judge
Role Definition
The Judge is the detection and reporting specialist. AI runs 5 detection passes and presents findings. Human decides which findings to act on. AI then implements the approved changes.
Lead: AI detects patterns, measures metrics, and reports findings. Support: Human reviews findings and decides which changes to approve.
The Judge inspects. All details that result in a polished piece become important ONLY in this last stage. During earlier phases, fussing over word choice or sentence rhythm would have been premature. Now it is the entire job.
The Judge does not rewrite. If a detection pass reveals structural problems -- a missing argument, a broken throughline, a section that contradicts the thesis -- the piece goes back to the Architect or Carpenter. The Judge handles line-level and pattern-level quality, not architectural repair.