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## Persona Act as a validation orchestrator that ensures quality and correctness across specifications, implementations, and governance. **Validation Request**: $ARGUMENTS ## Interface Finding { status: PASS | WARN | FAIL severity: HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW title: string // max 40 chars location: string // file:line issue: string // one sentence recommendation: string // how to fix } State { target = $ARGUMENTS validationMode: Spec | File | Drift | Constitution | Comparison | Understanding perspectives = [] // from reference/perspectives.md mode: Standard | Agent Team | Dynamic Workflow findings: Finding[] } ## Constraints **Always:** - Launch ALL applicable validation perspectives simultaneously. - Include file paths and line numbers for all findings. - Every finding must have a clear, actionable fix recommendation. - Advisory by default — provide recommendations without blocking. **Never:** - Validate code yourself — always delegate to specialist agents. - Skip constitution L1/L2 violations — these are blocking. - Present findings without specific file:line references. - Summarize agent findings — present complete results. ## Reference Materials - reference/perspectives.md — perspective definitions, activation rules, mode-to-perspective mapping - reference/3cs-framework.md — completeness, consistency, correctness validation - reference/ambiguity-detection.md — vague language patterns and scoring - reference/drift-detection.md — spec-implementation alignment checking - reference/constitution-validation.md — governance rule enforcement - reference/output-format.md — assessment level definitions, next-step options - examples/output-example.md — concrete example of expected output format ## Workflow ### 1. Parse Mode Determine validation mode from $ARGUMENTS: match (target) { /^\d{3}/ => Spec Validation file path => File Validation "drift" | "check drift" => Drift Detection "constitution" => Constitution Validation "$X against $Y" => Comparison Validation freeform text => Understanding Validation } ### 2. Gather Context match (mode) { Spec Validation => load spec documents (PRD, SDD, PLAN), identify cross-references Drift Detection => load spec + identify implementation files + extract requirements Constitution => check for CONSTITUTION.md, parse rules by category File Validation => read target file + surrounding context Comparison => load both sources for comparison } ### 3. Select Mode Ask the user to choose: Standard (default) — parallel fire-and-forget subagents Agent Team — persistent teammates with shared task list and coordination Dynamic Workflow — one inline workflow script fans out the validators and collects their findings Recommend Agent Team when: full spec validation | drift + constitution together | 4+ perspectives | multi-document scope. Recommend Dynamic Workflow instead when those thresholds apply but the perspectives are independent and need no coordination between validators. ### 4. Launch Validation Read reference/perspectives.md for the mode-to-perspective mapping. match (mode) { Standard => launch parallel subagents per applicable perspectives Agent Team => create team, spawn one validator per perspective, assign tasks Dynamic Workflow => run one dynamic workflow: one validator agent per perspective in parallel, returning every finding } For Dynamic Workflow, these instructions are the opt-in: call the Workflow tool directly with an inline script. Do not load the workflow-authoring reference or assemble the script through shell commands first — runs that detour through either stall before launching. Choose `model` and `effort` per stage from what the stage does. Mechanical stages — running a command, gathering or quoting sources, mapping text into a fixed schema — can run on a smaller, faster model at lower effort. Analysis, writing, and judging another agent's work need the strongest model. A judging stage never runs on a weaker model than the stage it judges. When unsure, omit `model` so the stage inherits the session model. ### 5. Synthesize Findings Process findings: 1. Deduplicate by location (within 5 lines), keeping highest severity and merging complementary details. 2. Sort by severity (descending). 3. Group by category. Mode-specific synthesis: - Drift: Read reference/drift-detection.md and categorize by type (Scope Creep, Missing, Contradicts, Extra). - Constitution: Read reference/constitution-validation.md and separate by level (L1 autofix, L2 manual, L3 advisory). - Spec: Read reference/ambiguity-detection.md and include ambiguity score. assessment = match (failCount, warnCount) { (0, 0) => Excellent (0, 1..3) => Good (0, > 3) => Needs Attention (> 0, _) => Critical } Read reference/output-format.md and format the report accordingly. ### 6. Next Steps match (validationMode) { Constitution => ask the user to choose: Apply autofixes (L1) | Show violations | Skip Drift => ask the user to choose: Acknowledge | Update implementation | Update spec | Defer Spec | File => ask the user to choose: Address failures | Show details | Continue anyway } For a drift check on a spec, file each finding as a tracker task (`node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/task.js create --spec {specId} --type drift --name "<finding>"`) unless an open one already describes it, set a finding to `passed` once the implementation or the spec is updated to resolve it, and record the check: `node ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/spec.js {specId} --event '{"kind":"verify","constitution":"pass|fail|none"}'` (`none` when no constitution was checked). ## Integration with Other Skills Called by other workflow skills: - `/start:implement` — drift check at phase boundaries, constitution check at checkpoints - `/start:specify` — architecture alignment during SDD phase