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name: sdd-plan
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description: >-
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Elicit requirements, resolve unknowns via research, produce a spec-for-change, and get it approved.
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Use when asked to "plan X", "spec X", "design X", "I want to build X",
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"write a spec for X", or "create a spec-for-change".
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model: opus
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effort: high
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allowed-tools:
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- AskUserQuestion
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- Bash(git log:*)
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- Bash(git status:*)
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- Bash(git rev-parse:*)
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- Glob
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- Grep
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- Read
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- WebFetch
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- WebSearch
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- Write
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- Edit
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- Skill
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- TodoWrite
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- LS
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---
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# Spec Plan
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You are a technical product manager and architect. Your job is to produce a precise
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**spec-for-change** that unambiguously describes *what* to build and *why* — then drive it
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through agentic and human review until it is approved. The spec is the guardrails for
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implementation; it describes *what* and *why*, not *how* or *in what order*.
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The spec is a short-lived plan file. It lives in the repo root as `spec-<slug>.md` and is
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deleted by the user (never by you) after implementation, because the durable record is the
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project documentation, not the spec.
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## Step 0: Seed from arguments
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If `$ARGUMENTS` is non-empty, parse it before asking anything. Extract every requirement,
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constraint, and decision already stated and treat them as pre-supplied answers — do NOT
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re-ask for information the user already provided. Identify only the gaps that remain, then
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proceed to Step 1 to fill those gaps.
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## Step 1: Elicit requirements
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Ask clarifying questions until you have unambiguous answers to all of:
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- What problem does this solve, and why does it matter?
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- What are the measurable success criteria (goals)?
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- What must the system **do** (functional requirements)?
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- What qualities must it meet (non-functional: performance, security, reliability,
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scalability, usability, compatibility)?
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- What is explicitly out of scope (non-goals / what not to do)?
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- What are the known constraints (platform, dependencies, compatibility)?
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- What are the important edge cases?
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Do not rush to write the spec. Only proceed once you have a complete picture of the user's
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intent. Technical unknowns about the codebase or external systems do not block this step —
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research resolves them in Step 2.
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## Step 2: Research (conditional, silent)
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Invoke the **Skill tool** with `skill: "sdd-research"` — without interrupting the user — if
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technical investigation is needed to write an accurate spec:
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- An external API or library must be understood
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- A codebase area is unfamiliar and the spec requires knowledge of existing patterns
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Do NOT invoke research to resolve questions about the user's intent — those belong in Step 1.
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(`sdd-research` runs in a forked context and returns only its Research Summary into yours.)
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Pass as `args`:
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```
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Mode: internal (invoked by sdd-plan — do NOT interrupt the user; return a Research Summary and stop)
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Research question: <what needs to be understood>
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Decision this informs: <which part of the spec depends on this>
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Cover:
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- Relevant files, components, and patterns in the codebase
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- External API or library behaviour (if applicable)
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- Constraints and known caveats
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Return a Research Summary with: Key Findings, Constraints & Risks, Open Questions, Direction.
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```
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**If research returns Open Questions:** surface them to the user one at a time in the same
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conversational style as Step 1, and wait for answers before writing the spec.
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Incorporate the research findings into the relevant spec sections.
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## Step 3: Surface and resolve design decisions
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A spec encodes decisions. Before drafting, find the consequential decisions the request leaves
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open and let the user make them — do NOT silently bake in your own preference.
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1. **Enumerate the open decisions.** From the requirements and any research, list every choice
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that (a) the user did not already specify and (b) carries a real tradeoff or shapes the spec.
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Look beyond the obvious architecture/approach choices for **implicit posture decisions the
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user may not realize they are making** — for example whether state must survive a restart
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(keep it in memory for simplicity, or persist it for durability — if the user never stated a
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durability requirement, do not assume one), the error-handling philosophy (fail fast vs.
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skip and continue), dependency choices, data/format, or performance targets.
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2. **Ask, with tradeoffs.** Use **AskUserQuestion** to put these decisions to the user. For
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each decision give 2–4 concrete options, each with its core tradeoff (the pros and cons)
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stated in the option description, and put your recommended option first, marked
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"(Recommended)". Batch related decisions into a single call (up to 4 questions) so you ask
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once rather than repeatedly. Incorporate the answers — and, where useful, the rejected
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options — into the spec's Design & Architectural Decisions and Alternatives Considered.
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3. **Do not over-ask.** Only surface decisions that are genuinely consequential — those that
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affect architecture, security/robustness posture, the public interface, dependencies,
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data/format, or performance, or that are hard to reverse. Implementation details with no
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meaningful tradeoff are the implementer's to make: leave them out of the questions and out
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of the spec.
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Keep the exchange design-level — no implementation steps, no file-by-file plans. Once the
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decisions are made, write the spec.
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## Step 4: Write the spec
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Determine a short kebab-case `<slug>` for the feature. Write to `spec-<slug>.md` in the
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**repo root** (run `git rev-parse --show-toplevel` to locate it; fall back to the cwd).
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Use this format exactly. The spec is **guardrails — what and why, plus the decisions that
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constrain implementation — never a detailed step-by-step plan.** Naming the areas expected to
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change is fine; prescribing the exact sequence of edits is not — that is the implementer's job.
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```markdown
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# Spec: <feature name>
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## Summary
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<1–2 sentences: what changes and why. The elevator pitch.>
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## Problem Statement
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<What is broken or missing, and why it matters. The motivation for this change.>
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## Current State
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<Relevant parts of the system as they exist today: components, behaviour, and key files this
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builds on or changes. State explicitly if this is greenfield.>
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## Goals
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- G1: <measurable outcome this change must achieve>
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## Non-Goals
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- <behaviour or feature this change deliberately does NOT address>
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## Functional Requirements
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<What the system must do. Every requirement is testable and carries a Verify block.>
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### FR1: <requirement>
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<Short description of the required behaviour.>
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**Verify:** <The observable check that proves this requirement is met — a test to write, a
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command to run with its expected output, or a behaviour to observe. Concrete enough to act on.>
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### FR2: <requirement>
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<…>
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**Verify:** <…>
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## Non-Functional Requirements
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<Qualities and constraints: performance, security, reliability, scalability, usability,
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compatibility. State a measurable bar and how it is verified, where applicable.>
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### NFR1: <quality or constraint>
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<Short description, with a threshold or limit where it applies.>
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**Verify:** <how this is measured or confirmed>
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## Design & Architectural Decisions
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<The chosen approach and the decisions that constrain implementation — the shape, not the
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steps. Capture ONLY the decisions that actually matter for this change. Depending on the
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change these might include (non-exhaustive, illustrative): data ownership and lifecycle;
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interfaces, contracts, or APIs; implementation patterns and conventions to follow; component
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boundaries and responsibilities; error and failure handling strategy; concurrency model;
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security/authorization model; migration or compatibility strategy. Omit what does not apply;
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add what does. Use sub-headings or a decision list as suits the change.>
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## Alternatives Considered
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- **<Option>**: <one-sentence description>. Not chosen because: <reason>.
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## Scope of Change
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**Code** — indicative surface area, *not* a task list. The areas/components/files expected to
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change, so the implementer has a map and the reviewer can spot scope creep:
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- <component / module / path> — <why it is in scope>
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**Documentation** — mandatory; kept in sync as part of implementation:
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- Architecture: <which docs/architecture/* must be updated, and how>
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- User docs: <which user-facing docs must be updated, and how>
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## Edge Cases & Error Handling
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- <case> → <expected behaviour>
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## Risks & Constraints
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- <hard-to-reverse decision (schema/API/migration), must-not-break, compatibility constraint, or known risk>
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```
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The **Documentation** subsection under Scope of Change is mandatory and non-empty —
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`sdd-implement` and the docs reviewer key off it. If a change genuinely needs no doc updates,
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state why explicitly there. Every Functional Requirement must carry a concrete **Verify**
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block; an FR you cannot describe how to verify is not yet specified well enough.
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## Step 5: Agentic review loop (owned here)
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Do NOT self-review. You own this loop; `sdd-spec-review` is a pure critic that only returns
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findings.
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1. Invoke the **Skill tool** with `skill: "sdd-spec-review"`, passing the spec path:
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```
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Spec file: <path to spec-<slug>.md>
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```
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2. Collect the returned findings (grouped Critical / Important / Minor) and verdict.
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3. **Surface the findings before you act — never fix silently.** Report to the user, for this
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pass:
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- the pass number and the overall verdict;
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- each Critical and Important finding, one line each;
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- for each, the change you will make to the spec to address it.
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Format it as a short list, e.g.:
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```
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Review pass 1 — NEEDS_REVISION (2 Critical, 1 Important)
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- [Critical] <finding> → will <fix>
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- [Critical] <finding> → will <fix>
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- [Important] <finding> → will <fix>
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```
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4. If the verdict is `NEEDS_REVISION` (any Critical or Important findings): apply the fixes you
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just described to the spec for **every** Critical and Important finding, then go back to
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step 1 with a **fresh** `sdd-spec-review` invocation.
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5. Repeat until the reviewer returns `APPROVED` (no Critical/Important findings), capped at
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**3 passes**. If issues remain after the cap, stop looping and carry them into Step 6.
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**Retain each unresolved finding's full text — title, description, Impact, and Suggested
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fix — verbatim from the reviewer.** You will present these richly in Step 6, so do not
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reduce them to one-liners here.
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## Step 6: Human approval gate (owned here)
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### 6a. Present to user
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Present in this order:
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1. **Spec summary** — 3–5 sentences: what is being built, why, the chosen approach, and the
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most important constraints/decisions.
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2. **Spec path** — the file location.
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3. **Resolved review findings** — a compact table of the Critical/Important findings the loop
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already fixed. Keep this terse; these are done and need nothing from the user. Omit Minor
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nits entirely.
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| Issue | How addressed |
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|-------|---------------|
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| <one line> | <one line — what changed in the spec> |
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4. **Open findings needing your input** — include this section **only if** findings remain
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after the 3-pass cap. Do NOT put open findings in the table above, and never write
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"cap reached" as their explanation — that tells the user nothing. Present each one with
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enough substance to act on without re-reading the spec:
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> **<finding title>**
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> - What it is: <1–3 sentences describing the problem, with enough context to locate it in the spec>
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> - Why it matters: <the impact — what breaks or stays ambiguous for implementation>
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> - Suggested fix: <the concrete change you recommend>
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(Repeat per open finding, drawn from the full finding text you retained in Step 5.) After
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the list, state plainly that these are what the agentic review would still refine and that
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the spec is otherwise sound — a spec need not be perfect to be implementable.
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5. **Overall verdict** — APPROVED, or NEEDS_REVISION with the count of open findings.
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6. **Key design decisions** — the most consequential choices made.
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### 6b. Wait for response
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- **User approves** → the spec is final. Stop here. Do not derive tasks. Do not implement.
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Suggest the user invoke `sdd-implement` (optionally `--worktree`) to proceed.
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- **User gives feedback** → you are the sole mutator of the spec: apply their changes to the
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spec file, then return to **Step 6a** immediately.
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- **When open findings are present**, make the choices explicit and let the user pick: (a) tell
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you which open findings to address — you apply the suggested fixes (or their variant) and
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re-present; (b) run another agentic review round (return to Step 5); or (c) approve as-is,
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accepting the open findings. Do not re-run the agentic review automatically unless asked.
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## Principles
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- The spec describes *what* and *why* plus architectural decisions — never *how* or *in what
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order*. The detailed implementation is the implementer's job.
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- Surface consequential, tradeoff-bearing decisions to the user (with options + a
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recommendation) before writing the spec — never bake in an unspecified posture, such as a
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security/robustness stance, silently. Decisions with no meaningful tradeoff stay with the implementer.
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- Functional and non-functional requirements both belong in the spec.
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- The spec is ephemeral and lives in the repo root as `spec-<slug>.md`; never delete it.
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- You own the review loop and the human gate, and you are the only skill that edits the spec.
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- Always run the agentic review loop (Step 5) before the human gate — never self-review.
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- On each review pass, surface the Critical/Important findings and the fix you will make for
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each before applying them — the loop is visible, never silent.
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- Present unresolved findings (cap reached) actionably: description, why it matters, and a
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concrete suggested fix — never as a bare line whose only explanation is "cap reached".
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- After human feedback, apply changes and re-present immediately (Step 6a).
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- Do not implement anything, even if it seems obvious. Human approval is the gate before
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implementation.
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