Quick lookup into working rules. Use when user says "/aria-cowork:rules", "/aria-cowork:rules 22", "/aria-cowork:rules dependencies", "look up rule about...", "what rule covers...", or references a specific rule number. (Cowork variant — namespaced-only.)
Load and apply ARIA working rules, user rules, examples, and the change decision framework. Trigger on /rules, show rule N, working rules, or decision framework.
Run the foundational review chain on a project BEFORE an irreversible decision (version freeze, format/schema/spec tag, public API or repo flip, major re-scope, or a 'should we keep building this' moment). Verdict-led review → design spec → cold-executable plan → composed /prospect → paste-ready executor kickoff. Optional --extend runs the system-design extension loop. REQUIRES an irreversible-decision anchor — no decision named → redirect to /prospect (plan pre-mortem) or /readiness-audit (surface audit). Triggers: '/foundational-review <scope-root>', '/foundational-review <scope-root> --decision "<the irreversible decision>"', '/foundational-review <scope-root> --extend', 'foundational review', 'review this at the foundations', 'is this the right thing built the right way'. (Code port — ADR-094.)
Audit a surface against a checklist to answer 'is it clean/legal/consistent to ship for THIS event?' — the recurring sibling of /foundational-review. Parallel exploration per surface, controller re-verification of every load-bearing claim, then tiered evidence-celled findings and a phased remediation plan (findings triage to phases, NOT a shipping list). Read-only probes only. No irreversible-decision anchor required (contrast /foundational-review). Triggers: '/readiness-audit <scope-root> --for "<event>"', '/audit-ready', 'readiness audit', 'release-readiness audit', 'is this ready to ship/publish/hand over', 'public-release audit'. (Code port — ADR-094.)
Run the foundational review chain on a project BEFORE an irreversible decision (version freeze, format/schema/spec tag, public API or repo flip, major re-scope, or a 'should we keep building this' moment). Verdict-led review → design spec → cold-executable plan → composed /prospect → paste-ready executor kickoff. Optional --extend runs the system-design extension loop. REQUIRES an irreversible-decision anchor — no decision named → redirect to /prospect (plan pre-mortem) or /readiness-audit (surface audit). Triggers: '/foundational-review <scope-root>', '/foundational-review <scope-root> --decision "<the irreversible decision>"', '/foundational-review <scope-root> --extend', 'foundational review', 'review this at the foundations', 'is this the right thing built the right way'. (Code port — ADR-094.)
Audit a surface against a checklist to answer 'is it clean/legal/consistent to ship for THIS event?' — the recurring sibling of /foundational-review. Parallel exploration per surface, controller re-verification of every load-bearing claim, then tiered evidence-celled findings and a phased remediation plan (findings triage to phases, NOT a shipping list). Read-only probes only. No irreversible-decision anchor required (contrast /foundational-review). Triggers: '/readiness-audit <scope-root> --for "<event>"', '/audit-ready', 'readiness audit', 'release-readiness audit', 'is this ready to ship/publish/hand over', 'public-release audit'. (Code port — ADR-094.)
Structured pre-mortem on a plan BEFORE execution: per-step risk verdicts (PROCEED/SHRINK/SPLIT/DEFER/KILL), evidence-sourcing pass, simpler-alternative discipline, growing failure-mode library. Triggers — "/aria-cowork:prospect", "pre-mortem this plan". (Cowork variant — namespaced-only.)
Structured retrospective on a shipped commit range, release, PR, commit, or session: per-fix validation, evidence-sourcing pass, re-diagnosis, action verdicts, growing failure-mode library. Triggers — "/aria-cowork:retrospect", "retrospect this". (Cowork variant — namespaced-only.)