REVIEW — TFW-24 / Phase B: Research Stage Templates
Date: 2026-04-04
Author: Reviewer
Verdict: ✅ APPROVE
RF: RF Phase B
TS: TS Phase B
1. Review Checklist
| # |
Check |
Status |
Notes |
| 1 |
DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) |
✅ |
10/10 criteria met. All 4 templates verified, all 3 base.md refs verified, conventions updated, adapter synced |
| 2 |
Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) |
✅ |
Template naming follows D28/D5. Guiding questions as subtitles. Parent HL link + Goal in every template |
| 3 |
Test coverage (tests written and passing) |
✅ |
wc -w = 599, adapter diff = 0, 4 files in templates/research/ |
| 4 |
Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) |
✅ |
P2 (filesystem = state machine): Stage complete: YES / NO in every template. P3 (synthesis not aggregation): stage templates have different structure from RES template |
| 5 |
Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) |
✅ |
No observations (clean execution) |
| 6 |
Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) |
N/A |
Markdown-only project |
| 7 |
Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) |
✅ |
Additive only — new templates, existing workflows unaffected |
| 8 |
Style & standards (code style, conventions) |
✅ |
D28 guiding questions consistent across all 3 stage templates. Sufficiency checklist in all. Checkpoint format uniform |
| 9 |
Observations collected (executor reported findings) |
✅ |
No observations — clean, small scope. 1 documented deviation (Step 5 wording compression to stay under 600 words) — well justified |
2. Verdict
✅ APPROVE
Clean, minimal execution. 4 templates created exactly per spec. The one deviation (Step 5 wording compression from 604 → 599 words) was correctly motivated and documented. ONB identified the word count risk correctly (Risk #1).
Design quality notes:
- D28 applied consistently: “What do we NOT know/see/expect?” as subtitles triggers the right investigative mindset
- Goal reference from HL §1 in every template = Research stays anchored
- Sufficiency checklist (external source + briefing gap) embedded in stage templates = structural enforcement of research depth
- Briefing template has User Direction section = crash-resilient record of user steering
3. Tech Debt Collected
| # |
Source |
Severity |
File |
Description |
Action |
| — |
— |
— |
— |
No new tech debt |
— |
4. Traces Updated
5. Fact Candidates
| # |
Category |
Candidate |
Source |
Confidence |
| 1 |
convention |
Research stage templates live in .tfw/templates/research/ (briefing, gather, extract, challenge). Each has: Parent HL link, Goal from §1 Vision, stage-specific guiding question (D28), Findings section, Checkpoint with Stage complete: YES/NO, Sufficiency checklist |
RF Phase B FC#1, templates |
High |
| *REVIEW — TFW-24 / Phase B: Research Stage Templates |
2026-04-04* |