trace-first-starter

REVIEW — TFW-8 / Phase A: Core Extraction

Date: 2026-03-12 Author: Reviewer (AI) Verdict: ✅ APPROVE RF: RF Phase A TS: TS TFW-8


1. Review Checklist

# Check Status Notes
1 DoD met? (all TS acceptance criteria) All 8 Phase A criteria verified — see details below
2 Code quality (conventions, naming, type hints) N/A No code — Markdown artifacts
3 Test coverage (tests written and passing) 9 test checks in RF, all independently verified
4 Philosophy aligned (matches HL design philosophy) Separation of execution/review achieved; explicit STOP; low-cost model compatible
5 Tech debt (shortcuts documented?) 2 observations documented (docs.md prior reference, template placeholder)
6 Security (no secrets exposed, guards in place) N/A Documentation changes only
7 Observability N/A No runtime components
8 Breaking changes (backward compat, migrations) Additive: new workflow + role. Existing workflows strengthened. Historical REVIEW files unchanged
9 Observations collected (executor reported findings) 2 valid observations reported and triaged below

Verification Details

# Acceptance Criterion Result Evidence
1 review.md exists with 🔒 ROLE LOCK: REVIEWER, checklist, tech debt, verdict 101-line workflow, Role Lock at L11-14, 9-point checklist at L42-52, tech debt at L54-68, verdict at L77-83
2 tfw-review.md byte-identical to review.md Compare-Object returned no diff
3 handoff.md no Phase 4; 🛑 Executor STOP block; Executor-only role lock Phase 4 removed (grep returns 0), STOP at L98-102, Role Lock at L11-14 says Executor only, REVIEW in forbidden list
4 tfw-handoff.md matches canonical handoff.md Compare-Object returned no diff
5 conventions.md §8 has review.md row; §15 Reviewer row; “any role” deleted §8 L142 review.md row present; §15 L208 Reviewer row; grep “any role” = 0
6 glossary.md Reviewer role; Coordinator duties updated Reviewer at L93-98; Coordinator at L79-83 — review/REVIEW duties removed, handoff-to-reviewer added
7 AGENTS.md lists review.md L31: review.md — task review (RF → checklist → REVIEW → traces)
8 CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] has review entries L7-14: Added (review.md, Reviewer role), Changed (handoff, conventions), Removed (review phase from handoff)

2. Verdict

✅ APPROVE

Clean execution. All 8 deliverables match TS spec. The core problem (executor self-review) is structurally solved:

Phase B (documentation sync) can proceed.

3. Tech Debt Collected

# Source Severity File Description Action
TD-12 RF obs. #2 Low .tfw/templates/REVIEW.md Template uses {coordinator} as author placeholder; should be {reviewer} → backlog
TD-13 RF obs. #1 Low .tfw/workflows/docs.md Already references “Coordinator / Reviewer” from prior session — consistent but wasn’t part of TS → accepted (consistent)

4. Traces Updated


*REVIEW — TFW-8 / Phase A: Core Extraction 2026-03-12*