war-room-checkpoint

name	war-room-checkpoint
description	Assesses decision reversibility and risk at critical checkpoints. Use when a workflow reaches a high-stakes branch needing escalation check.
alwaysApply	false
model_preference	claude-sonnet-4-6
category	strategic-planning
tags	["checkpoint","embedded","escalation","reversibility","inline"]
dependencies	["attune:war-room"]
complexity	lightweight
model_hint	fast
estimated_tokens	400
progressive_loading	false
role	library

War Room Checkpoint Skill

Lightweight inline assessment for determining whether a decision point within a command warrants War Room escalation.

Table of Contents

1. Purpose
2. When Commands Should Invoke This
3. Invocation Pattern
4. Checkpoint Flow
5. Confidence Calculation
6. Profile Thresholds
7. Output Format
8. Examples

Verification

Run make test-checkpoint to verify checkpoint logic works correctly after changes.

Purpose

This skill is not invoked directly by users. It is called by other commands (e.g., /do-issue, /pr-review) at critical decision points to:

1. Calculate Reversibility Score (RS) for the current context
2. Determine if full War Room deliberation is needed
3. Return either a quick recommendation (express) or escalate to full War Room

When Commands Should Invoke This

Command	Trigger Conditions
/do-issue	3+ issues, dependency conflicts, overlapping files
/pr-review	>3 blocking issues, architecture changes, ADR violations
/architecture-review	ADR violations, high coupling, boundary violations
/fix-pr	Major scope, conflicting reviewer feedback

When NOT To Use

Situation	Use instead
A user asks for deliberation directly	Skill(attune:war-room)
The decision is cheap to reverse (high RS)	Proceed without a checkpoint
A panel already ruled on this decision	The prior verdict

This skill decides whether deliberation is warranted and returns fast when it is not. A command that checkpoints every decision pays the scoring cost to be told to proceed almost every time, and re-checkpointing a settled call re-litigates it.