---
name: ultrareview-local
description: |
Independent post-hoc review of delivered code against the brief. Produces
review.md with severity-tagged findings (BLOCKER/MAJOR/MINOR/SUGGESTION)
per Handover 6 (review → plan).
argument-hint: "--project
[--since [] [--quick] [--validate] [--dry-run]"
model: opus
allowed-tools: Agent, Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Bash, AskUserQuestion
---
# Ultrareview Local v1.0
Independent post-hoc review of code delivered by `/ultraexecute-local`
against the contract in `brief.md`. Produces `review.md` — a structured
artifact with severity-tagged findings that `/ultraplan-local --brief
review.md` can consume as plan input (Handover 6).
Pipeline position:
```
/ultrabrief-local → brief.md
/ultraresearch-local → research/*.md
/ultraplan-local → plan.md
/ultraexecute-local → progress.json (+ commits)
/ultrareview-local → review.md (this command)
```
The review is **independent**: each reviewer runs without cross-feeding,
and the coordinator applies BOUNDED operations only. Synthesis-level
inference across files is forbidden in v1.0 (Judge Agent pattern).
See `agents/review-orchestrator.md` for the canonical workflow this
command executes inline.
## Phase 1 — Parse mode and validate input
Parse `$ARGUMENTS` via the shared arg-parser:
```bash
node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/parsers/arg-parser.mjs --command ultrareview "$@"
```
The parser recognizes these flags (see `lib/parsers/arg-parser.mjs`
FLAG_SCHEMA `ultrareview` entry):
| Flag | Type | Purpose |
|------|------|---------|
| `--project ` | valued | Required. Path to ultraplan-local project folder containing `brief.md`. |
| `--since ][` | valued | Optional. Override "before" SHA for the diff. Validated via `git rev-parse --verify`. |
| `--quick` | boolean | Skip the brief-conformance pass; run only the code-correctness reviewer; skip the coordinator's reasonableness filter. |
| `--validate` | boolean | Schema-only check on existing `{project_dir}/review.md`. No LLM calls. |
| `--dry-run` | boolean | Print the discovered scope and triage map. Skip writes. |
| `--fg` | boolean | No-op alias (foreground is default). |
Resolution:
1. If `--project` is missing, print usage and stop:
```
Error: --project is required.
Usage: /ultrareview-local --project [--since ][] [--quick] [--validate] [--dry-run]
```
2. Trim trailing slash from `{dir}`. Set:
- `project_dir = {dir}`
- `brief_path = {dir}/brief.md`
- `review_path = {dir}/review.md`
3. If `{dir}` does not exist or `{dir}/brief.md` is missing:
```
Error: project directory not initialized. Run /ultrabrief-local first.
Missing: {dir}/brief.md
```
Set `mode`:
- `validate` if `--validate` is set (overrides everything else; skip to Phase 8.5).
- `dry-run` if `--dry-run` is set.
- `quick` if `--quick` is set.
- `default` otherwise.
## Phase 2 — Validate brief
Run the brief validator in soft mode — the brief is upstream context, not
something this command produces, so partial grades are acceptable as long
as the file is parseable:
```bash
node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/validators/brief-validator.mjs --soft --json "{brief_path}"
```
Read the JSON output. If `valid: false` AND any error has code
`BRIEF_MISSING_REQUIRED_FIELD` or `FRONTMATTER_PARSE_ERROR`: stop and
ask the user to re-run `/ultrabrief-local`. Other soft errors become
warnings in the review's Executive Summary.
Read the brief frontmatter. Capture for review.md:
- `task` → review frontmatter `task`
- `slug` → review frontmatter `slug`
- `project_dir` → review frontmatter `project_dir` (defaults to the
CLI `--project` value when missing)
## Phase 3 — Discover scope SHA range
Determine the "before" SHA that bounds the review:
1. **`--since ][` override** — if set, validate via:
```bash
git rev-parse --verify "$since_ref"
```
On failure: print `Error: --since ref is not a valid git revision: {ref}` and stop.
Set `before_sha = $(git rev-parse --verify "$since_ref")`.
2. **Preferred path** — read `{project_dir}/progress.json` if it exists.
Extract `session_start_sha`. Validate it via `git rev-parse --verify`.
Set `before_sha = session_start_sha`.
3. **Fallback** — no `progress.json`. Use the brief's mtime to find the
most recent commit at or before the brief was written:
```bash
brief_mtime=$(stat -f %m "{brief_path}") # macOS; on Linux use stat -c %Y
before_sha=$(git log --until="@$brief_mtime" -n 1 --format=%H)
```
Emit a clear warning that gets surfaced in the review's Executive
Summary: "scope_sha_start unavailable — falling back to brief mtime
({timestamp}). Coverage may include unrelated commits."
Compute the "after" SHA: `after_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)`.
Capture working-tree changes (uncommitted at review time):
```bash
git diff --name-only "$before_sha".."$after_sha"
git diff --name-only HEAD # uncommitted (annotated [uncommitted])
```
The combined file list is the review scope. Note that the
`[uncommitted]` annotation is a **brief-level contract** — the brief's
Assumptions section declares this is allowed; the review surfaces it
explicitly in the Coverage table.
If the file count is `0`, write a one-line review.md noting "No diff
between {before_sha} and {after_sha}; nothing to review." Verdict: ALLOW.
Skip Phases 4–7. Continue to Phase 8 (validate + stats).
## Phase 4 — Triage gate (deterministic path-pattern classifier)
The triage gate is **deterministic** — no LLM judgment. It classifies
every file from Phase 3 into a treatment bucket:
| Treatment | When |
|-----------|------|
| `skip` | Matches `*.lock`, `*.svg`, `dist/**`, `build/**`, `node_modules/**`, OR the file's first 3 lines contain a generated-file marker (`@generated`, `Code generated by`, `DO NOT EDIT`). |
| `deep-review` | Matches `auth/**`, `crypto/**`, `**/security/**`, `hooks/**`. |
| `summary-only` | Default treatment for everything else. |
Hard refuse-with-suggestion gates — use `AskUserQuestion`:
```
if (reviewed_files_count > 100) → ask user
if (estimated_diff_tokens > 100000) → ask user
```
Token estimation: `wc -c "$diff_file" / 4` (rough proxy). Use
`AskUserQuestion` with the prompt:
> The diff under review is large (`{N}` files / `~{T}` tokens). Continue
> with the full scope, narrow with `--since `, or stop?
Options:
1. **Continue** — proceed at this scope.
2. **Narrow** — print suggested `git log --oneline {before}..HEAD` so the
user can pick a closer ref, then stop.
3. **Stop** — cancel.
Record the treatment for every file. Files marked `skip` MUST appear in
the Coverage section of `review.md` — never silently drop them. Silent
drops are `COVERAGE_SILENT_SKIP` (MAJOR) per the rule catalogue.
If `mode == dry-run`: print the triage map and exit.
## Phase 5 — Launch parallel reviewers
Launch two reviewer agents **in parallel** via the Agent tool — one
message, multiple tool calls.
Reviewers run independently. Do NOT pre-feed findings between them.
| Agent | Mode-gated | Purpose |
|-------|------------|---------|
| `brief-conformance-reviewer` | Skipped in `quick` | Trace each Success Criterion + Non-Goal to delivered code. Emits findings tagged with rule_keys from the conformance/scope categories. |
| `code-correctness-reviewer` | Always runs | 7-dimension code review. Emits findings tagged with rule_keys from the correctness/security/maintenance/tests categories. |
Each reviewer prompt includes:
- **Diff context** — the unified diff from Phase 3, truncated per file
for files marked `summary-only`.
- **Triage map** — full file list with treatments. Reviewers must
respect `skip` decisions.
- **Brief path** — `{brief_path}` (read on demand; do not inline).
- **Rule catalogue** — reference to `lib/review/rule-catalogue.mjs`.
Collect each reviewer's trailing JSON block (last fenced `json` block in
their output). Parse with `JSON.parse()`. On parse error, ask the agent
to re-emit the JSON only.
In `quick` mode, launch only `code-correctness-reviewer`. The Executive
Summary will note the brief-conformance pass was skipped.
## Phase 6 — Coordinator dedup + verdict
Launch `review-coordinator` (Agent tool) with the merged findings array
from Phase 5 plus the triage map, brief metadata, and SHA range.
The coordinator runs the 4-pass process documented in
`agents/review-coordinator.md`:
1. **Dedup** by `(file, line, rule_key)` triplet.
2. **HubSpot Judge filters** — Succinctness, Accuracy, Actionability.
3. **Cloudflare reasonableness** — drop speculative or catalogue-violating
findings (skipped in `quick` mode).
4. **Verdict** — BLOCK / WARN / ALLOW per the threshold table.
The coordinator's output is the full review.md content — frontmatter +
body sections + trailing JSON block. Do NOT re-run the reviewers based
on the coordinator's output.
## Phase 7 — Write review.md
Write the coordinator's output verbatim to:
```
{project_dir}/review.md
```
Create parent directories if they do not exist. Atomic write pattern:
write to a temp file, then rename. The frontmatter `findings:` field
must use **block-style YAML** (one ID per line, ` - ` prefix). The
parser at `lib/util/frontmatter.mjs` does not support flow-style arrays.
If `mode == dry-run`: skip the write; print the would-be path and the
first 60 lines of the rendered output.
## Phase 8 — Validate output + stats
Run the strict validator:
```bash
node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/validators/review-validator.mjs --json "{review_path}"
```
If validation fails:
- For repairable errors (missing required body section, malformed
finding-ID, REVIEW_VERSION_FORMAT warning): repair in place — re-emit
the missing section, recompute the finding-ID, fix the version
string. Re-validate.
- For unrepairable errors (REVIEW_WRONG_TYPE, malformed frontmatter):
stop and ask the user to re-run; do not silently produce an invalid
review.md.
Append a stats line to `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}/ultrareview-stats.jsonl`
(create the file if it does not exist):
```json
{"ts":"{ISO-8601}","slug":"{slug}","verdict":"BLOCK|WARN|ALLOW","counts":{"BLOCKER":N,"MAJOR":N,"MINOR":N,"SUGGESTION":N},"reviewed_files_count":N,"mode":"default|quick|validate|dry-run","duration_ms":N}
```
If `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}` is unset or not writable, skip stats silently.
Never let stats failures block the main workflow.
## Phase 8.5 — Validate-only mode (`--validate`)
When `mode == validate`:
1. Skip Phases 3–7 entirely.
2. Run the strict validator on `{project_dir}/review.md`.
3. Print a one-line PASS/FAIL summary plus the JSON output on FAIL.
4. Exit 0 on PASS, 1 on FAIL. Never write to disk. Never call any agent.
## Phase 9 — Present summary
After the write succeeds, print:
```
## Ultrareview Complete
**Task:** {task}
**Mode:** {default | quick | dry-run}
**Brief:** {brief_path}
**Project:** {project_dir}
**Review:** {review_path}
**Scope:** {before_sha}..{after_sha} ({reviewed_files_count} files)
**Verdict:** {BLOCK | WARN | ALLOW}
### Counts
- BLOCKER: {N}
- MAJOR: {N}
- MINOR: {N}
- SUGGESTION: {N}
### Top findings
- [{severity}] {title} ({file}:{line})
...
{up to 5 highest-severity findings}
You can:
- Read the full review at {review_path}
- Feed BLOCKER + MAJOR findings into a follow-up plan:
/ultraplan-local --brief {review_path}
- Re-run with `--quick` for a faster correctness-only pass
- Re-run with `--since ][` to narrow scope
```
Per **Handover 6**, BLOCKER and MAJOR findings are consumed by
`/ultraplan-local --brief review.md` to produce a remediation plan. The
review's frontmatter `findings:` list and the trailing JSON block are
the contract for that handover (see `docs/HANDOVER-CONTRACTS.md`).
## Hard rules
- **Brief is the contract.** Every finding in the review traces to a
brief section via `brief_ref`, except `SCOPE_CREEP_BUILT` (which
traces to "no anchor"). Conformance is the conformance reviewer's
job — code-correctness findings carry generic anchors like
`"NFR — code correctness"`.
- **Independent reviewers.** Do NOT cross-feed findings between
brief-conformance-reviewer and code-correctness-reviewer. The
coordinator is the only place where outputs combine.
- **Bounded coordination.** Synthesis-level inference across files is
forbidden in v1.0. The coordinator dedups, filters, and computes the
verdict — nothing more.
- **Triage map respected.** Files marked `skip` MUST appear in the
Coverage section. Silent drops are `COVERAGE_SILENT_SKIP` (MAJOR).
- **Block-style YAML for findings list.** The frontmatter parser does
not support flow-style arrays. `findings: [a, b]` is broken; use
`findings:\n - a\n - b`.
- **Refuse-with-suggestion above 100 files / 100K tokens.** Never run
blind on a giant diff. Use AskUserQuestion to surface the gate.
- **Cost.** Sonnet for all sub-agents (reviewers + coordinator). Opus
only runs in the main /ultrareview-local command thread.
- **Privacy.** Never log secrets, tokens, or credentials in review.md.
Findings citing files with secret-like content must redact the secret
in the `detail` field.
- **Honesty.** If the diff is trivially small or all-skip, say so. Do
not pad findings to make the review look thorough.
- **No production code.** This command never runs production code, never
writes to anything outside `{project_dir}` and `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_DATA}`.
]