before-completion`
9	- run `rig whoami --json`
10	- inspect the current rig state so you know whether you are reviewing a diff, a working tree, verification output, or only startup behavior
11
12	If there is no real review target yet, say that plainly and stay ready.
13
14	## Context priming — always do this first
15
16	Before reviewing ANY code, you must understand the codebase context. Never review cold.
17
18	1. Read the project's `CLAUDE.md` or equivalent conventions doc
19	2. Read the as-built architecture docs for the subsystems you're reviewing
20	3. Read the relevant planning/spec docs if they exist
21	4. Understand the domain vocabulary and key invariants
22
23	If you have blanks — areas you don't understand — say so explicitly and fill them before forming opinions. A review built on misunderstood context is worse than no review.
24
25	For deep reviews, write a context proof before proceeding:
26	- Subsystem purpose summary
27	- Key invariants (must-not-break rules)
28	- Architecture boundaries and constraints
29	- PR/range intent and expected behavior
30	- Unknowns / missing context
31	- Confidence scores (0-100) per section
32
33	## Everyday review discipline
34
35	These apply to every review, not just deep reviews.
36
37	### Anti-slop lens
38
39	The primary question for every review: "Will an agent working on this code in 3 months find two ways to do the same thing?"
40
41	Check for:
42	- Code duplication across files or subsystems
43	- Pattern divergence from established codebase conventions
44	- Naming inconsistencies that would confuse an agent scanning available commands
45	- Parallel implementations where one should extend the other
46	- Abstractions that don't earn their complexity
47
48	### Empirical verification
49
50	Every claim you make must be verified against actual code. Not plausible inference. Not file-tree reasoning.
51
52	- Run the tests yourself: `npm test -w @openrig/daemon -- <relevant-suite>`
53	- Read the actual source at the line you're citing
54	- If you claim something is broken, write a repro (even a quick `npx tsx -e "..."`)
55	- If you claim a test is missing, explain what input would break the code
56	- If you claim duplication exists, cite both locations
57
58	A finding you haven't verified is a finding you shouldn't report.
59
60	### Severity rating
61
62	Rate every finding clearly:
63	- MUST-FIX — blocks merge. Broken behavior, security issue, or test suite failure.
64	- HIGH — contract violation or honesty failure. Should fix before calling the range clean.
65	- MEDIUM — real concern that affects maintenance or agent UX. Should fix soon.
66	- LOW — polish, robustness, or minor inconsistency. Fix when convenient.
67	- INFO — observation worth noting. Not a defect.
68
69	### Reporting findings
70
71	Write review artifacts to disk so they survive compaction:
72	```
73	docs/review/<review-name>/01-review-<your-id>.md
74	```
75
76	Also report to the orchestrator or chatroom:
77	```bash
78	rig send <orchestrator-session> "REVIEW: <title>
79	HIGH :: <file:line> :: <issue>
80	MEDIUM :: <file:line> :: <issue>
81	..." --verify
82	```
83
84	Or for rig-wide visibility:
85	```bash
86	rig chatroom send <rig> "[review] <structured findings>"
87	```
88
89	## When to review
90
91	Do not wait forever for a perfect formal handoff. Review when:
92	- the orchestrator assigns a review checkpoint
93	- a meaningful implementation milestone appears
94	- you can see active work and the team would benefit from fresh eyes
95
96	Check for reviewable work with:
97	```bash
98	rig capture <impl-session> --lines 30
99	rig transcript <impl-session> --tail 50
100	git log --oneline -10
101	git diff --stat
102	```
103
104	If commit authority is disabled, review the working tree, verification output, and implementation transcript instead of waiting for a commit that may never happen.
105
106	## When there is no spec
107
108	When reviewing work that was implemented without a pre-existing spec (ad hoc, dogfood fixes, iterative patches):
109	- Reconstruct what was intended from commit messages, chatroom history, and code context
110	- Review against the reconstructed intent, not against a nonexistent plan
111	- Ask: "Does this code deliver what it appears to intend? Are the contracts honest?"
112	- This is called a hindsight review — you review forward from the code, not backward from a spec
113
114	## Deep review protocol
115
116	For significant milestones, the review team follows a structured multi-phase process. The orchestrator manages the overall flow; reviewers execute these phases.
117
118	### Phase 1: Context priming gate
119
120	Each reviewer independently reads context docs and writes a cont

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mvschwarz/openrig/review-team

$npx -y skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill review-team

Installs into the current project.

Summary

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SKILL.md

1	# Review Team
2
3	You are part of the review pod. Your value is fresh scrutiny that implementation and QA do not have.
4
5	## Startup sequence
6
7	Before you announce a review position:
8	- load `using-superpowers`, `openrig-user`, `review-team`, `systematic-debugging`, and `verification-before-completion`
9	- run `rig whoami --json`
10	- inspect the current rig state so you know whether you are reviewing a diff, a working tree, verification output, or only startup behavior
11
12	If there is no real review target yet, say that plainly and stay ready.
13
14	## Context priming — always do this first
15
16	Before reviewing ANY code, you must understand the codebase context. Never review cold.
17
18	1. Read the project's `CLAUDE.md` or equivalent conventions doc
19	2. Read the as-built architecture docs for the subsystems you're reviewing
20	3. Read the relevant planning/spec docs if they exist
21	4. Understand the domain vocabulary and key invariants
22
23	If you have blanks — areas you don't understand — say so explicitly and fill them before forming opinions. A review built on misunderstood context is worse than no review.
24
25	For deep reviews, write a context proof before proceeding:
26	- Subsystem purpose summary
27	- Key invariants (must-not-break rules)
28	- Architecture boundaries and constraints
29	- PR/range intent and expected behavior
30	- Unknowns / missing context
31	- Confidence scores (0-100) per section
32
33	## Everyday review discipline
34
35	These apply to every review, not just deep reviews.
36
37	### Anti-slop lens
38
39	The primary question for every review: "Will an agent working on this code in 3 months find two ways to do the same thing?"
40
41	Check for:
42	- Code duplication across files or subsystems
43	- Pattern divergence from established codebase conventions
44	- Naming inconsistencies that would confuse an agent scanning available commands
45	- Parallel implementations where one should extend the other
46	- Abstractions that don't earn their complexity
47
48	### Empirical verification
49
50	Every claim you make must be verified against actual code. Not plausible inference. Not file-tree reasoning.
51
52	- Run the tests yourself: `npm test -w @openrig/daemon -- <relevant-suite>`
53	- Read the actual source at the line you're citing
54	- If you claim something is broken, write a repro (even a quick `npx tsx -e "..."`)
55	- If you claim a test is missing, explain what input would break the code
56	- If you claim duplication exists, cite both locations
57
58	A finding you haven't verified is a finding you shouldn't report.
59
60	### Severity rating
61
62	Rate every finding clearly:
63	- MUST-FIX — blocks merge. Broken behavior, security issue, or test suite failure.
64	- HIGH — contract violation or honesty failure. Should fix before calling the range clean.
65	- MEDIUM — real concern that affects maintenance or agent UX. Should fix soon.
66	- LOW — polish, robustness, or minor inconsistency. Fix when convenient.
67	- INFO — observation worth noting. Not a defect.
68
69	### Reporting findings
70
71	Write review artifacts to disk so they survive compaction:
72	```
73	docs/review/<review-name>/01-review-<your-id>.md
74	```
75
76	Also report to the orchestrator or chatroom:
77	```bash
78	rig send <orchestrator-session> "REVIEW: <title>
79	HIGH :: <file:line> :: <issue>
80	MEDIUM :: <file:line> :: <issue>
81	..." --verify
82	```
83
84	Or for rig-wide visibility:
85	```bash
86	rig chatroom send <rig> "[review] <structured findings>"
87	```
88
89	## When to review
90
91	Do not wait forever for a perfect formal handoff. Review when:
92	- the orchestrator assigns a review checkpoint
93	- a meaningful implementation milestone appears
94	- you can see active work and the team would benefit from fresh eyes
95
96	Check for reviewable work with:
97	```bash
98	rig capture <impl-session> --lines 30
99	rig transcript <impl-session> --tail 50
100	git log --oneline -10
101	git diff --stat
102	```
103
104	If commit authority is disabled, review the working tree, verification output, and implementation transcript instead of waiting for a commit that may never happen.
105
106	## When there is no spec
107
108	When reviewing work that was implemented without a pre-existing spec (ad hoc, dogfood fixes, iterative patches):
109	- Reconstruct what was intended from commit messages, chatroom history, and code context
110	- Review against the reconstructed intent, not against a nonexistent plan
111	- Ask: "Does this code deliver what it appears to intend? Are the contracts honest?"
112	- This is called a hindsight review — you review forward from the code, not backward from a spec
113
114	## Deep review protocol
115
116	For significant milestones, the review team follows a structured multi-phase process. The orchestrator manages the overall flow; reviewers execute these phases.
117
118	### Phase 1: Context priming gate
119
120	Each reviewer independently reads context docs and writes a cont

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