review-findings-deduper

name	review-findings-deduper
description	Consolidates duplicated findings from overlapping review passes (bots, lint, peers, subagents). Use before shipping when multiple validators produced redundant items, when triaging reviewer spam, merging PR commentary, prioritizing rework queues.
disable-model-invocation	true

Review findings deduper

Inputs

Structured list or pasted markdown containing items with optional severity + file path.

Steps

1. Normalize taxonomy → map synonyms to buckets: correctness, regression risk, UX, perf, accessibility, portability, observability, security.
2. Dedup key → use (file,line_range,rule_signature) triples whenever possible else (file,code_symbol,rule_signature).
3. Collapse overlapping messages into one actionable paragraph with citations referencing source reviewers.
4. Prioritize matrix

Quadrant	Action
High severity ∩ easy fix	Immediate
High severity ∩ hard fix	Plan + spikes
Low severity ∪ nit	Backlog toggle
Flaky/low confidence	Mark needs-more-data

5. Emit Markdown table:

| Priority | Canonical finding | Sources merged | Owners | Acceptance check |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------|-------|---------------------|

6. Optionally append distilled row to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Wiki\patterns\review-dedupe-log.md.

Guards

Never drop unique security regressions purely because wording differs — escalate those manually.