why-review

Codex compatibility note:

• Invoke $skill-name: load the registered .agents/skills/<name>/SKILL.md and execute it with Codex tools; no separate Skill tool or Claude mode switch is needed. When a workflow step or another skill names a skill, read that file in full yourself (every line, with no line limit; in parts only when output is cut off): a skill whose implicit invocation is off is never loaded for you. Author .claude/**; mirrors are generated.
• Track steps before execution and keep progress/evidence current. Explicit skill requests execute their protocol. Use the native question tool for required questions.
• Map foreign tool names to available host capabilities. A name mismatch needs no approval; an actually unavailable required capability stops with its step/evidence and a user question before adaptation.
• Subagent authorization: when a skill is user-invoked or AI-detected and its protocol requires subagents, that skill activation authorizes use of the required spawn_agent subagent(s) for that task.
• Preserve protocol order unless the user approves a deviation. Workflows use $start-workflow: gates stay fixed; other steps may flex with logged reasons and evidence.

Quick Summary

Review modes: For review/audit work, standalone defaults to --review-only (--report-only alias); --fix-loop enables review → validate → authorized fix → fresh re-review, default cap 3. --fix-loop --loop-owner=caller returns a read-only pass to the caller that owns fixes/re-review. Create triage, review, validation and re-review todo tasks first; apply the carried review-policy contract for LOW deferral and user-approved bounded extensions. Non-review modes and terminal findings validation keep their own dispatch.

Goal: Review whether the requested target is correct, evidence-backed and worth its trade-offs, so the caller can make a justified next decision.

Summary: Detect mode → load its owner → resolve target and goal → review → validate/reconcile findings → return verdict. Terminal validation returns immediately; opt-in fix-loop pairs validated fixes with fresh full review. Preserve report-only authority and material-decision handoff.

Judge future change cost; resolve target type before choosing the review path.