review-fidelity

name	review-fidelity
description	Read-only review verifying that an acceptance test mirrors its Gherkin scenario in structure, semantics, and intent. Returns a verdict OK or REGENERATE. Invoked by red-cycle, also callable standalone on any test/scenario pair.
phase	review
parallel	false
inputs	["scenario-text","test-file"]
outputs	["fidelity-report","verdict"]
escalation	none

review-fidelity

Test-fidelity reviewer for Phase 4a. Read-only critique of a single test against the Gherkin scenario it claims to implement.

When to use

• Called by red-cycle after a test is generated.
• Standalone: /review-fidelity <test-file> <scenario-file> to audit existing tests against their specs.

Inputs

• scenario-text — the Scenario: block from the .feature file (or the issue body).
• test-file — the test source file.

Output format

Produce a markdown report with three sections, then a verdict line.

1. Structure

• The test's logical blocks map 1:1 to Given / When / Then.
• The order of assertions matches the order of Then clauses.
• Each Given step is realized as setup; not skipped, not merged.

Flag with STRUCTURE: <line> — <issue>.

2. Semantics

• Every concrete value in the scenario (numbers, strings, dates, currencies, identifiers) appears in the test verbatim. No rounding, no rephrasing, no fake substitutes.
• Unit / currency / time-zone of every value match the scenario.
• Identity semantics (case sensitivity, whitespace) match the scenario.

Flag with SEMANTICS: <expected> vs <actual>.

3. Intent

• No assertion is empty (expect(true).toBe(true), assert(...) of a tautology, missing Then mapping).
• The system under test is NOT mocked. Collaborators that the scenario references must be real (or test doubles only if the scenario itself describes a stub).
• The test would fail if the production behavior changed in the way the scenario describes (no over-broad assertions like "result is truthy" when the scenario states "result equals 42").
• No assertion the scenario does not state (no scope creep).

Flag with INTENT: <test location> — <issue>.

Verdict

Last line: VERDICT: OK (no flags) or VERDICT: REGENERATE (any flag).

Contract

• Read-only. Never edit the test, never edit the scenario.
• Output is deterministic for a given input pair (same flags in same order).