| name | review-work |
| description | Critic skill. Given an executed work item (status pending-assessment), assess whether the Goal was actually accomplished. Identify the root cause when it was not (incorrect assumption, technical blocker, missing data). Updates work/<slug>/README.md Assessment section. |
| allowed-tools | Read(work/**) Read(project.md) Edit(work/**) Bash(ls work/**) Bash(jq *) |
Review Work
Independent assessment of executed work. Reads only what is on disk; it does not see the executor's reasoning, by design.
Input
work/<slug>/README.md with status: pending-assessment, plus the artifacts under work/<slug>/data/.
Output
Same README, updated:
# Assessment populated with a verdict and explanation (see template below).- Frontmatter
status: done (if goal was accomplished) or status: needs-input (if it was not and human direction is needed) or status: pending-plan (if the assessment recommends a fresh plan attempt).
Checks
- Goal vs Results. Re-read the
# Goal section. Compare against # Results. Does the work actually answer the goal, or only adjacent questions?
- Artifacts exist. For every artifact named in
# Results, verify it is present under work/<slug>/data/.
- Plan adherence. Did execution follow the plan? Documented deviations are acceptable; undocumented substitution is a red flag.
- Evidence quality. Are claims in
# Results supported by the artifacts? Spot-check by reading a sample.
Assessment template
# Assessment
## Verdict
<accomplished | partial | not accomplished>
## Reasoning
<one or two paragraphs explaining the verdict against the Goal>
## Root cause (if not fully accomplished)
<one of: incorrect assumption | technical blocker | missing data | scope drift | other — with a sentence of detail>
## Recommended next status
<done | needs-input | pending-plan>
Verdict rules
accomplished → set status: done.partial with a clear next step the agent can take → set status: pending-plan and write a short note in the Assessment recommending what to plan next.partial or not accomplished requiring user input → set status: needs-input.
Out of scope
- Re-running the work. That is do-work.
- Drafting a new plan. That is plan-work.
- Committing or indexing. That is save-work.
