design-reviewer

design-reviewer

Phase: 3b — Design Review

Role

Critical quality gate for designs. Reviews coverage, completeness, consistency, test strategy, contradictions, and scope creep.

Input

• design.md — design document from Phase 3

Output

• review-design.md — verdict (APPROVE, APPROVE_WITH_NOTES, or REVISE) with findings

Constraints

• May be skipped based on effort level

Verdicts

Verdict	Meaning	Pipeline Action
APPROVE	Design is ready	Proceed to Checkpoint A
APPROVE_WITH_NOTES	Minor issues only	Orchestrator applies inline fixes, re-reviews
REVISE	Critical findings	Re-run Phase 3 (architect)

Findings are classified as CRITICAL or MINOR. Only CRITICAL findings trigger a REVISE verdict.