| name | sweep |
| description | Post-op check for artifacts, damage, and stale references after agent work |
Post-Op Sweep
Overview
Audit the working tree after agent work completes. Find what the agents left behind.
1. Blast Radius
Map every file touched, across all repos affected:
git diff --stat
git diff --cached --stat
If other repos were modified (check recent tool output or plan files for cross-repo work), run git diff --stat there too.
Flag anything unexpected — files not mentioned in the plan or task.
2. Fixture and Example Damage
Check whether test fixtures, example files, seed data, or sample configs were modified:
- Look for changes to files with names like
example, fixture, seed, sample, mock, test-data
- Changes that null out values, remove content, or alter structure are likely test side-effects
- These should almost always be reverted
3. Stale References
Search for references that became outdated by the work:
- Plan files referencing work as "pending" or "TODO" that's now done
- CLAUDE.md / README listing features as planned that are now implemented
- Comments saying "not yet implemented" for code that now exists
- Config or docs pointing to old file paths, function names, or APIs that changed
4. Debug Artifacts
Scan for artifacts agents leave behind:
console.log, print(), echo "DEBUG" statements
- Temporary files (
*.tmp, *.bak, /tmp/ references)
- Commented-out code blocks that serve no purpose
- Test data written to production data directories
5. Scope Bleed
Identify changes outside the task scope:
- Unrelated formatting changes
- Dependency updates not requested
- Refactors beyond what the plan called for
- Changes in other repos' working trees that predate this session
6. Plan Criteria
If plan files exist for the work just completed, check acceptance criteria:
- Read each criterion
- Verify whether it was met (by reading code, not re-running tests)
- Flag any unmet criteria
Report
Present findings as a short checklist:
- Clean — no issues found (say so and stop)
- Fix — items that need correction (damaged fixtures, stale refs, debug artifacts)
- Note — items worth awareness but not blocking (scope bleed, unrelated changes)
Be terse. Name files and line numbers. Skip categories with no findings.