Overview

Three independent adversarial reviewers validate any implementation plan before it is presented to the user. Feasibility, Completeness, and Scope & Alignment assess technical viability, coverage, and alignment with the issue, with no shared context among reviewers. All three must PASS before presenting the plan.

How This Skill Works

An Architect creates an implementation plan. Three reviewers—Feasibility, Completeness, Scope & Alignment—evaluate independently and return a binary PASS or FAIL with references to specific plan sections. If any reviewer fails, the plan is revised and re reviewed; the process is invoked as part of methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-orchestrator (Phase 1b) and only passes when all three verdicts are PASS.

When to Use It

• After the Architect creates an implementation plan
• Before presenting a plan for user approval
• When validating work unit decomposition quality
• When edge cases, untested paths, or incomplete DoD items are suspected
• During revision rounds after a failure to re validate

Quick Start

1. Step 1: Initiate the gate via methodologies/metaswarm/metaswarm-orchestrator Phase 1b
2. Step 2: Each reviewer returns PASS or FAIL with section references
3. Step 3: If all PASS, present the plan to the user; otherwise revise and re run the gate

Best Practices

• Ensure reviewers have no shared context to preserve adversarial independence
• Require explicit binary PASS or FAIL with direct references to plan sections
• Document and locate findings to specific sections of the plan
• Use the DoD and issue scope to guide evaluation and traceability
• Retain a record of the final PASS verdict and re review triggers

Example Use Cases

• Architecture teams gate plans before large deployments
• Edge cases and untested paths are flagged for post review
• Plans spanning multiple subsystems undergo independent validation
• Compliance heavy projects require formal traceability of findings
• Critical path and resource constraint checks are verified before user presentation

Frequently Asked Questions