legal-sanity-review

name	legal-sanity-review
version	1.0.0
category	_internal
description	Legal Sanity Review Workflow — mandatory pre-gate in the cross-review cycle
tags	[]

Legal Sanity Review Workflow

Version: 1.0.0 Category: Workflows Triggers: Before cross-review (Codex/Gemini), PR creation, code porting

Purpose

Ensures no client project names, proprietary tool references, or legally sensitive content reaches the cross-review stage or a pull request. This is a mandatory pre-gate — if the legal scan fails, the review cycle does not proceed.

Review Flow

Codex/Gemini performs task
         ↓
    Commit changes
         ↓
    Legal Sanity Scan ◄── MANDATORY PRE-GATE
    ├── BLOCK → Fix violations → Re-scan
    └── PASS  → Proceed to Codex review
                    ↓
               Cross-Review Cycle

Integration Points

Cross-Review Pre-Gate

The legal scan runs before the first Codex/Gemini iteration:

Step	Gate	Action
1	Legal Scan	Run legal-sanity-scan.sh --diff-only
2	Pass?	If no → fix and re-scan
3	Codex Review	First cross-review iteration
4	Gemini Review	Parallel cross-review

PR Pre-Hook

Integrated into pr-manager.md hooks:

./scripts/legal/legal-sanity-scan.sh --diff-only || (echo "Legal sanity FAILED" && exit 1)

Manual Invocation

# Full repo scan
./scripts/legal/legal-sanity-scan.sh --repo=worldenergydata

# All submodules
./scripts/legal/legal-sanity-scan.sh --all

Exit Conditions

Condition	Code	Action
PASS	0	Proceed to cross-review
BLOCK	1	Fix violations, re-scan
SCAN_ERROR	2	Check script/config, retry

Violation Response

When the scan finds block-severity violations:

1. Stop — do not proceed to cross-review or PR creation
2. Report — list each violation with file:line and pattern
3. Fix — replace client references with generic equivalents
4. Re-scan — confirm all violations are resolved
5. Continue — proceed to the cross-review cycle

Configuration

Deny lists control what patterns are scanned:

• Global: .legal-deny-list.yaml (workspace root)
• Per-project: <submodule>/.legal-deny-list.yaml

See .Codex/rules/legal-compliance.md for the full policy.

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Use this workflow whenever committing AI-generated or ported code to ensure legal compliance before review.