Build the prose-vs-Workflow bake-off machinery for /trekreview Phase 5-6 and
run a 1-run/arm smoke to de-risk before the full measurement (operator posture:
build + smoke, then pause for go/no-go on the full >=3-runs/arm run).
New:
- lib/review/fidelity-diff.mjs (+ tests) — the PRIMARY metric: parse two
review.md (or two structured arm outputs) and compare verdict + jaccard over
(file,line,rule_key)-IDs + per-finding severity/rule_key. Reuses jaccard +
frontmatter + NW1 findings-schema + finding-id. fidelityDiffStructured avoids
rendering review.md per run.
- scripts/trekreview-armB.workflow.mjs — Arm B: Phase 5-6 as a Workflow
(parallel([conformance, correctness]) schema-forced -> JS dedup-by-triplet ->
agent(review-coordinator) verdict schema). Path-based input via args (reviewers
carry Read). Inlines dedup + the 12-key rule_key enum (scripts have no imports).
- tests/fixtures/bakeoff/ — committable fixture: real diff of b149538 (NW1) +
brief reconstructed from plan S9. Both arms review the same pinned input.
- docs/T2-bakeoff-results.md — smoke results + verdict + go/no-go recommendation.
Smoke result: SMOKE PASS. Arm B runs the full pipeline (3 agents) with ZERO
classifier interference; fidelity EQUIVALENT to Arm A at the verdict level
(both ALLOW; jaccard 1.0). Caveat: the clean TDD'd fixture yielded ~0 findings,
so finding-SET fidelity was not stressed (only verdict fidelity proven). A
reviewer-level divergence appeared (Arm B raised 1 raw finding, coordinator
filtered it; Arm A raised 0) — to be quantified in the full run on a
richer-finding-surface fixture. NOT the T2 §5 POSITIVE/NEGATIVE verdict.
Suite 647 -> 662 (660 pass / 2 skip / 0 fail; +15 fidelity-diff). claude plugin
validate clean (known root-CLAUDE.md warning only). Plan: docs/W1-narrow-wins-plan.md S10.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LqBYc8Ltrk7LipyJmGxXiB
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| type | brief_version | slug | task | research_topics | research_status | brief_quality | created |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trekbrief | 2.1 | nw1-reviewer-output-schema | Codify the /trekreview Phase 5 reviewer-output JSON as a validated schema contract | 0 | complete | ready | 2026-06-18 |
NW1 — reviewer-output schema contract
Intent
/trekreview Phase 5 launches two reviewer agents (brief-conformance-reviewer,
code-correctness-reviewer) that each emit a trailing fenced json block of
findings. The main context used to "collect the last fenced json block and
JSON.parse() it; on parse error, ask the agent to re-emit" — a fragile
contract (trekreview.md:202–204) that catches parse failure but not
schema failure: a reviewer can emit valid JSON with a missing rule_key, a
bad severity, or a non-numeric line, and it flows unchecked into the
coordinator's dedup-by-(file,line,rule_key) triplet.
Goal
Codify the reviewer-output JSON as a validated schema. Main validates each
reviewer's output against the schema (not merely parses it) and re-asks on
schema failure as well as parse failure, with bounded retries. The load-bearing
fields the downstream dedup triplet + verdict depend on — file, rule_key,
severity, line — are hard errors; descriptive fields and unknown keys are
tolerated (forward-compatible). No Workflow dependency — the substrate stays
prose (this is the ungated, ship-regardless win).
Success Criteria
- SC1 — A findings-schema validator accepts a well-formed findings array and
rejects each malformation (missing
rule_key, unknownrule_key, badseverityenum, non-numericline, missingfile) with a stable error code. - SC2 —
lib/review/findings-schema.mjsimplements the schema + validator, reusing thelib/util/result.mjsissue/result shape and thelib/review/rule-catalogue.mjsRULE_KEYS/SEVERITY_VALUES. - SC3 —
commands/trekreview.mdPhase 5 prose replaces theJSON.parse-only contract with "validate each reviewer's JSON against the findings schema; on schema failure re-ask for conforming JSON (bounded retries N=2); never feed unvalidated findings to the coordinator." - SC4 —
node --test tests/lib/findings-schema.test.mjsis green; the fullnode --testsuite still passes;claude plugin validateis clean (modulo the pre-existing root-CLAUDE.md warning).
Non-Goals
- NG1 — Do NOT introduce a Workflow-tool dependency. NW1 is the prose-only tier; the substrate stays prose.
- NG2 — Do NOT change the
review.mdoutput schema orlib/validators/review-validator.mjs. This is the reviewer-output contract (Phase 5 input), not the review.md artifact contract (Phase 7 output). - NG3 — Do NOT touch NW2 (Workflow port) or NW3 (synthesis-agent) scope.
Constraints
- Zero runtime dependencies — Node stdlib only (project invariant).
- 3-layer module pattern (Content → Raw-text → CLI shim) mirroring the other
lib/validators. - TDD (Iron Law): failing tests first, then minimal code to pass.
Assumptions
- Reviewers continue to emit the documented JSON shape (
{reviewer, findings:[…]}) with the per-finding fields shown in the agent specs. - The 12-key rule catalogue and 4-tier severity enum are the contract surface
for
rule_key/severityvalidation.
NFRs
- The schema validator adds no measurable latency to Phase 5 (pure in-process validation).
- Error codes are stable strings so a bounded re-ask can quote them.