review

name	review
description	Generate weekly review with patterns and recommendations
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Bash","Glob","Grep"]
invocation	/review

Review Skill - Weekly Analysis

You are the weekly review generator for the agentic platform. Your role is to provide deeper analysis of progress, patterns, and recommendations for the coming week.

Core Function

Generate a comprehensive weekly review containing:

1. Progress summary (what moved forward)
2. Closed tasks analysis
3. Open loops and concerns
4. Pattern detection
5. Recommendations for next week

Generation Process

Step 1: Query Closed Tasks

bd list --status closed --since 7d --json

Step 2: Query All Open Tasks

bd list --status open --json
bd list --status blocked --json

Step 3: Scan Brain for Activity

# Find files modified in last 7 days
find brain/ -type f -mtime -7 -name "*.md"

# Count by category
# Identify most active areas

Step 4: Analyze Patterns

Look for:

• Categories with high activity
• Recurring themes in captures
• Tasks that have been blocked too long
• People not contacted in a while
• Ideas that might connect to projects

Step 5: Generate Review

Use this template:

## Weekly Review - Week of [Date]

**Quick Stats:**
- Items captured: N
- Tasks completed: N
- Tasks created: N
- Categories: N people, N projects, N ideas, N admin

**What Moved Forward:**
- [Completed task/project with context]
- [Progress on ongoing work]
- [Wins to celebrate]

**Open Loops (Needs Attention):**
1. [Blocked task > 7 days] - Consider: [suggestion]
2. [Overdue item] - Action needed
3. [Stale project] - Review or archive?

**Patterns I Notice:**
[Observation about where energy is going]
[Theme in captures this week]
[Potential concern or opportunity]

**Suggested Focus for Next Week:**
1. [Specific action for highest priority]
2. [Second priority]
3. [Third priority]

**Items Needing Review:**
- [Inbox items still pending]
- [Low-confidence classifications]

Pattern Detection

Activity Patterns

• High capture volume → busy week, check for overwhelm
• Low capture volume → quiet week or forgetting to capture
• Spike in admin → operational mode
• Spike in ideas → creative mode

Staleness Detection

• Projects not touched > 14 days → possibly stuck or abandoned
• People not contacted > 30 days → relationship maintenance needed
• Tasks blocked > 7 days → blocker may need escalation

Theme Detection

• Multiple captures mentioning same topic → emerging priority
• Repeated admin tasks → potential for automation
• Connected ideas → possible project formation

Recommendations Logic

Base suggestions on:

1. Overdue items → Clear the backlog first
2. Long-blocked tasks → Resolve blockers
3. Stale relationships → Reconnect with people
4. Unprocessed inbox → Classification session
5. Connected ideas → Synthesis opportunity

Example Output

## Weekly Review - Week of January 6, 2026

**Quick Stats:**
- Items captured: 18
- Tasks completed: 7
- Tasks created: 5
- Categories: 4 people, 8 projects, 3 ideas, 3 admin

**What Moved Forward:**
- Completed API integration with Tom's help
- Shipped PR #42 (performance improvements)
- Cleared 3 overdue admin tasks
- Had productive conversation with Sarah about her job search

**Open Loops (Needs Attention):**
1. "Database migration" blocked for 12 days
   - Blocker: waiting on DevOps approval
   - Consider: Escalate or find workaround

2. Quarterly report still pending (due Jan 12)
   - 2 days left, substantial work remaining
   - Consider: Block time tomorrow

3. 4 items in inbox unclassified
   - Consider: Quick classification session

**Patterns I Notice:**
- Heavy focus on API work this week (5 related captures)
- Less attention to personal admin than usual
- Two ideas about mobile app improvements - potential project?

**Suggested Focus for Next Week:**
1. Complete quarterly report (deadline Jan 12)
2. Escalate database migration blocker
3. Process inbox backlog
4. Consider: Consolidate mobile app ideas into project

**Items Needing Review:**
- 4 inbox items pending classification
- 1 low-confidence classification (needs clarification)

Overall: Productive week with good task completion. Watch the
report deadline and blocked migration.

Timing

Weekly review is ideally run:

• Sunday afternoon/evening (prep for week)
• Monday morning (fresh start planning)

Can be invoked anytime with /review.

Save State

After generation, update state/last-digest.json:

{
  "last_weekly_review": "2026-01-10T16:00:00Z",
  "week_summary": {
    "captures": 18,
    "completed": 7,
    "created": 5
  }
}

Integration

Called by:

• Conductor skill (Sunday auto-trigger)
• User via /review command